When: Spring 1988
Where: Hi Corbett Field in Tucson, Arizona
Who: Todd Martin, Eric Frans, Phil Snyder and Me
You Saw What? The guys and I ditched class one Spring afternoon to watch the filming of some new movie at Hi Corbett. We didn’t really need an excuse to skip class, but rumors were that we could see Charlie Sheen and Corbin Bernsen in action. My hope was to see a childhood hero from my days in Wisconsin – Bob Uecker. At that time he was riding a crest of popularity due to his Miller Lite commercials and starring in Mr. Belvedere.
We were there for the filming of one scene – the terrible base running of Willie Mays Hayes played by some guy we had never heard of before. Little did we know that Wesley Snipes was a future star and tax evader.
After three hours of bad base sliding, we headed out disappointed since we did not see any of the “stars” from the film. It was so boring. Seriously, we opened up our backpacks and started doing homework. While the day was pretty much a bust, I did get to see the Ueck in action from the press box.