BASEBALL RIGHT NOW DUE TO
SOCIAL DISTANCING
RULES....YOU'RE IN GOOD LUCK.
FILM CRITICS CHUCK AND PAM
JOINED C-I-LIVING'S TIM
SINCLAIR VIRTUALLY TO SHARE
FOUR BALL PARK MOVIES IN
TODAY'S REEL TALK.
WITH THE SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS
IN PLACE, THE MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL SEASON HAS YET TO
START. FILM CRITICS CHUCK
KOPLINSKI AND PAM POWELL ARE
HERE TO SUGGEST SOME BASEBALL
MOVIES TO HELP FILL IN THE
GAP. CHUCK WOULD LIKE TO TALK
ABOUT THE BAD NEWS BEARS (THE
ORIGINAL VERSION FROM 1976)
AND BULL DURHAM THE BAD NEWS
BEARS TO SCRAPE UP SOME EXTRA
CASH, THE SEMI- INEBRIATED,
CIGAR- SMOKING, FORMER MINOR-
LEAGUE PITCHER AND NOW
PROFESSIONAL EXTERMINATOR,
MORRIS BUTTERMAKER, AGREES TO
COACH THE INEPT LITTLE- LEAGUE
BASEBALL TEAM OF YOUNG
MISFITS, THE BEARS. BULL
DURHAM BULL DURHAM IS A 1988
AMERICAN ROMANTIC COMEDY
SPORTS FILM. IT IS PARTLY
BASED UPON THE MINOR-LEAGUE
BASEBALL EXPERIENCES OF
WRITER/DIRECTOR RON SHELTON
AND DEPICTS THE PLAYERS AND
FANS OF THE DURHAM BULLS, A
MINOR-LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM IN
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA. PAM
WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT
MONEYBALL AND THE PHENOM
MONEYBALL BENNETT MILLER'S
ADAPTATION OF MICHAEL LEWIS'
NON-FICTION BEST SELLER
MONEYBALL STARS BRAD PITT AS
BILLY BEANE, A ONE-TIME PHENOM
WHO FLAMED OUT IN THE BIG
LEAGUES AND NOW WORKS AS THE
GM FOR THE OAKLAND ATHLETICS,
A FRANCHISE THAT'S ABOUT TO
LOSE THEIR THREE BEST PLAYERS
TO FREE AGENCY. THE PHENOM
BASEBALL PLAYER CHARACTER
STUDY"THE PHENO" VERY RARELY
TAKES PLACE ON THE FIELD, BUT
WITHIN THE TORMENTED SILENCE
OF A YOUNG ATHLETE WHO HAS
BEEN DEHUMANIZED BY HIS FATHER
INTO A PITCHING MACHINE.
REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT CHUCK
AND PAM'S FACEBOOK PAGE,
WEBSITE AND SIGN UP FOR THEIR
NEWSLETTER. THANKS!
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