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"It's fun, that's what it is, it's fun. Baseball is more fun than anything else. You can watch it and just love it and enjoy it. I don't think that there's anything tremendously philosophical about it. I don't think there's anything metaphysical I just think its so much fun to watch." - Robert Creamer
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Originally posted by wambyI see what you are saying but I can't agree with it. I think the Field of Dreams quote is way too sentimental. I doubt if I have ever looked at baseball the same way my grandfathers did. The game on the field is very similar, but seems a lot different off the field.
And how is Rose and 'roids today any different from Blacksox and Ruth then.
What I mean by Ruth is that he did all the carousing and drinking and tempers and womanizing, but it was overlooked.
Off the field is no different, except for science ('roids).
Personally, I don't care about off the field.
It is baseball that I love.
If we put players on pedestals, we should not be surprised when they fall. They are only human. They did not ask for 'deification', we did that.
Off the field is irrelevant.
The game is what we, me anyway, love.
Just IMO.1968 and 1984, the greatest ever.
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Originally posted by Tigerfan1974Off the field?? There is no game off the field!
And how is Rose and 'roids today any different from Blacksox and Ruth then.
What I mean by Ruth is that he did all the carousing and drinking and tempers and womanizing, but it was overlooked.
Off the field is no different, except for science ('roids).
Personally, I don't care about off the field.
It is baseball that I love.
If we put players on pedestals, we should not be surprised when they fall. They are only human. They did not ask for 'deification', we did that.
Off the field is irrelevant.
The game is what we, me anyway, love.
Just IMO.
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Originally posted by wambyI think off the field is far from irrelevant. In my grandfathers' day there was no million dollar ballplayers, no work stoppages, no expansion etc. I'm guessing that way they looked at the game in 1930 or 1950 was a lot different then I looked at it in 1975 or 1981 or now.
I am talking about baseball the game; and you are talking about MLB, the sport/business. Just a different point of view.
It's all good.1968 and 1984, the greatest ever.
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Originally posted by Tigerfan1974I guess we are talking apples and oranges.
I am talking about baseball the game; and you are talking about MLB, the sport/business. Just a different point of view.
It's all good.
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Originally posted by wambyI agree. I don't see the product on the field in a vacuum.
If you think the sentiment was dripping in the movie, you'd drown in it if you read the book.Dave Bill Tom George Mark Bob Ernie Soupy Dick Alex Sparky
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Originally posted by Captain Cold NoseHave you read the book Field of Dreams came from, Shoeless Joe?
If you think the sentiment was dripping in the movie, you'd drown in it if you read the book.
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Originally posted by Captain Cold NoseHave you read the book Field of Dreams came from, Shoeless Joe?
If you think the sentiment was dripping in the movie, you'd drown in it if you read the book.
I read it back as a teenager, probably close to 15 years ago now...along with his other book "The Iowa Baseball Confederacy". Haven't read either in years...will have to check them both out again.Visit my card site at Mike D's Baseball Card Page.
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a challenge
What's maybe nice is to find a quote or use of a baseball term in a movie not about baseball. That might lead us somewhere else.
We have all those great terms, but can we find them in more everyday usage.
We say, "run out that ground ball" or "swing for the fences." What movies or books or situations do we use baseball as a metaphor or inspiration or ideal.
Then we can move away from Field of Dreams which is a sentimental love affair with the game.
I loved the book by the way. It hit me "close to home." Is that a baseball expression?
-cg
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Originally posted by christian gentlemanWhat's maybe nice is to find a quote or use of a baseball term in a movie not about baseball. That might lead us somewhere else.
We have all those great terms, but can we find them in more everyday usage.
We say, "run out that ground ball" or "swing for the fences." What movies or books or situations do we use baseball as a metaphor or inspiration or ideal.
Then we can move away from Field of Dreams which is a sentimental love affair with the game.
I loved the book by the way. It hit me "close to home." Is that a baseball expression?
-cg
Going all the way with a girl, or going to first base, second base, or third base has also been said many times.
In a crucial situation, somebody might say "it's the bottom of the 9th, with 2 outs" or something.
Is that what you mean?
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"There's no crying in baseball!"
After the pitcher gives up a long home run-
"That ball wouldn't have been out of every park."
"Name me one."
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Originally posted by christian gentlemanWhat's maybe nice is to find a quote or use of a baseball term in a movie not about baseball. That might lead us somewhere else.
We have all those great terms, but can we find them in more everyday usage.
We say, "run out that ground ball" or "swing for the fences." What movies or books or situations do we use baseball as a metaphor or inspiration or ideal.
Then we can move away from Field of Dreams which is a sentimental love affair with the game.
I loved the book by the way. It hit me "close to home." Is that a baseball expression?
-cgDave Bill Tom George Mark Bob Ernie Soupy Dick Alex Sparky
Joe Gary MCA Emanuel Sonny Dave Earl Stan
Jonathan Neil Roger Anthony Ray Thomas Art Don
Gates Philip John Warrior Rik Casey Tony Horace
Robin Bill Ernie JEDI
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Originally posted by christian gentlemanexactly. or maybe expressions with added power.
hey, don't "buckner" this presentation.
And the name Babe Ruth was used as a standard of excellence. For instance, when Willie Sutton was released from prison, Time referred to him as "the Babe Ruth" of bank robbers.
Under a photo of singer Franco Corelli in The New York Times, the caption read "the Babe Ruth of operatic tenors."
A Long Beach, California press release said that Chuck Stearns was "the Babe Ruth of water skiing."
John Lahr was thanking people who helped him write the biography of his father, and said that Suzi Arensberg was "the Babe Ruth of copy editors."
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