Join Every Rom Com as we continue our Sports Rom Com series with the sexy baseball love triangle, “Bull Durham”! Darin Lundberg of the NostalgiaCast podcast joins us to discuss the joys of baseball and baseball movies, explore the careers of Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon, and bring you the making-of details on this romantic classic from scripting to production! Stick around for the end of the show when we’ll give you a great group of double feature recommendations to pair with “Bull Durham” on your next watch!

0:00-18:02 Introducing Darin Lundberg of the NostalgiaCast and Back to Bluey podcasts!, Favorite Sports Movies, Can a Sports Movie Have Too Much Sports?

Darin Lundberg has been podcasting for nearly a decade, but he’s been a film obsessive for longer than he can remember. Movies have been his babysitter, confidante, and constant companion, and in 2016, he started the NostalgiaCast podcast with best friend Jonny Craddock, in which they revisit and review the films of their childhoods, to see if they stand the test of time, or if they're past their prime. In 2023, Darin also started the Back To Bluey podcast with co-host Robert Yaniz Jr., in which they discuss the Australian animated phenomenon BLUEY from a father’s perspective, as an aspirational tool for their families during the day-to-day. 

Find Darin’s Work Here:

https://nostalgiacast.libsyn.com/ 

https://linktr.ee/nostalgiacast 

https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/75ff27c1-6ea9-40ea-9e36-17cd1901d255 

https://linktr.ee/BackToBluey 

Follow Nostalgia Cast & Back to Bluey:

Twitter: https://x.com/DWLundberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor 

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dwlundberg.bsky.social 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NostalgiaCast/ 

18:02-29:47 TRAILER, Basic Info, Interesting Facts

More Info On “Bull Durham”:

The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham, by Ron Shelton, 2022

https://web.archive.org/web/20080517143621/http://cgi.cnnsi.com/features/2003/si_movies/ 

https://vault.si.com/vault/2012/07/09/worshipping-at-the-church-of-baseball 

29:47-40:01 General Opinion

40:01-54:45 Cast & Crew In-Depth

More Info On Kevin Costner:

https://www.biography.com/actors/kevin-costner  

More Info On Susan Sarandon:

https://www.biography.com/actors/susan-sarandon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Sarandon#

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Susan-Sarandon 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/arts/susan-sarandon-war-israel-gaza.html 

54:45-1:08:43 Opening Of The Movie, Intro to the Characters

More on Max Patkin, The Clown Prince of Baseball: https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/01/sports/max-patkin-79-clown-prince-of-baseball.html

1:08:43-1:18:55 Nuke, Annie, and Crash Love Triangle Set-Up

1:18:55-1:31:02 Annie and Nuke, Crash and Annie

“I Sing the Body Electric” by Walt Whitman: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45472/i-sing-the-body-electric  

Minor League Home Run Record:

https://www.mlb.com/news/ron-shelton-a-fan-of-mike-hessmans-record/c-141063474  

1:31:02-1:45:01 Crash and Nuke On the Field, Lollygaggers, Road Trip

1:45:01-1:52:56 A Brief History and Explainer of Minor League Baseball

More On Minor League Baseball:

https://www.milb.com/milb/history/general-history 

https://www.mlb.com/news/best-minor-league-teams-2025 

https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-296396 

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/february-2/national-league-of-baseball-is-founded 

“Baseball” documentary, directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

1:52:56 SPOILERS BEGIN

1:52:56-2:05:48 The Winning Streak, Annie Confronts Crash

2:05:48-2:13:32 Conference on the Mound, Winning Streak Ends, Nuke Called to the Show, Crash Released

2:13:32-2:22:41 Crash and Annie Love Montage, End of the Movie, Walt Whitman on Baseball

The Real Walt Whitman Baseball Quotes (“You can look it up.”): https://sites.temple.edu/historynews/2018/10/22/walt-whitman-and-baseball/ 

https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/whitman-melville-and-baseball-662f5ef3583d 

2:22:41-2:38:00 Double Feature Recommendations