no crying in baseball page 19

 no crying in baseball page 19 by ric gustafson

29 year old Megan Cavanagh tried out for the film. She impressed Rod Dedeaux with her batting skill. The actress wanted to play the role of Marla. She had large and round hazel eyes. She was a sketch comedian with the Second City touring company. Actress Lori Petty knew she could play baseball. At the time of the tryout, Petty was on a Fox crime show called ' Booker'. Petty had just finished a film called ' Cadillac Man'. Petty had moved to New York City at 18 to pursue acting.

Two films about baseball had done well at the box office. The first was ' Field of Dreams'. The other film was ' Major League'.

The first two actors cast was Jon Lovitz. He was cast to play a scout called Ernie Capadino. Jim Belushi was cast as Jimmie Dugan. Tracy Reiner was cast as Betty Horn. She joined Rosie O Donnell and Megan Cavanagh as cast members.

Ganz and Mandell could tell trouble was brewing behind the scenes. The production start date was moved back from April to July. The budget was getting larger. The writers and Penny knew what the problem was. Director David Anspaugh had to go.

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