[Inside Spring Training raw #8]
Raw tape of Minnie Minoso playing shuffleboard in Florida with Tom Weinberg for “Inside Spring Training.”
Raw tape of Minnie Minoso playing shuffleboard in Florida with Tom Weinberg for “Inside Spring Training.”
Raw footage from the documentary “Inside Spring Training,” a look at the 1978 Chicago White Sox in the pre-season. Bus to St. Pete #2.
00:00 The continuation of a discussion with former Chicago White Sox outfielder Jim Rivera. They are at Jungle Jim’s Saloon. 00:50 They talk about Minnie Minoso. 02:29 Rivera tells an anecdote about John F. Kennedy. He got Kennedy’s and Lyndon Johnson’s autographs on a baseball on opening day when he was a player. He then tells a story about meeting Harry Truman and his wife, Bess. 05:18 Rivera talks about living in Angola, IN. He was from New York City, […]
Raw tape of Minnie Minoso playing shuffleboard with Tom Weinberg at the Sarasota Motor Hotel in Florida for “Inside Spring Training.” They start to make small talk, such as some basic questions about Minoso’s background. We also get some aerial b-roll footage. Towards the end, Minoso becomes more confessional about his career and future plans.
Raw footage of an interview with Chicago White Sox player Jim Rivera, who played with the team throughout the 1950s. Rivera talks about his troubled upbringing, his run-ins with the law, his journey into the Major Leagues, and what his current life is like in Angola, IN. Shot for the 1986 TV special “Once A Star.”
Raw tape of Minnie Minoso playing shuffleboard in Florida with Tom Weinberg for “Inside Spring Training.”
Raw footage from the documentary “Inside Spring Training,” a look at the 1978 Chicago White Sox Pre-season preparation. St Pete, Bosley #1. Hinton pitch.