Every Tuesday and Thursday, Too Far From Town shines a light on the 42 (really 43) minor league baseball teams in danger of losing their major league baseball affiliations, effectively leaving them for dead. Today we focus on the Batavia Muckdogs, a Short-Season Single-A affiliate affiliate of the Miami Marlins. You could take in the previous installments here.
The following is the ending of the original screenplay to the 2001 motion picture Summer Catch. Please don’t tell whichever studio ended up producing the thing.
Art: Sarah R. Ingber
Music: Davy Andrews
Prose: Roger Cormier
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