2: Mark Ciardi, former Maryland Terp, Milwaukee Brewer Pitcher, and current movie producer of Million Dollar Arm, The Rookie, Secretariat, and the Kurt Warner Story Talks about His Journey and Raising 2 Pony Leaguers

The Prospect Blueprint

On today’s podcast we have with us a good pal of mine, former Jersey boy and All-State pitcher at Piscataway Township HS, former Maryland Terp, former Milwaukee Brewer hurler and producer of such films as The Rookie, The Game Plan, Million Dollar Arm, Invincible, McFarland USA, and most recently, Fallen. He also produced the Emmy Award winning ESPN 30 for 30 doc titled Big Shot.
He can currently be found on a golf course near you and if you want to look bad, call him with a tee time. He shot an 81 yesterday in 106 degrees. His name is Mark Ciardi.
Mark welcome to our maiden voyage on The Prospect Blueprint.
I wanted to have you on for a couple reasons. I want you to share with us what your journey was like to the big leagues, how you got discovered in HS, what the college experience was like how those relationships and network you developed at the University of Maryland have stayed with you over the years, and then the challenges you’ve had raising sons and trying to get them infatuated with the game as you were because in today’s day and age, there are a lot of options and directions a kid can go in. How does our generation plant the seed for the love of the game in fertile soil?