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1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

Salinger played a large role in the novel.

I know, Ibresd the book-That’s why said it ha ha.

Did you know Jack Kérouac lived in College Park? (Downtown Orlando) down by you?

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Sorry, Field of Dreams (movie) is right behind Shawshank Redemption on my list of all time over rated movies.  Of course, you have to be pretty good to get to be over rated!  Bull Durham tops my list of baseball movies.

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1 minute ago, NCRaven said:

Sorry, Field of Dreams (movie) is right behind Shawshank Redemption on my list of all time over rated movies.  Of course, you have to be pretty good to get to be over rated!  Bull Durham tops my list of baseball movies.

I can’t count on one hand how many times I have cried in my life and one of them is while seeing Field of Dreams. Couldn’t disagree anymore...

Bull Durham is good but not in the same category at all imo.

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1 hour ago, Rene88 said:

I can’t count on one hand how many times I have cried in my life and one of them is while seeing Field of Dreams. Couldn’t disagree anymore...

Bull Durham is good but not in the same category at all imo.

You honestly drive me nuts sometime Rene88...but I do respect a man who cries at a good baseball movie.  Even if he is a Nats fanatic! ;) 

50 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Good, I was getting worried for a second.

 

Which one are you?

Ease his pain.....

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7 minutes ago, foxfield said:

You honestly drive me nuts sometime Rene88...but I do respect a man who cries at a good baseball movie.  Even if he is a Nats fanatic! ;) 

Ease his pain.....

Ha ha! Thanks Foxfield!

”Go the distance”

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1 hour ago, NCRaven said:

Sorry, Field of Dreams (movie) is right behind Shawshank Redemption on my list of all time over rated movies.  Of course, you have to be pretty good to get to be over rated!  Bull Durham tops my list of baseball movies.

I thought Field of Dreams was mediocre. I enjoyed the book, and maybe that's the problem. I liked Bull Durham, but have never understood the enthusiasm for me; very little about the baseball in it seems real to me.

To me, the best baseball movie is Bang the Drum Slowly, and it's not even close. Also a great short novel, and the movie sticks pretty close to it, with perfect performances by DeNiro, Michael Moriarty and Vincent Gardenia. 

Back to the OP. I think you get nothing of value for Cashner now, and hope that he pitches fairly well and that a team gets desperate for a veteran starter near the deadline (and that the Orioles are capable of making a deal when there are time constraints). He's sure not blocking anybody this season. 

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I thought Field of Dreams was mediocre. I enjoyed the book, and maybe that's the problem. I liked Bull Durham, but have never understood the enthusiasm for me; very little about the baseball in it seems real to me.

To me, the best baseball movie is Bang the Drum Slowly, and it's not even close. Also a great short novel, and the movie sticks pretty close to it, with perfect performances by DeNiro, Michael Moriarty and Vincent Gardenia. 

Back to the OP. I think you get nothing of value for Cashner now, and hope that he pitches fairly well and that a team gets desperate for a veteran starter near the deadline (and that the Orioles are capable of making a deal when there are time constraints). He's sure not blocking anybody this season. 

I found the book far superior, mainly do to a distinct lack of Kevin Costner.

Ever read The Iowa Baseball Confederacy?

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10 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I found the book far superior, mainly do to a distinct lack of Kevin Costner.

Ever read The Iowa Baseball Confederacy?

Yes, but it's been a long time. I liked it, but I don't really go for the combination of baseball and fantasy. (That's probably why I'm lukewarm on The Natural.) It seems like it's gotten lost over time. I do remember thinking that if someone could make a lot of money making a movie of Field of Dreams, maybe someone would take a shot with The Iowa Baseball Confederacy.

Other than the Mark Harris books (The Southpaw, Bank the Drum Slowly, a Ticket for a Seamstitch and It Looked Like For Ever), my favorite baseball fiction includes Ring Lardner's stuff (especially You Know Me Al) and Robert Coover's The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop., another  novel that I think was pretty well known but seems to have slipped into obscurity. I haven't read much recent baseball fiction, but I did like  Troy Soos's baseball mysteries, which are set in the early 20th century.

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29 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

I thought Field of Dreams was mediocre. I enjoyed the book, and maybe that's the problem. I liked Bull Durham, but have never understood the enthusiasm for me; very little about the baseball in it seems real to me.

To me, the best baseball movie is Bang the Drum Slowly, and it's not even close. Also a great short novel, and the movie sticks pretty close to it, with perfect performances by DeNiro, Michael Moriarty and Vincent Gardenia. 

Back to the OP. I think you get nothing of value for Cashner now, and hope that he pitches fairly well and that a team gets desperate for a veteran starter near the deadline (and that the Orioles are capable of making a deal when there are time constraints). He's sure not blocking anybody this season. 

I like the older movies like It Happens Every Spring. Angels In the Outfield from 1950. 

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2 hours ago, NCRaven said:

Sorry, Field of Dreams (movie) is right behind Shawshank Redemption on my list of all time over rated movies.  Of course, you have to be pretty good to get to be over rated!  Bull Durham tops my list of baseball movies.

Liked Bull Durham,  For the love of the game, and Sandlot

Field of dreams was overrated imo

Major League, Mr Baseball, Mr 3000,  and original Bad News were funny

 

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