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Baseball movies

* Stocking stuffer: Gandhi at the Bat

November 25, 2008

If Neil Leifer’s new football book is out of your league, consider Gandhi at the Bat. The short “mockumentary” by Stephanie Argy and Alec Boehm, based on an original short story by Chet Williamson, won the Award for Excellence in Filmmaking at the Baseball Hall of Fame Film Festival in September for excellence “in direction, […]

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* The most unlikely slugger

September 12, 2008

Ever since the announcement was made that 2008 would be the final year for Yankee Stadium, baseball fans and players have been waxing nostalgic about The House That Ruth Built. Legendary names come to mind as the memories flood in: Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, Gandhi. Gandhi? What, you never heard? The Bronx landmark has been […]

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* Movie smackdown: Bull Durham vs. Field of Dreams

July 23, 2008

In this corner, Kevin Costner. And in this corner, Kevin Costner. And the winnah, according to the Angels blog on the OC Register Web site, is ___.

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* Just what we need, another "triumphant" kids baseball movie

July 19, 2008

Remember The Bad News Bears (the original one, not the disaster with Billy Bob Thornton)? Of course you do, it was a “revolutionary” film in that it presented kids as kids, not some Disneyworld animatronic beings. Now how about, Hardball, starring Keanu Reeves as a gambling addict sentenced to coach an inner city little league […]

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* Catching up, Part 1

April 8, 2008

There’s a lot of material that’s fallen by the wayside as I try to keep this blog fresh with the latest in baseball book publishing information. But in the words of the revered philosopher, Regis Philbin, “I’m only one man!” So I’m using this space to try to catch up. Some of the items might […]

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Tagged as: Audio, baseball books, Bobble heads, collections, hobbies, Memorabilia, Nostalgia, Sportswriting

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Yet another list…

December 27, 2007

Film critic Richard Roeper’s best and worst baseball films of all time: Best (In order of preference) Worst (In alpha order*) The Natural The Babe Bull Durham The Babe Ruth Story Field of Dreams The Bad News Bears Go to Japan Bang the Drum Slowly The Fan Pride of the Yankees Fear Strikes Out Major […]

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Studs Terkel should have done a baseball book, too

November 7, 2007

One of my favorite writers is Studs Terkel. He reminds me of a reverse Johnny Appleseed: instead of going around spreading, he collected stories from people from all walks of life about all sorts of subjects. A lifelong Cubs fan, Terkel, who turned 95 in May, appeared as the sportswriter Hugh Fullerton in the movie […]

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Kevin Costner on baseball

November 6, 2007

NPR’s Fresh Air replayed this May 2007 interview with Costner to mark the release of his latest movie, Mr. Brooks, on DVD. The interviewer is with Dave Davies. Costner discusses his love for the game (not coincidentally the title of his trilogy of baseball films; and no, The Upside of Anger, in which he plays […]

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Today's audio selection: Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game

October 26, 2007

Written by George Vecsey, narrated by Alan Nebelthau (unabridged) In a Fall 2006 feature I did for Bookreporter.com, I wrote: Veteran columnist George Vecsey offers a quick recap of historical highlights of the national pastime in BASEBALL: A HISTORY OF AMERICA’S FAVORITE GAME. The slim volume — a mere 250-plus pages — barely touches on […]

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Bronx is Burning: A revised assessment

September 12, 2007

Prompted by this review of Jonathan Mahler’s best-seller, and after finally having finished watching the miniseries, I have come away with a new appreciation for the televised version. Several weeks ago, I was skeptical about the project. I amend my criticism somewhat. Platt was an excellent Steinbrenner and most of the series depicted the difficulties […]

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Happy Birthday, Studs Terkel

May 18, 2007

Author Studs Terkel recently celebrated his 95th birthday. While he wrote no books about baseball, per se, he did portray another literary legend, sportswriter Hugh Fullerton, in the movie version of Eight Men Out. (Director John Sayles played Ring Lardner.) The long-time Cubs’ fan offered an observation on the delight of afternoon games as a […]

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