(Referring to Jack Hannahan signing with a Korean team)
Since there are no teams on the moon, I guess South Korea's far enough from Cincinnati to satisfy me.
-RichRed
M2 (06-05-2013)
Though it doesn't feature any actual baseball, Simple Men does have a character known as The Radical Shortstop.
Last edited by M2; 06-05-2013 at 05:05 PM.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
And what are people's opinions on Fever Pitch? The books is great, just not about baseball. I'm lukewarm on it because I like the book so much better, but I can see where someone might like it.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
traderumor (07-24-2013)
The third in the Kevin Costner trilogy, For Love of the Game is also fantastic. Half baseball half love story with Kelly Preston.
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
Little Big League gets a nod from me as a movie that hasn't been mentioned yet (if it has... my bad).
Back in 2006 we had a vintage base ball tournament as part of a festival in Winona, IN. It was a Saturday-Sunday deal and Saturday night, this woman named Bette Lou Higgins did a 1 woman show called, "You Can't Play Ball In A Skirt" which was the story of Alta Weiss who pitched professionally on a men's team in the early 1900s. She's actually based out of eastern Ohio and has a couple of shows coming up. http://edenvalleyenterprises.org/calendar.html
During the SABR convention here in 2004, this guy named Bob Kreidler did a 1 man show called "Perfect Season" where he told the story of the 1869 Red Stockings as told by Charlie Gould
dougdirt (06-06-2013)
Perhaps leading us astray, I'll ask if anyone else has read "The Universal Baseball Association," a novel from sometime in the 70s, I think?
It's from before I was born, before I was into fantasy baseball, and (I think) before Fantasy Baseball was even invented, but it's sort of a book that alternates between two narratives: (1) a guy who invents his own baseball league and (2) the story told from the perspectives of the players he creates. I thought it was really cool, especially by "Assigned Reading for High School English" standards.
I've re-read it twice since, albeit not in several years. I mention it because I've always thought it'd make a great movie, using a framework not unlike "The Princess Bride" (where you have what appears to be a main story, but you end up caring more about the story-within-the-story).
Hell, I'd even go ahead and say it could make a great play, too.
The production would require exactly one setting (a dingy apartment) and 1 main actor (and 2-3 extras) for the main "story," and the majority of the production would be within the fantasy baseball league. An omni-present narrator would probably be the best way to handle the transitions and exposition.
Rick
This doesn't count, but I would like to nominate Knocked Up for the best fantasy baseball scene ever.
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
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traderumor (07-24-2013)
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