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I really liked the first episode look forward to the next one. The show is all about challenge and as a viewer you get to feel that challenge as you watch her pitch. I also liked the way the team is portrayed, to me it seems a lot more like real life, not the predictable anti-women stereotype that I was almost expecting to see in the locker room. Most of her teammates don't mind at all that a woman joined their team as long as she helps them win.

The show also focuses on the coach who is trying to work with the new situation, I enjoyed this character too, and look forward to seeing how he grows as the show goes on. There is a lot of different directions they can go with the show, should be interesting to see how it turns out.

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Ideal show for the #MeToo era. Too bad more people didn't watch. I really enjoyed it.

I like this show. I think it has great potential, a strong cast and an excellent premise. It's about time we start see TV shows featuring female athletes. I actually teared up in the pilot seeing the "fans" react to Ginny arriving at the stadium. This show is inspiring. It also has great life lessons in it, about not admitting defeat and finding your own path to pursue your dreams. No two journeys will be the same and I love that this show is highlighting that. I'm excited to see where this show goes. It has great potential to really reshape how we think about professional sports and demonstrate a different society. I wish the cast and crew all the best and hope they take this opportunity to really make a mark with this show.

For a television series to work you need to have list of characters you can get to enjoy watching. Not all have to do everything in every scene to make you go wow or be funny. The list of actors and actresses in the show have a good chemistry on screen, the script is set at a great pace with nice touches of emotion and twists. You want to believe in the end that all will come out for whoever you are most convinced by and the way the script has the characters interacting so far is a pleasure to see. This a show about hope and if you work hard enough then your aspirations can come true. The world surrounds itself with negativity far too much and we as viewers are looking for flaws rather than celebrating a great story line, with plot twists and the occasional smile along the way. Pitch has so far managed this and I have great hopes that it will to the end. In the four episodes watched, never has a scene dragged on too long or the dialogue for the next scene been too fast paced to make it confusing. A TV show is there to entertain and this one does. Give it a go.

Well, the ...alien queen from "Under the Dome" is back in another TV series destined to flop.

With a premise which otherwise might have been interesting (a woman trying to succeed in a sport ruled by men) this show starts terrible, achieving the exact opposite its producers would hope for.

From the very beginning the writers are trying to create an atmosphere of success and awe about their characters and all they succeeding is to make them unlikeable caricatures and to sound ridiculous.

Ginny Baker is "the most important woman in the world", "the whole world is talking about her", she is "Hillary Clinton with sex appeal" and a "Kardashian with a skill set". (Honestly who writes these lines??)

Her agent (played by Ali Larter) is to be hated instantly too. She passed an invitation to ...lake Como from George Clooney and she is the absolute boss of anyone she meets.

It is obvious where this is going, and it doesn't look pretty. I'm seeing some critics praise it, but the consensus among the viewers is negative, and the ratings are low.

The only thing that made me smile a little was the ...appearance of Mark-Paul Gosselaar. Forget the attractive blond-ish lawyer from Franklin and Bash. Here is ...fat and with a ridiculous beard.

Overall: Sometimes writers are trying to follow a recipe, to build larger than life characters, to move the audience with superficial feelings and to lure the viewers into a world of what they think is magic. If they don't actually feel it themselves or trying too hard to create a hype, the result is atrocious and it will blow out in their faces.

"Pitch" is one of these cases.

UPDATE: Despite a ...93% (!!!) positive reviews from critics. This crap is now canceled! Told you from Day 1.

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I was skeptic about this show's success, but I was very intrigued right away. I am a big baseball fan, but I thought it would be too feminist for me. I am a guy that is bigly anti-feminism (not to be confused with sexist) and thought it's focus would be too much on that. Although there was some of that, it focused on the baseball element and that it was tougher biologically for a woman than for a man. Acting is good, love how they can incorporate MLB teams (I thought I saw Andrew McCutchen batting for the Dodgers). Give this show a shot. It kind of reminds me of Arrow, with the constant flashbacks. However some of the flashbacks are very entertaining seeing Ginny's minor league days. Even the style of baseball played by the actors is fooling, because it looks pretty legit, especially with the FOX Sports layout for the games on television. MLB should invest in more baseball TV Series', because this is very good.

I loved this show! The plot was inspiring. I find baseball to be a boring sport to watch, but Pitch has made baseball exciting--I can't get enough of it. I disagree with everyone who says this is a show for "feminists." This show has something for everybody. The female lead, Kylie Bunbury, is an amazing actress and her character is incredibly layered, as well as the rest of the cast. As the series went on, the plot got better and better. The relationships develop well, and the chemistry between the leads is electric. They have each other's backs on the field and off, and the pace at which the show reveals story details keeps you engaged. Season two is something to look forward to! All in all, I highly recommend this show.

Ginny Baker (Kylie Bunbury) is the first female MLB player and the new pitcher for the San Diego Padres. Mike Lawson (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) is the veteran catcher on the last leg of his celebrated career. Oscar Arguella (Mark Consuelos) is the GM. Outfielder Blip Sanders (Mo McRae) and his wife Evelyn (Meagan Holder) are Ginny's friends. Al Luongo (Dan Lauria) is the gruff, old-fashion manager. Ginny's father is dead and her brother is desperate to cash in on her fame. Amelia Slater (Ali Larter) quits her job to be solely her manager with assistant Eliot (Tim Jo).

