The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will recognize the twin traditions of baseball and film when it hosts a the third annual Baseball Film Festival in Cooperstown, Sept. 19-21.
The event kicks off with a salute to the 20th anniversary of the release of Bull Durham, featuring appearances at the Museum by the film’s director-writer Ron Shelton, along with Tim (“Nuke LaLoosh”) Robbins, Susan (“Annie Savoy”) Sarandon, and Robert (“Larry Hockett”) Wuhl at 7 p.m. in the Museum’s Grandstand Theater, hosted by nationally renowned movie critic Jeffrey Lyons.
Tickets for the Friday evening Bull Durham salute will first be available to Museum members beginning Monday, August 25 at $10 for adults, $5 for children and can be purchased in person at the Museum’s membership desk or by phone at 607-547-0397. Should any tickets remain following the Members only purchase period, the general public will be able to purchase tickets for the discussion beginning Monday, Sept. 15.
Several films will be screened on Saturday and Sunday, as filmmakers compete for two awards given at the conclusion of the festival: Best Film and the Award for Baseball Excellence. A complete list of the films to be screened and competing for top honors during the weekend include:
Gandhi at the Bat, by Stephanie Argy and Alec Boehm, based on an original short story by Chet Williamson- Fuera De Liga (Dreaming in Blue), by Ian Padron
- Base Ball Discovered, by Sam Marchiano
- Eye on The Dream, by P.J. Moynihan
- Mathematically Alive: A Story of Fandom, by Joseph Coburn and Katherine Foronjy
- Cobb Field: A Minor League Day at the Ballpark, by Craig Lindvahl
- Dummy Hoy: A Deaf Hero, by David Risotto
- Pitching Man: Satchel Paige – Defying Time, by Craig Davidson
- Yankee Stadium: The Golden Age, by Les Krantz
Tickets for the screening of FilmFest entries are free of charge to members, but limited and must be reserved by calling the Membership department at 607-547-0397, beginning August 25. Any remaining seats will open to the general public on site beginning Friday, Sept. 19. Museum guests can then reserve tickets by visiting the Membership Desk located in the Main Lobby of the Museum.
The Hall continues to celebrate baseball in film in 2009 with a 25th anniversary salute to the epic film based on Bernard Malamud’s novel, The Natural. The Museum has previously saluted such Hollywood classics as A League of Their Own and Pride of the Yankees, featuring appearances by actors from both films.
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Dummy William Hoy deserved to be in National Hall of Fame. He is long overdue. Please consider him in Nat’l HOF ! Thanks! JJ
DON’T MAKE US WAIT ANOTHER FIVE YEARS!
INDUCT THE GREAT BASEBALL PLAYER OF HIS TIME, DUMMY HOY, INTO THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME. THIS YEAR! i think it is up to four generations of baseball lovers/efficianodos and yearners of all kinds, types, sizes, colors etc. across our amazing nation waiting to come to Cooperstown for one celebration and one only this December;
…..and that is to cry and cheer and stomp and wave (*the Deaf applause, mind you, wihch is arms waving like a sea of flags across your audience) to *finally see one of the greatest ball players of his time inducted into your great areana of baseball stars! DUMMY HOY is our hero and YOUR Hall-of-Famer, not because he was deaf, but because of his incredible stats! AND because it was he, DUMMY HOY, who initiated the entire spectrum of signals used in baseball today!
Thank you. Carol Finkle, one Hearing mom of two Deaf kids and four Deaf and Hearing grandchildren who can’t wait to come to Cooperstown!
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