“Bull Durham”
1988
After catching the classic 1988 movie “Bull Durham” on Direct TV sometime in the past week, I had planned to save the DVR in order to go back through it for the “best lines” from that wonderful script. Then I gave it a second thought:
“Come on, Dummy! Several somebodies have bound to have done that exercise a few hundred times over in the 27 years that have passed since the cult movie’s release. Go Google-find one that fits your own ideas for a good set of picks and then post it here, giving credit where credit is due!”
That turned out to be splendid self-advisory.
Here’s a list of classic quotes compiled by a savvy baseball move writer named Greg Pearson, whose list was published, with contextual explanation in the April 25, 2011 edition of the Milwaukee-Wisconsin JOURNAL SENTINEL:
“Who we play tomorrow?”
– Crash Davis (Kevin Costner), moments after telling the manager he’s quitting rather than being demoted to Class A ball.
“It feels out there. It’s a major rush. I mean, it just doesn’t feel out there, I mean it feels out there. It’s kind of radical in a kind of tubular way, you know.”
– Ebby Calvin “Nuke” LaLoosh (Tim Robbins), responding when asked how it feels to win his first professional game.
“I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter.”
– Crash Davis, when Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon) asks what he believes in.
“You lollygag the ball around the infield. You lollygag your way down to first. You lollygag in and out of the dugout. You know what that makes you? Lollygaggers.”
– Manager Joe Riggins (Trey Wilson), trying to inspire his sluggish team.
“I want you to breathe through your eyelids.”
– Annie Savoy, offering her unique pitching tips to LaLoosh.
“I want you to throw the next one at the mascot. Just throw it at the bull, all right. Trust me.”
– Crash Davis, offering his pitching advice to LaLoosh.
“Don’t try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring. Besides that, they’re fascist. Throw some ground balls. It’s more democratic.”
– Crash Davis, offering more pitching advice to LaLoosh.
“Why’s he always calling me Meat? I’m the guy driving a Porsche.”
– Nuke LaLoosh, after another mound visit from Davis.
“Candlesticks always make a nice gift. Maybe you find out where she’s registered and get a place setting or a silverware pattern. OK, let’s get two.”
– Coach Larry Hockett (Robert Wuhl), breaking up a mound meeting with half the team that involved topics ranging from pitching troubles to cursed gloves to wedding gifts.
Here the link to the original article:
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