After watching a documentary about his life, Johnny Bench had tears in his eyes. The film covered his Hall of Fame baseball career and the new phase of his life that he describes as Mr. Mom. All of it had him emotional.
Bench watched the documentary, “MLB Network Presents: Bench,” for the first time at a private screening this week at Great American Ball Park. The film weaves through his childhood, his Major League career, his time in show business and now his life as a 71-year-old single father of two young boys.
The documentary will premiere at 8 p.