If you watched ESPN from the mid-90s to the late oughts, you certainly know who Tom Emanski is. At least you know the name, which was applied to his line of youth baseball instructional videos. The ones which boasted of Emanski coaching “back-to-back-to-back AAU Champion.” The ones which featured extremely satisfying shots of ballplayers fielding outfield grounders and firing them into garbage cans placed at home plate. The ones in which Fred McGriff gave his “full endorsement.”
Why were those commercials so ubiquitous on ESPN back then? Why did they suddenly stop? What the heck ever happened to Tom Emanski and, come to think about it, who the hell was Tom Emanski anyway?
Erik Malinowski of Fox has a big story about those videos and the man behind them. If you’ve ever seen and wondered about those commercials and those videos, you should go check it out.
