I was a batboy for the toronto blue jays for the 2000 season. i've got a lot of stories, which i turned into a pilot of my own. i'm a screenwriter at the university of southern california and am trying to find a way to get an internship on Clubhouse.
as for how realistic clubhouse is...
conrad dean/ dean cain- has the nice baseball player down pat.
the guy with the 'roids problem- was way over the top. all the jerks i met, just wouldn't say anything. (and this actually happened with the batboy for the red sox)
the bat stretcher and key to the batter's box routine is real. it happened to me and the local paper actually wrote about it the next day. (travis fryman was nice enough to let me know)
overall, as for realism the show almost has it. they are missing a few things like how loose the players are before the game, playing playstation, listening to music, will clark likes to read hunting magazine, curled underneath his locker, etc... and standing with them for the national anthem day in and day out brings a sense of awe Clubhouse doesn't quite bring- yet. Obviously i didn't run into "moral" situations like sumpter is and probably wil be every episode. well, i did have a few... but hopefully you'll be seeing those in future episodes.
incidentally, lloyd's lou is very similar to my clubhouse boss len. hope this answers your question.
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darkromanwine
20 years ago
Thanks for the great insight on what it's like to be a batboy in a real clubhouse! Good luck on getting the internship on the show - I hope you get it. :)
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bensoko
20 years ago
thanks! i've got a friend at paramount (cbs and paramount have same owners) who is going to do some digging for me. and if you've got any more questions about being a batboy, feel free to ask. by the way, there really is a don't ask dont tell rule in the clubhouse. and also... even though it seemed unrealistic- pete sneaking into the umpires room- i would bet that something similar actually happened. guess we'll have to wait for mcgough's memoirs. hm... maybe i should write my own. lol.
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hka-3
13 years ago
I don't know if you'll see this, but any updates on your work would be great. I still wish this series had been able to find its footing ;)
People eat cotton candy. This is
better...it's made out of real cotton.
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13 years ago
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hka-3
13 years ago
Nah, it's never too late to ask him what happened with his writing career (see above) and with the pilot he was developing. It sounded fascinating. Some people get an email notification when someone replies to a post, even if it's an old one and sometimes I get responses. It doesn't hurt to try.
People eat cotton candy. This is
better...it's made out of real cotton.
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imnoxious
20 years ago
did you write the pilot about the minor league team that was submitted to "clubhouse"?
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