FL subject of documentary

According to the Zanesville (Ohio) Times Record, the Frontier League is the subject of a documentary being shot by Chip Rosetti, of Evansville, Ind.

"I used to live near Marietta, and I just think the story of an independent baseball league is a great story. Players who weren't playing for star power or money, but for the love of the game," Rossetti todl the newspaper. "There was a certain amount of uncertainty with starting a league and trying to build it up and bringing it to towns like Zanesville, Chillicothe and Evansville."

The Zanesville Greys played in the Frontier League from its inaugural season of 1993 to 1997. For many years after that, Zanesville remained the home of the league's office.

Rossetti said he's scheduled to receive taped interviews from at least 40 former Frontier League players.

And what started out as a plan for a 1 to 1 1/2-hour film has grown steadily.

"I was hoping I could have something done by the beginning of this season (in May) but it looks like I will be lucky to have it completed by the 20th anniversary season next year," Rossetti said. "I'm looking at having two DVDs and a companion book to go along with it."

This has worked on eight short films, several of those sports-related. He did a short piece on the Southern Illinois Miners.