Soooo no baseball eh?

[NebraskaRed]

Damn Yankees is available but you have to pay for it: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/damn-yankees

[WrongVerb]

I've been watching old Hollywood baseball movies. Yeah, most are considered B movies "Hollywood -ized", but still entertaining to watch IMO.

Alibi Ike , Jackie Robinson Story, The Stratton Story, Babe Ruth Story (yeah I know. Bad movie with Bendix looking like WC Fields lol )

Fear Strikes Out, Bang The Drum Slowly, and The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg are good ones!

I'm also open for suggestions!

Where did you find The Stratton Story? I haven't seen that since I was a kid. I remember liking it, though I'm not sure if that's just because my movie viewing was less sophisticated during my youth.

[Chip R]

Where did you find The Stratton Story? I haven't seen that since I was a kid. I remember liking it, though I'm not sure if that's just because my movie viewing was less sophisticated during my youth.

They seem to show that every so often on TMC. Right around Opening Day usually.

[paintmered]

I saw that Ken Burns asked PBS to offer his Baseball documentary on streaming.

[Big Klu]

I think someone did mention doing that having a game thread on past games. I"m for it if someone wants to start it.

I finished watching game 4 of the 1990 NLCS last night. If some of you never saw Eric Davis you should skip over to the 8th inning of this game and see his athletic ability. He made just a great throw from backing up Hatcher to cut down Bobby Bonilla trying to stretch a double into a triple. It was definitely the play of the game that saved it for the Reds.

I was at that game. Quite simply the greatest experience of my life as a baseball fan.

[cobike]

Depends on what route, Bios, teams, specific seasons, etc

Here are 5 great reads that cover a lot of the games history and nuances, aside from Bill James's Historical Abstract

Diamonds in the Rough (The untold history of baseball) - Joel Zoss and John Bowman
The Diamond Appraised - Tom House and Craig Wright
The Thinking Man's Guide to Baseball - Leonard Koppett
Nine Innings - Daniel Okrent
Dollar Sign on the Muscle - Kevin Kerrane

Great suggestions on the books. Okrent's book on prohibition is also a good read, Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

[North]

Counting flowers on the wall,
That don't bother me at all.
Playing Solitaire till dawn,
With a deck of fifty-one.
Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo.
Now, don't tell me, I've nothing to do.

[westofyou]

Great suggestions on the books. Okrent's book on prohibition is also a good read, Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

Yep, read that last year a great read

[blumj]

Damn Yankees is available but you have to pay for it: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/damn-yankees

Lola did get what she wanted last season, it was against the damn Astros not the damn Yankees.

[Rojo]

All Crosswords Team:

1B: BOOG Powell
2nd: Cookie ROJAS
SS: Larry BOWA
3rd: Dane (or Garth) IORG
OF: Mel OTT, Felipe ALOU, Matty ALOU

SP: Moose HAAS
RP: Rob NEN

[klw]

All Crosswords Team:

1B: BOOG Powell
2nd: Cookie ROJAS
SS: Larry BOWA
3rd: Dane (or Garth) IORG
OF: Mel OTT, Felipe ALOU, Matty ALOU

SP: Moose HAAS
RP: Rob NEN

No Kent Hrbek?

[Rojo]

Prototypical Leftfieders: Vince Coleman, Lou Brock, Lonnie Smith

Also: Kyle Schwarber, Carlos Lee, Greg Luzinksi.

[Rojo]

No Kent Hrbek?

Hmmm. Three consecutive consenants might beat two vowels.

Honestly, I think Larry Bowa is my weakest entry.

[Yachtzee]

Watching "The Cobra at Twilight" right now. Dave Parker love.

[Big Klu]

Watching "The Cobra at Twilight" right now. Dave Parker love.

Before that, MLB Network showed "The Nasty Boys".