Troy O'Leary to create baseball version of American Idol

[Little Slide Rooter]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090510&content_id=4656872&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

 

Sounds like Who Wants to be a Career Minor Leaguer

[E.J.]

Damn. I better get to the batting cages.

 

 

This has zero chance of working.

[NCCubFan]

Sounds like a possible off-season MLB Network show.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I dont know, there are these kinds of shows for everything from cooking to dog grooming to dating aged rocker stars and rappers, so I could see this getting a green light.

[E.J.]

Playing baseball at a high level is a little different than cooking or singing. There's a reason why it's been said that the hardest thing to do is hit a 90 mph fastball.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Im not saying that they'll be creating a super star, or even a guy who will ever make it past single A, but I like the concept, and it could be worth watching in the off season.

[NCCubFan]

There is some precedence for something along these lines. Two or three years ago ESPN had a reality show called Knight School, where college basketball player wannabes competed for a chance to get a walk-on spot on Texas Tech's team under Bob Knight. Competing for a Spring Training invitation seems similar to me.

 

There actually would be a baseball-related reality show that I'd like to see beginning today. It would be called Extreme Makeover: Cubs' Bullpen Edition.

[treebird]

the problem is that, unlike with american idol, baseball gm's aren't stupidly going to decide these people are talented just because they saw them on television

[Outshined_One]

Meh, it could be something like what happened last offseason with Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, who were both 19 at the time. Neither might never amount to anything, but they did get contracts from the Pirates.

[Bote McBoteface]

Personally, i think this is a great idea. I'll for sure be watching.

[illiniguy]

the problem is that, unlike with american idol, baseball gm's aren't stupidly going to decide these people are talented just because they saw them on television

Phillips could get another job offer.

[Roast]

lol troy o'leary.

[CubbieBum]

O'Leary, who credits his father with pushing him to follow through on his idea for the show, has received guidance from Reds manager Dusty Baker.

 

Was willing to give O'Leary the benefit of the doubt until that part.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I tried playing slow pitch softball last night for the first time in a year and blew out my elbow swinging the bat. Where do I sign up?

[Banedon]

I tried playing slow pitch softball last night for the first time in a year and blew out my elbow swinging the bat. Where do I sign up?

 

http://www.aagpbl.org/

[SouthSideRyan]

the problem is that, unlike with american idol, baseball gm's aren't stupidly going to decide these people are talented just because they saw them on television

Phillips could get another job offer.

 

Dave Littlefield could get promoted.