"Get Ready to Play Dirty."

Based on the true story of baseball’s only husband-and-wife baseball agency and professional player agents.

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A down-and-out ballplayer and his lawyer girlfriend team up to become a baseball agent team battling rival executives, agents and possessive parents. 

HOW TO FIND THE ONE is a dive into the unseen world of baseball, from the hopes and fears of aspiring young players to the shrewd and callous actions of those whose entire self-worth is composed of the competition for players. It is a tribute to the gritty, profane and humorous world of professional baseball, full of passion for the game, alongside the heartless realities of the cut-throat professional baseball industry. A fun and real window to the inside of a game you think you’ve known all along.

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JOHN P. KLIMA is the author of three books, Willie’s Boys, Bushville Wins and The Game Must Go On, and a former baseball journalist, a former minor league broadcaster, and a professionally trained baseball scout turned agent who scouted, signed and represented several major league baseball players. 

 

As a journalist, Klima covered the major leagues for a decade, culminating in publication in The Best American Sports Writing anthology series. He was a national baseball columnist in Los Angeles and wrote for The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. He attended the Major League Baseball Scouting School and performed his own apprenticeship with a group of legendary baseball scouts who signed such players as Reggie Jackson, Willie Stargell, Gary Carter, Nolan Ryan, Greg Maddux, Dusty Baker and scores of others. He parlayed his experiences as a reporter, author and scout into a career as a baseball agent, the basis for HOW TO FIND THE ONE.  

HOW TO FIND THE ONE is Klima’s first screenplay. 

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Director: Lex Benedict

Producers: Ruth Benfield / Angus Benfield

Writer: John Klima​​​​​