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#464: Late Innings, Pt. 1 — Bull Durham


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Quietly observing as a small-town recreation league plays out their last game of the season, and likely ever, the new EEPHUS is a feature-length subversion of “the big game,” simultaneously embracing and rejecting such baseball-movie cliches in a manner that reminded us of 1988’s BULL DURHAM. We’re joined this week by pinch-hitter Tim Grierson to discuss all the ways Ron Shelton’s classic, often cited as the best baseball movie ever, throws out the sports-movie playbook, from its multiple protagonists and rom-com structure to its acknowledgment that baseball, like life, has an expiration date. And in Feedback, a frequent contributor returns with some bonus observations from our recent pairing of PRESENCE and THE OTHERS.


Intro/favorite movie sports teams: 00:00:00-00:08:51

Bull Durham Keynote: 00:08:51-00:14:55

Bull Durham Discussion: 00:14:56-00:56:14

Feedback/outro: 00:56:14-end


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