This uproarious buddy comedy follows three budding Groundskeepers on their quest to escape predicaments brought about by their terminal boredom. This series shows the boys making, and breaking relationships with their colleagues as a result of their wacky shenanigans.

SYNOPSIS:

Authors: Jordan Black and William Tarte

Title: “The Groundskeepers”

Format: Comedic Series

Logline: This uproarious buddy comedy follows three budding Groundskeepers on their quest to escape predicaments brought about by their terminal boredom. This series shows the boys making, and breaking relationships with their colleagues as a result of their wacky shenanigans.

Pitch: A Workaholics-esque buddy comedy set in a minor-league baseball stadium.

(Themes: Comedy, Friendship, and Chaotic dilemmas.)

A Comedic series for Cable Television when you’re working for a professional baseball organization you will NEVER have a dull day.

The Missouri City Fighting Ferrets Baseball Organization is one of the worst Double-A baseball clubs in the nation, but with three new Groundskeepers it won’t be the entertainment fans expected. The day to day responsibilities of a Groundskeeper for a Professional baseball Team while important… usually entails a bevy of down time. This spare time offers our protagonists countless opportunities to get into some difficult and comical quandaries.

Our Protagonists are three millennials:

• Ray- A white-trash simpleton with a heart of gold; he is constantly razzed by the other members of the group for his moronic and oftentimes repugnant tendencies. Ray has a particular soft-spot for animals which leads to a circumstance in which he steals the Mascot for the Ferrets: Flash the Ferret. This debacle leads to Ray, and Flash developing a very close friendship. Ray is undoubtedly the most compassionate and loveable character in this series.
• Jerry- A wise-ass college student; Jerry is normally the member of the group committing the aforementioned “Razzing”. Jerry is an outright cynic who hates nothing more than sitting through 9 innings of baseball. To the untrained eye, Jerry would come off as… well frankly a foul-mouthed prick, but he simply makes fun of his fellow Groundskeepers because he loves them. He is usually the character that suggests an activity for the day to eliminate their boredom.
• William- A chubby young man with a true love for the sport of baseball; William is the glue that keeps the group together. The best of both worlds; William is the perfect middle man between Ray and Jerry. William is equal parts quick witted goober and kind-hearted ignoramus.

These are our Heroes, but the most comedic moments occur when the Boys are interacting with the Ensemble of employees, and oddballs at Taft Stadium. Some of these oddballs include: The apathetic Bullpen Catcher, Flash the Ferret, The obsessive Homeplate Groundskeeper, Tara Hall the concessions worker, The gorgeous/one dimensional Ballgirl, the neurotic head groundskeeper, The decrepit/crotchety Manager, the drunken announcer, and countless other interesting individuals one would come in contact with working for such a complex and vast company like a Minor league baseball Team.

The general structure of each episode is as follows:

The episodes all open on the boys usually sitting (possibly standing) around talking about their troubles(With exception of the first two episodes). After a few moments of group discussion one of the boys will suggest an activity to occupy their time. After they decide on an endeavor they set off towards their objective. The scene will then show the boys doing whatever it is they intended to do, but after a moment something goes wrong and the boys are forced to fix whatever it is that went awry during their adventure. This leads them to the Office of the General Manager of the team, where he gives the boys a stern talking to. At the end of these exchanges he requests that “THIS” never happens again… IT never does.

The show has an almost infinite amount of problems, and predicaments to occur, but let’s go over the episodes in the first season.

10 Episodes:

1. PILOT: Will, Jerry and Ray meet and explore a series of jobs. After several failed trials they are hired as groundskeepers. Ray steals Flash the Ferret, which forces the boys to return him before they are discovered.
2. INTRODUCTIONS: Ray and Jerry force Will to introduce himself to his crush The Ball Girl by strapping a shock collar to William’s leg. After becoming injured; William visits the trainer to receive some pain relievers, but they are eaten by Flash the Ferret. The gang must act fast to save Flash’s life.
3. EVIL: The boys try to find relaxation during the game and take a dip in the outfield pool. William insults a rival team’s player with a mean streak and the boys end up in an epic chase through the crowded stadium. During this intense encounter, the boys discover a sense of comradery.
4. COMMENTATING: The boys meet and party with the Color Commentator for the Ferrets. The Color Commentator ends up passing out, and the boys are put in the position of commentating on the game to avoid getting in trouble.
5. THE CASE OF THE MISSING BASEBALL CARDS: The boys discover their friend, Tara Hall, has an immensely valuable baseball card collection. After it goes missing, the boys embark on an investigation to find the culprit.
6. ROAD TRIP: The boys go on the road with the Fighting Ferrets to perform the grounds-keeping duties for a small podunk team. They end up getting arrested and thrown in jail for causing a raucous throughout the town, and they have to work out a deal with the county sheriff.
7. DEPORTED: The boys accidently get one of the Ferrets pitchers deported, and they must travel to the Dominican Republic to smuggle him back.
8. INJURED: The boys befriend the star prospect for the Ferrets, but William gets him terribly injured. After being chewed out by his superiors, William suggests that he can replace the player for free. This plotline is continued for the next two episodes.
9. STARDOM: William rises to fame after miraculously leading the Ferrets to a come-from-behind victory against the best team in the country. Being overcome by fame, William becomes shallow and shuts out all of his friends.
10. REPLACED: In the Season Finale, William falls from grace as the star prospect returns and reclaims his position. William reconciles with his friends and finds himself falling for Tara Hall. At the end of the episode, the General Manager of the team reveals to the gang that William is actually the son of the owner of the baseball team, Zach Taft.