Reality TV comes to baseball: New series highlights Brewers

[HuckleB]

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news.jsp?ymd=20050209&content_id=941047&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp

"First Donald Trump. Then Wayne Newton. Now, Mark Attanasio is jumping into reality television.

It's not exactly Survivor: Miller Park, but the Milwaukee Brewers and new owner Attanasio are ready to debut the next best thing. It's a five-part television series offering fans unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to a Major League Baseball club.

The series, dubbed "Go Brewers! 2005 All-Access Ticket" and produced by the Emmy Award-winning Major League Baseball Productions, will premiere in the Milwaukee area on WDJT-TV (CBS-58) on Saturday Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. CT. Subsequent episodes will air every other week leading up to Opening Day of the Brewers' 36th season in Milwaukee.

According to a knowledgeable broadcast industry source, the Brewers shelled out $200,000 to produce the five-part series. And according to Attanasio and officials from MLB, no other team offers anything like it.

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[mark414]

1. maybe there will be some insight

into why they suck so bad

i'm actually really excited about this new owner...the selig's didn't do anything for the team other than use it to line their pockets, but this guy seems like he actually has an interest in building a winning team

ugh it's been too long for the brew crew i hope they can make something of it

[HuckleB]

2. Yeah. There's hope in Milwaukee for once!

It should make things fun, at least for a while.

[KitchenWitch]

3. Hard for me to root for anything the Brewers do

even with a new owner, since Selig tried to contract my Twins!

[HuckleB]

5. Uh, you're a Twins fan.

Of course you can't root for the Brewers. It's natural.

Though I admit that I have rooted for the Twins come playoff time recently.

:hi:

[joeybee12]

4. Wasn't there supposed to be a reality series about Andy Roddick?

Whatever happened to that? Heard about it after he won the US Open, so it would have been all of last year. Probably wouldn't have shown him in a good light--he had a bad year (same so far this year) and he really gets snitty on court when things don't go his way--can only imagine the tantrums he might throw off the court!