If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it hundreds of times since January 1st. I love the MLB Network. I’m addicted. My default Food Network channel just can’t compare with nonstop baseball. And I love Harold Reynolds and Barry Larkin.
This week, I love that the Nationals are everywhere! 30 in 30 aired on Saturday, exploring the Nationals club in 2009. It was pre-Bowden-exit, but included great interviews with Milledge, Zimmerman, Dunn and Kasten.
Now, tonight, MLB Network treats us to a special documentary about the Young family — Dmitri and Delmon. It starts at 9 p.m. EST - which is great because our Zumba class was cancelled anyway. (I’m adding a link to give our awesome instructors a plug.)
We Are Young: A Baseball Family, the first-ever original film by MLB Productions, chronicles a seven-year period of MLB players and brothers Dmitri and Delmon Young, and their demanding father, Larry, who helped guide them into the Major Leagues. The film documents Dmitri, currently on the Washington Nationals, who makes the All-Star team in 2003, watches with joy as his brother is selected as the number one pick in the Draft that same year, but then begins to battle alcoholism and is released by the Detroit Tigers in 2005. Soon after, Dmitri comes close to death due to an undiagnosed case of diabetes, and then bounces back to make the All-Star team in 2007 and become the National League’s 2007 Comeback Player of the Year. We Are Young: A Baseball Family also chronicles the controversy that has surrounded Delmon—the first overall pick in the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft—ever since his 50-game suspension for flipping a bat in at an umpire during a Minor League game. Delmon would learn a valuable lesson, and eventually is called up to the Major Leagues in the fall of 2005, where he would make an immediate impact with Tampa. After finishing second in the American League Rookie of the Year honors the next season, Delmon was traded to the Twins. Monday will mark the television debut for the 96-minute film, which was selected for inclusion in the first annual U.S. Sports Film Festival, held in Philadelphia last October.
Make sure to tune in tonight to catch this special inside look at the Young family. Here’s a video of Dmitri discussing the film.
Also tonight, Byron Kerr is hosting a special Nationals Insider edition on WFED 1500 at 7 p.m. Byron will talk to Manny Acta, Stan Kasten, Jordan Zimmermann and the show will be streamed live on nationals.com.
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March 2nd, 2009 at 12:30 pm
I also love the new network and watch it a lot (at least, as often as I can talk my husband into watching). Hope that they actually air the special this time. Last time I tried to watch, it was in the MLB Network site schedule and my cable company’s guide, but did not air. This time it’s not in the MLB Network site schedule, though they do have an item on the front page about it, so maybe it actually will air. Fingers crossed!
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:05 am
Here’s a preview of the NL East rotations with a poll for voting.
Link: http://pabaseball.blogspot.com/2009/03/nl-east-rotations.html
Give it a plug if you like it, thanks.
March 3rd, 2009 at 8:28 am
They didn’t preempt it this time, so I got a chance to watch the special last night. Great program! I recommend it to others. It’s supposed to air again later this month, I believe.
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:05 am
I had to DVR it - but I can’t wait to watch. I’m so glad you were able to see it. Can’t wait to catch up on it!