Acclaimed film director and writer Ron Shelton joins Rich in-studio to discuss his new book ‘The Church of Baseball’ about the making of his baseball classic ‘Bull Durham’ including the story of how he nearly lost out on landing Kevin Costner as the lead role of Crash Davis, how Susan Sarandon landed the role of Annie alongside Tim Robbins’ Nuke LaLoosh, says why Coster is so believable and relatable in his sports movies, reveals how he mined his own professional baseball career for some of Bull Durham’s story lines, and takes a look into the future and tells Rich what became of some of his more memorable characters including Crash and Nuke, Happy and Coach Pete from ‘Blue Chips,’ Billy Hoyle and Gloria from ‘White Men Can’t Jump,’ and Roy McAvoy and David Simms from ‘Tin Cup.’

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