A Player to Be Named Later

I am trying to catch up since I have not post very frequently lately. The Freedom Run Marathon was this past weekend. Today I will discuss the marathon preparation since my September 8th post. The last part of my training went very well. I was basically doing two 5 miles runs and a 7 miles run during the week on the treadmill. The 5 miles runs were typically under 44 minutes and the 7 mile runs were just under 64 minutes. The weekend of 9/12, I did a long run of 15 miles on a road that was quite hilly. For the weekend of 9/19 I did a 20 mile run on the C & O Canal. The weekend of 9/26 was the final weekend before the race and I did a 7 mile run on Saturday and 10 miles on Sunday.Going into the last few days before the marathon I felt very good.

A Player to Be Named Later

I watched A Player to Be Named Later on Netflix instantly. It is a documentary about a AAA baseball team in Indianapolis in 2001. The movie follows several player from the team thru that season.

http://http//www.imdb.com/title/tt0450366/


-There is a arrogant top prospect, Allen "Meat" Levrault who is promoted to the big leagues early in the season where he struggles.

-Micah Franklin is a hitter having a bad year and going from a prospect to a career minor leaguer.

-Kyle Peterson is a former high draft pick that is trying to return from an injury.

Brad Tyler is a career minor leaguer strugglingto hang on and support his family. He is released by Indianapolis earily in the season and plays on several teams during the year.

-Marco Scutaro is the team's best player who is desparate to get to the majors.

For the most part the movie is sad because the players are likable, you meet their families and they mainly are struggling to stay in the game. Since the movie was made several years ago, all of the players careers are over except for Scutaro. Excluding Scutaro no one featured in the movie played in the majors after 2001.

The movie ended with the manager informing Scutaro that he was not going to be promoted to the majors in September. Scutaro's and his wife come from Venezuela and discuss their struggles coming over to a new country where they do not know anyone. The wife seemed like a particularly nice person. The feel good post movie story is that Scutaro has been in the majors since 2004 and has become a very solid regular starting shortstop for the Toronto Blue Jays. I tried to look up whether is he is still married, but could not find that information.

A Player To Be Named Later was an enjoyable movie for anyone who follow baseball or anyone that is interested in documentaries. I give A Player to Be Named Later a B-.