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And the Oscar goes to…

February 23, 2008

With the Academy Awards on the horizon, I thought it would be appropriate to mention some of the excellent books that discuss the twin American treasures of baseball and the movies. Baseball and the movies are like peanut butter and chocolate: they were meant to go together. Baseball is the eternal struggle of man seeking […]

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John Sayles on baseball and lesser matters

January 18, 2008

The director of Eight Men Out compares the Black Sox scandal of 1919 with the steroids scandal of “aught-eight” in this interview with the Village Voice. I particularly enjoyed the interchanges between Sayles, as sportswriter Ring Lardner, and Studs Terkel, as Hugh Fullerton, as they put their heads together to bring the whole sordid affair […]

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List: Classic Baseball Movies

December 11, 2007

From Classicmovies.org, this list of more than 30 feature films from 1933-1992, including the usual suspects. There’s also a list of what are deemed as “lesser” films on the game, as well as a link to ReelBaseball.net, a site devoted to baseball films from 1989-2002, produced by Stephen C. Wood and J. David Pincus.  

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Ron Shelton to turn Game of Shadows into HBO film

November 29, 2007

According to a report in Variety, Ron Shelton, who brought the baseball classic Bull Durham to the big screen, has been signed to turn Game of Shadows, the expose on Barry Bonds and steroids,  into a HBO project. Shelton will write the script with his “Tin Cup” writing partner John Norville as soon as the […]

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