Fox Baseball Promo with New York Yankees Pitcher Dave Cone (click here for higher resolution video)

This promo for Fox Baseball was shot in a stationary limo beneath Tampa Stadium during Spring Training. The car movement was achieved by the handheld Arri camera, and the passing cars are achieved with two headlight-sized mirrors mounted on a rotating arm into which an HMI lamp is directed. As the arm rotates, the headlight beams pass through the car. The sound effects, of course, are added in post as was the electrified effect on the bionic arm. The arm itself was quite realistic.

Dave Cone was as low key and self-deprecating in person as he appears in the promo, and he was very generous with his time. I returned with two signed baseball cards for my son.

A week after the promo began airing on Fox Sports, Dave had a career-threatening aneurysm in the armpit area of his throwing arm which required emergency surgery. The promo was pulled from the air. Dave returned to baseball the next season. I finally got to see him throw in person in a game against the Atlanta Braves. His fast ball was staggering. The New York Yankees easily won that game.