Eight Men Out

[Jcfowler6]

I watched Eight Men Out today and thought of two things:

How accurate is the movie?
And
What kind of cards the Net54 members might have of those guys?

[Bugsy]

Not very accurate at all; mostly because there is far too much to tell in the span of 2 hours. Gene Carney's "Burying the Black Sox" is the best book on the topic. Every couple of years, more and more info on this trickles out.

Chris

[Jcfowler6]

Was Buck Weaver innocent?

[Bugsy]

What is innocent? Attending meetings and not reporting? Taking money, but still playing your best? There are different layers of guilt in this and no black and white answers. I think the most telling fact is that he was still actively trying to clear his name 35 years later.

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by Bugsy

Not very accurate at all; mostly because there is far too much to tell in the span of 2 hours. Gene Carney's "Burying the Black Sox" is the best book on the topic. Every couple of years, more and more info on this trickles out.

Chris

The only way we could get an accurate account of the Black Sox, would be to let Kevin Costner star in and direct another one of his 3 1/2-4 hour sagas, with a 5 hour director's cut.. Just kidding.

In all honesty, I'd love to see Ron Howard take a crack at a Black Sox movie. If he can get it to turn out anywhere near as perfect as "Cinderella Man", we might be potentially looking at the greatest baseball movie ever made...I'm thinking Russel Crowe would be ideal for Ray Schalk...

[Jcfowler6]

I think a three part epic by Peter Jackson of Lord of the Rings fame would be cool.

I just wonder how deep the rabbit hole went on this though. Like who knew what and who did what. It is both sad and intriguing.

Was Commy that bad of an owner?

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by Jcfowler6

I think a three part epic by Peter Jackson of Lord of the Rings fame would be cool.

I just wonder how deep the rabbit hole went on this though. Like who knew what and who did what. It is both sad and intriguing.

Was Commy that bad of an owner?

Maybe go the Star Wars route. But doing the 3rd trilogy as well.

Start with the three part epic. Follow that up with a 3 part epic style prequel, to give a little more insight into the players, owners and state of the league and economy at the time. Then follow that up with another 3 part epic detailing the aftermath.

Anyways, all humor aside. A simple trilogy as you suggested would be great. Possibly following the outline that I detailed(obviously without the need for 9 total movies). Part 1-the fix and the series. Part 2(prequel)-events and insight leading up to the fix and series. Part 3-Aftermath.

[Jcfowler6]

Anyways, all humor aside. A simple trilogy as you suggested would be great. Possibly following the outline that I detailed(obviously without the need for 9 total movies). Part 1-the fix and the series. Part 2(prequel)-events and insight leading up to the fix and series. Part 3-Aftermath.[/QUOTE]

David, I like it!

[Jcfowler6]

Originally Posted by Bugsy

Not very accurate at all; mostly because there is far too much to tell in the span of 2 hours. Gene Carney's "Burying the Black Sox" is the best book on the topic. Every couple of years, more and more info on this trickles out.

Chris

Chris,

Thanks for the tip on the book. I am going to pick that one up.