It’s all about stats, especially the Holy Grail for baseball number-crunchers, on-base percentage.
(Those thick specs don’t seem to help much.)
He’s also a pot-smoker and convicted carjacker.
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ACCURACYCould the real White Sox have been this obvious, making such blatant errors?
‘‘Nah,’’ he says, ‘‘those fellas are all gone now.’’
KLEENEX FACTOR10 out of 10 hankies (‘‘Say it ain’t so, Joe.
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Say it ain’t so.'')
MEMORABLE MOMENTRobinson faces a potentially violent confrontation with some white hecklers.
Given the revelations in O’Neal’s memoir, the character probably wasn’t a stretch.
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ACCURACYHobbs’ fortunes take a very different path in the Bernard Malamud novel that is the movie’s source.
MEMORABLE MOMENTWith a mighty blast, Hobbs knocks out every light in the ballpark.
ACCURACYJackson threw right-handed but batted southpaw.
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Liotta, however, bats righty in the movie.
MEMORABLE MOMENTJackson tells his host, ‘‘Man, I did love this game.
I’d have played for food money.
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It was the game….
The sounds, the smells…
Shoot, I’d play for nothing!’’
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He was also a top infielder and strong slugger, hitting four home runs in one 1932 game.
KLEENEX FACTOR10 out of 10.
Anyone who doesn’t weep at Gehrig’s farewell speech is a stone.
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ACCURACYDirector Penny Marshall supposedly made sure she cast actresses who could really field and hit.
MEMORABLE MOMENTSDottie does a split while catching a pop fly.
And an apoplectic Jimmy tells a bawling player, ‘‘There’s no crying in baseball!’’
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The two find themselves in a romantic triangle with groupie supreme Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon).
MEMORABLE MOMENTCrash teaches Nuke how to spout bland cliches when sportswriters interview him.
KLEENEX FACTOR1 out of 10 hankies (Unlike most baseball movies,Durhamisn’t the least bit sentimental.)
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Roger is desperate for his team to win so he can be reunited with his father.
KLEENEX FACTOR6 out of 10 hankies.
The Senators’ struggles aren’t far from the truth either.
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KLEENEX FACTOR1 out of 10 hankies (unless you’re from D.C.).
ACCURACYThere?s no other group of foulmouthed kids you?d rather be a part of.
Just see to it you know your baseball references and how to make a s?more.
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MEMORABLE MOMENTThe boys have their first run-in with chewing tobacco ?baccy man!
followed by a ride on the Tilt-A-Whirl.
Collective embarrassment and vomiting ensue.
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KLEENEX FACTOR1 out of 10 hankies (unless those tears come from laughter)
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