Post by TheGoodMan19 on Aug 2, 2021 16:57:03 GMT
Moneyball
A League of Their Own
*61 (I voted for a Yankee movie, time to hang myself!)
Thought about Bull Durham, would have been 4th. Thought about Fever Pitch, but its a love story, set at Fenway. Thought about the Natural, but I prefer the novels ending.
Did not think about Eight Men Out. Fine movie, but the source material is a fairy tale. Two examples. Eddie Cicotte's "bonus". He goes to Comiskey, claiming a bonus for winning 30 games. Commie says "29 is not 30". Cicotte immediately goes to Chick Gandil and puts himself into the fix. Problem, no such thing as performance bonuses in 1919, certainly not one for winning 30 games. Another, the Lefty Williams "threat". A gunman approaches Lefty and says he will shoot his wife if he wins Game 8. Lefty throws grapefruits. Problem, the first mention of this is in EMO. There's prenty about the fix but not one mention of this. Author Elliot Asinof made it up. Sorry, I nerd out over the 1919 WS.
A League of Their Own
*61 (I voted for a Yankee movie, time to hang myself!)
Thought about Bull Durham, would have been 4th. Thought about Fever Pitch, but its a love story, set at Fenway. Thought about the Natural, but I prefer the novels ending.
Did not think about Eight Men Out. Fine movie, but the source material is a fairy tale. Two examples. Eddie Cicotte's "bonus". He goes to Comiskey, claiming a bonus for winning 30 games. Commie says "29 is not 30". Cicotte immediately goes to Chick Gandil and puts himself into the fix. Problem, no such thing as performance bonuses in 1919, certainly not one for winning 30 games. Another, the Lefty Williams "threat". A gunman approaches Lefty and says he will shoot his wife if he wins Game 8. Lefty throws grapefruits. Problem, the first mention of this is in EMO. There's prenty about the fix but not one mention of this. Author Elliot Asinof made it up. Sorry, I nerd out over the 1919 WS.