{"id":6139,"date":"2010-04-05T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=6139"},"modified":"2010-03-23T13:53:36","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T19:53:36","slug":"baseball-for-dummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/baseball-for-dummies\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball for Dummies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baseball’s back which means summer can’t be far behind! While some say that baseball is no longer America’s favorite sport, it’s still an integral part of the American character. This week we’re going to celebrate a favorite combination\u00a0 – baseball at the movies. Lynn gets us started with a smart and funny film set in the minor leagues.
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My favorite baseball movie is Bull Durham<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. Like the Quad City River Bandits<\/strong><\/a>, the Durham Bulls is a minor league team, with a charming baseball park.<\/p>\n

Much of the appeal of baseball games in Durham and Davenport, it seems to me, involves the picturesque\u00a0setting, the promotions, gimmicks, and\u00a0\u00a0tasty ballpark food.<\/p>\n

I don’t know much about baseball, but a perfect summer evening to me, is walking from a downtown restaurant or piano bar to Modern Woodman Park. Taking in a game in the twilight, with the lights of\u00a0 Centennial Bridge’s span in the background can’t be beat.<\/p>\n

The Bull Durham<\/strong><\/em><\/a> stars,\u00a0\u00a0Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and a very young Tim Robbins, were perfectly cast, as well as the rest of the ball players, coaches and managers.<\/p>\n

Costner plays a thinking person’s\u00a0athlete in\u00a0a baseball film that drops names like Edith Piaf, Susan Sontag\u00a0and Walt Whitman as readily as\u00a0Joe DiMaggio\u00a0and Ernie Banks. \u00a0Sarandon’s Annie Savoy\u00a0is not only an English teacher, but a expert in baseball history and strategy\u00a0in\u00a0a movie that can be enjoyed on many levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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