This could have been a bad gimmicky TV show. The use of real MLB teams helps a lot but it's Bunbury that makes this show works. She has great sincerity and terrific charms. Gosselaar is now a veteran of TV acting and uses it to deliver a veteran performance. This is a solid show although it only lasted one season with ten episodes.

I unfortunately discovered this show too late, but I'm certainly glad for HULU, because without it I would of never of known this awesome show existed. I watched the whole show in 2 days and was very sad to get to the last episode knowing there is no more, the acting, Directing and the whole look of the show was amazing and you really believed the stakes were high and that these characters were going for the gold. I'm not a sports fan by any means and I was still entertained and committed. Great, Great show thanks Fox, I hate that you canceled it, but I guess if it's not making any money it can't continue, it's just a shame. Watch Pitch if you get a chance.

If the show had stuck to its female pitcher storyline, and not pulled away from the main star to feature a bunch of men behaving badly, than the series would've worked. The actress had the makings of being a bigger star than what Hollywood has offered her so far.

Kylie is terrific and the exploration of what it would feel like to be the first woman in MLB is done very well. I appreciate this kind of TV that has heart and drama. And I like the depiction of how MLB works as a business.

Is it perfect? More so than 95% of network TV.

I think the show would have done better in the ratings as a spring or summer show, when baseball fans are in tune with a rookie being called up. Starting it in the World Series time frame is out of sync as the emphasis now is on the best of the best.

I very much hope Fox lets this one play out as a spring/summer show in 2017.

Pitch was my favorite show! I hate that it went off the air. I think you guys should bring this show back even if it is on a different network. This was my favorite TV Series of all time. I think that this series had great potential to be one of the best inspirations for youth players of any sport anywhere. I also feel like this show could even make some people interested in baseball again. Baseball needs something to help rejuvenate the game and I think with Pitch, it could help solve this problem. Bring Pitch back for another season and it will again become my FAVORITE show with I am sure so many other people!

I gave it 6 stars for Kylie Bunbury because her acting was well done. Other than that it would have received less stars and I hated the abrupt ending. Best scene was when all the players were photographed naked to support her :)

If I had a dollar for every cancelled show in which the viewer reviews stated otherwise, I wouldn't be rich but I could take a vacation. I was very disappointed and frustrated when this show was cancelled so soon. SO much potential and on-screen chemistry. Great story and decent acting. Sure it has some flaws, but most do. I've seen so much worse continue on for multiple seasons. Just makes no sense that this was cancelled while other far less appealing and poorer quality generic doo doo gets renewed.

Canadian born model, actress Kyle Bunbury gives the new baseball show on Fox exactly what it needs to develop into a must see show. Rarely do any of us hit a home right out of the gate; but through patience, consistency and excellent writing television shows eventually give us a reason to watch. It is the same as watching 9 innings of a baseball game; the best games start slow and end with an amazing finish. Bunbury is from Minnesota and finds her center there. A compliment to her and our progressive, gorgeous state. If you're not a baseball fan don't bother turning in because the beauty of this show will be lost on you. Her recognizable, talented co-stars like Michael Beach, Ali Slater, Dan Lauria and Mark-Paul Gosselaar all contribute to the success of this show. Throw in real life commentator Hank Buck for authenticity and humor. Easily one of the best new shows of the season. Go Kylie! We are cheering for you!

They should have hired a better pitching coach for her. It negates the entire premise.

It's not the worst show on television. The production quality is good, the acting is pretty good, the writing is unfortunately boilerplate, but if you can look past all the other flaws in this show, enjoy it while it's around.

They missed the corner on this one. She plays for a team in the National League and so far, I haven't seen her at the plate. It's probably more feasible to show an actor how to pitch decently than show a pitcher how to act. She cannot paint the black with her best Uncle Charlie. She can't pitch.

This show was well written, believable and very well shot. The music was exciting and the stakes felt real. The cast is fantastic and Dan Fogelman really makes us root for Ginny Baker to succeed and for Zack Morris with a beard and the less grumpy dad from the Wonder Years to win!

Pitch is good in every way that counts. Great characters, acting, and production values. The story line keeps you engaged, I happen to love sports stories but this is much more. The only problem was that it ended without closure on several plot lines including the main one.

I feel certain that the producers thought there would be a 2nd season. I for one was very disappointed that it didn't happen.

So I really liked the show and it had some great ups and down to the game of Baseball with a female pitcher. I really enjoyed the acting of all actors/actresses in the series. They all did well and the story and plot was well done.

I am only disappointed with how they left the show at the end with a cliffhanger. If any studio is going to leave a show with a cliffhanger they better be ready to have another season, if not they need to stop with end season cliffhangers. You just end up with people that want more of the show but cannot get any answers. Either give us another season or just don't make the show with an end season cliffhanger. That is what I'm not happy with this show. I really enjoyed the show and everything they did except the cliffhanger.