Movie Day in Burlington

Bees Blog has behind the scenes photos and a recap of the day of filming at Community Field yesterday.

Lights…Camera…Baseball!

In conjunction with Journeyman Pictures, the crew from New York City-based Single-A Films was here all day and into the night, shooting scenes for a yet untitled baseball movie.

It was a pleasure working with all of the crew members here today — a great group of people dedicated to producing a high-quality motion picture that will bring some national publicity to Bees baseball.

There is more at The Hawkeye, including a title for the untitle production

Community Field becomes movie set

With a runner on first, Swing of the Quad Cities pitcher Miquel, "Sugar" Santos stared intensely at home plate, his back to the runner.

With practiced speed, he turned and released the ball sending it rocketing towards first base.

Burlington Bees player Kurt Mertins dived for the base, but to no avail. The ball reached the base a split-second before he did, prompting a round of boos, hisses and catcalls from the stands.

"Cut," a voice said over the Community Field's speakers. "All right guys, one more time."

The ball was tossed back to Santos -- also known as first-time actor Algenis Soto of the Dominican Republic -- and everyone got ready for a second take of a film being produced by New York City-based production company Journeyman Pictures.

Follow that link and read the story for the movie title.