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Pass the popcorn: Uber-analyzing The Pride of the Yankees

February 11, 2013 · 0 comments

Last week I posted this entry on Tom Shieber’s frame-by-frame analysis to say “yea” or “nay” (sort of) to the urban legend that Gary Cooper’s baseball action while portraying Lou Gehrig was inverted since the actor was a natural righty (I wonder: there’s a scene where Gehrig is signing a ball for sick little Billy [...]

Tagged as: Baseball Movies, Gary Cooper, Lou Gehrig, Richard Sandomir, The Pride of The Yankees, Tom Shieber

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A syllogism: The Pride of the Yankees

February 4, 2013 · 0 comments

Ron reading about baseball. Ron loves movies. Therefore, Ron loves reading about baseball movies. So you know where I stand on this fascinating piece — “The Pride of the Yankees Seeknay,” published by Tom Shieber, senior curator of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, on his Baseball Researcher blog. You can watch the whole [...]

Tagged as: Gary Cooper, Lou Gehrig, The Pride of The Yankees

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The unlikeliest of ballplayers

December 23, 2010 · 0 comments

No literary birthdays today, but did you know that before he was a famous humanitarian Albert Schweitzer played for the St. Louis Browns? “Cheese,” as he was called by his friends, was born this date in 1882. I’ll go you one better: Many people complain that Gary Cooper was a lousy athlete and a poor [...]

Tagged as: Albert Schweitzer, Gary Cooper, Pride of the Yankees

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