Hey, Josh. I loved Studs Terkel and "Long Gone" and I'm glad you reminded everyone of it. But for manager, you gotta have Lou Brown in there. Studs can be player/pitching coach. And I'd bring in Billy Heywood for bench coach during summer break.
Learning how many other "Lone Gone" fans are out there makes this post totally worth it. Agree that Lou Brown needs to be the manager. Stud's got enough responsibilities, including the location of the postgame party.
One of my most underrated movie lines was in "Long Gone" when Jamie Don Weeks sits down with Dixie Lee Boxx in the diner and frets that his girlfriend "got herself pregnant," to which Dixie casually replies "the last time that happened, there was a star in the East."
So, part of the criteria is fictional characters from movies, so no biopics or situations. So that eliminates Jackie Robinson, Shoeless Joe, Babe Ruth, etc. So, let's look at movies you've omitted and what characters might make an opposing team?
Bang The Drum Slowly, Robert DeNiro as Bruce, Catcher
Field of Dreams... A fictionalized version of a player count: After all Ray Liotta plays Shoeless Joe right handed. If not, how about Moonlight Graham, Pitcher.
Sandlot. Of course you went with Benny. But what about we get a fictional Negro League star in there, Mr. Mertle, played by James Earl Jones. After all, he's in a picture with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
Everybody Wants Some. An under appreciated Richard Linklater film with a Dazed and Confused vibe. I'll go with Tyler Hoechlin as McReynolds, outfield.
Brewster's Millions, Richard Pryor. Pitcher.
OK, now I've just spent an hour on this... Thanks Josh
Hey, Josh. I loved Studs Terkel and "Long Gone" and I'm glad you reminded everyone of it. But for manager, you gotta have Lou Brown in there. Studs can be player/pitching coach. And I'd bring in Billy Heywood for bench coach during summer break.
Learning how many other "Lone Gone" fans are out there makes this post totally worth it. Agree that Lou Brown needs to be the manager. Stud's got enough responsibilities, including the location of the postgame party.
One of my most underrated movie lines was in "Long Gone" when Jamie Don Weeks sits down with Dixie Lee Boxx in the diner and frets that his girlfriend "got herself pregnant," to which Dixie casually replies "the last time that happened, there was a star in the East."
So, part of the criteria is fictional characters from movies, so no biopics or situations. So that eliminates Jackie Robinson, Shoeless Joe, Babe Ruth, etc. So, let's look at movies you've omitted and what characters might make an opposing team?
Bang The Drum Slowly, Robert DeNiro as Bruce, Catcher
Field of Dreams... A fictionalized version of a player count: After all Ray Liotta plays Shoeless Joe right handed. If not, how about Moonlight Graham, Pitcher.
Sandlot. Of course you went with Benny. But what about we get a fictional Negro League star in there, Mr. Mertle, played by James Earl Jones. After all, he's in a picture with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
Everybody Wants Some. An under appreciated Richard Linklater film with a Dazed and Confused vibe. I'll go with Tyler Hoechlin as McReynolds, outfield.
Brewster's Millions, Richard Pryor. Pitcher.
OK, now I've just spent an hour on this... Thanks Josh
Vince, I totally forgot about Richard Prior as Montgomery Brewster. He needs to be on the pitching staff.
When I scrolled down and saw Roger Dorn I said out loud in my best Lou Brown voice, "Come on Dorn!"