He wasn't a bad fellow, no worse than most and probably no better than some, and not a bad ball player neither when they gave him the chance, when they laid off him long enough. From here on in, I rag nobody.
---last lines of Bang the Drum Slowly by Mark Harris
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As big a baseball fan as I've been, I've never read that or seen the movie. I should change that.
Posted by: Linkmeister | Sunday, November 27, 2005 at 01:11 AM
Harris' book is an American classic. Be sure to give us the excerpt where the manager discusses which catchers he will keep on the team.
Posted by: Exiled in NJ | Sunday, November 27, 2005 at 10:16 AM
And one of the best sports movies ever made, with an all-star cast that included Michael Moriarty, Robert DeNiro, Vince Gardenia, Phil Foster, and Selma Diamond! A baseball "Brian's Song"...
"So bang the drums slowly and play the pipes lowly for I am a young cowboy and I know I must die"
Posted by: Greg | Monday, November 28, 2005 at 12:03 PM
But, oh god, that soundtrack was horrendous.
Posted by: Domoni | Saturday, December 03, 2005 at 12:57 PM