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Diamond Theater: Baseball Movies Through the Eras
Apr 26, 2020
Published in
DDT's Pop Flies
Rogers Hornsby, the Hall of Fame second baseman second only to fellow Hall of Famer Ty Cobb in career batting average, once said, "People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." The right-handed slugger, who remains the only player to combine a .400 batting average with 40 or more home runs in the same season (1922, the year he won the first of his two Triple Crowns), also never went to the movies (or read books), claiming that it would harm his eyesight.
Jake Taylor
Sep 07, 2013
Published in
The 2021 Fictitious Athlete Inductees
Jake Taylor may not have been the one given the best lines in Major League, but he was the heart and soul of the team and the movie (and writing that did not feel like a cliché). It was Taylor who melded the team together off the field and on the field on his gimpy knees ran out the surprise bunt (after the brilliant called shot to field) and suggested the play that Willie “Mays” Hayes score from second. Taylor also got to bed an in her prime Rene Russo which was likely of a higher quality than he was finding in the Mexican League. Overall, we wish he never signed on for Major League 2, as the conversion to Interim Manager was unlikely and the decision to keep him in the franchise seemed contrived. Granted, at Tom Berenger’s advanced age, it made sense, but surely there had to be a better use for him…or maybe don’t use him at all.
Jack Parkman
Sep 07, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
When we watched Jack Parkman in Major League 2, we subconsciously wondered if his anger was residual affect from being jilted in “An Officer and a Gentleman”. Lame joke aside, Major League II was clearly not as good as the original but we enjoyed and bought David Keith as the arrogant slugger who coined a Ricky Vaughn pitch as the “Masturbator”. Although we were not supposed to like Parkman as the bad guy, he was a bit of a guilty pleasure.
Eddie Harris
Sep 05, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
Clearly channeling Gaylord Perry, Eddie Harris may have been of advanced age, but his “Vaseline Ball” (and occasional use of snot) made him the ace of the Indians staff (remember he was the starting pitcher against the Yankees in that final game) in Major League. Although we did see him pitch, we remember his holy wars with Pedro Cerrano far more. Sadly, his “Fuck You Jobu” line didn’t work out too well did it?