One of the other volunteers at a Statford vaccination clinic yesterday went to school with Robinson's son David, and he also attended a commencement address given by Robinson a few years later. (He's American, his wife is Canadian.) Also: saw Koufax pitch in Shea Stadium. The only thing he remembers is that he thinks the Mets didn't score, which would narrow it down to one of these three games:
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― clemenza, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 14:14 (two years ago) link
I watched 42 today! Some very uncomfortable viewing, I mentioned the Pee Wee Reese moment in my thread maybe, which is supposedly maybe apocryphal but in the context of the film was genuinely heartening ofc. What Mookieproof says re the unsolved nature of racism in the game was on my mind reading this thread. I liked that the film showed that his teammates didn’t accept him, that there is that scene with Rickey & Reese in the office where the latter is complaining about the hate mail and Rickey just takes out sheafs of hate mail sent to Robinson and hands it to him. I enjoyed when he was shifting back and forth to fuck with the pitchers on 2nd, but I was also reminded in doing so of something I had read about the play in the Negro Leagues being faster and less staid than the major leagues - and that to this day you will still hear about black players described as being “showboating” or other coded phrases because there is still a lot of thinking that bat flipping, celebrating and fun isn’t playing the game the white way. It is enraging when you are watching the Phillies manager loudly and clearly repeatedly hurling racial slurs at Robinson, and the announcer was brushing it off as “chirping.”I thought about how tough he was to live all that, and the bat smashing scene in the dugout is great because it brings the person to life, and for a modern audience it is just underlining how hard it must have been to live with all that hate just for existing and playing the game. It was showing the pain behind the icon, what being the first meant. It’s a decent film, I liked Boseman very much. I would have liked to have seen more of his reactions to all the hate he received, because as tough as he was, it seemed pretty fucking unbearable.
― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Saturday, 6 May 2023 23:22 (ten months ago) link
105. I've got a grade 3 kid today who's seen 42 and wanted to tell the class all about him, so that was nice.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 16:48 (one month ago) link
I love that. It’s a wonderful film. Watched it again recently.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 16:52 (one month ago) link
I still haven't seen it because the Ken Burns documentary set the bar so high I'm resigned to being disappointed. My brother-in-law says I have to see it.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 16:54 (one month ago) link
It’s obviously not remotely documentary but it captures the importance of the event and it’s visceral. The film as I saw it very much encourages you to draw parallels between “controversial” contemporary parts of the game, like bat flipping and showmanship, and the whole thing with playing the game the “right” way. I’m not explaining it very well, but Boseman is a wonderful Jackie.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:55 (one month ago) link
and Alan Tudyk is pretty great at being the ermmm, the thing he had to be.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 19:29 (one month ago) link