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| PeterDragon | posted on 11-30-2001 @ 10:05 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01  | Watching now "The Natural" on AMC. Great acting, great movie. Melodramatic, but that is what it's supposed to be (read the book if you don't know why) watching Hobbes hit the light tower - I could watch that scene a million times. Watching, and now Al Leiter stopped by the studios during a break - NICE  This message was edited by PeterDragon on 11-30-01 @ 10:27 PM | ||||
| OAAWITE | posted on 12-01-2001 @ 12:41 AM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70 | The most important thing was that I was wearing an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. Best sports writer ever | ||||
| JackDan1974 | posted on 12-05-2001 @ 11:28 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jul. 01 | One thing I never really understood was why that woman shot him. Was it because he embarrassed her boyfriend??? | ||||
| PeterDragon | posted on 12-05-2001 @ 4:54 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | The movie contains many allegories, from references to The Odyssey to Arthurian legends, to actual history. On one level, the woman may be similar to Circe, who tried to tempt Odysseus and lure him to his death. It is also reminiscent of an actual event. The following is from ESPN.com: 1949: Eddie Waitkus of the Philadelphia Phillies is not a natural, but he's good enough to be leading National League first basemen in balloting for the All-Star Game. However, the former Chicago Cub has the misfortune of being stalked by a deranged fan who is obsessed by him. Shortly before midnight, Ruth Steinhagen, a 19-year-old typist, lures Waitkus to her hotel room in Chicago's Edgewater Beach Hotel, where the Phillies are staying. After the 29-year-old bachelor walks past her into the room, Steinhagen shoots him in the chest with a .22 caliber rifle. Steinhagen, a 6-foot brunette, tells the state attorney, "I'm not really sorry. I'm sorry Eddie has to suffer so. I'm sorry it had to be him. But I had to shoot somebody. Only in that way could I relieve the nervous tension I've been under the last two years. The shooting has relieved that tension." Steinhagen will be judged insane. Surgery will save Waitkus' life and he will return to baseball next year. He will retire after the 1955 season with a .285 average for his 11-year career. Bernard Malamud will immortalize the shooting incident in his novel, "The Natural," which will later become a successful movie starring Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs. | ||||
| Arpikarhu Harmless Teddy I wish Maynard was still posting here so I could implant my head up his ass. Needle dick, bear salesman. I think I'm a revolutionary. Actually, I'm a one trick pony. I enjoy C&BT | posted on 12-05-2001 @ 5:12 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Apr. 01 | quote: having seen the movie a hundred times i cant for the life of me see how you could think that. because he struck out joe don baker? when is it even inferred that he is her boyfriend. you are the type of person who asks questions all the way through the movie and still never gets it, arent you? AIM- Arpikarhu  | ||||
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