Comments on: Who Says Character Is Overrated In Baseball? http://waswatching.com/2009/08/20/who-says-character-is-overrated-in-baseball/ Holy Cow! We never take cannoli from a huckleberry. Sat, 26 May 2012 12:26:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Evan3457 http://waswatching.com/2009/08/20/who-says-character-is-overrated-in-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-227337 Evan3457 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:46:37 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=16696#comment-227337 Lots of good baseball movies. Apart from those cited above, many of them have great character actors, some more well-known, and others less...including: Dan Duryea and Ludwig Stossel in Pride of the Yankees Jackie Earle Haley and Vic Morrow in The Bad News Bears (original) Dennis Haysbert in Major League David Straithairn in both A League of Their Own and Eight Men Out Robert Prosky, Richard Farnsworth, Joe Don Baker, Alan Fudge and Michael Madsden in the Natural Lori Petty and Jon Lovitz in A League of Their Own Ray Walston in Damn Yankees Vincent Gardinia and Selma Diamond in Bang the Drum Slowly Robert Wuhl in Bull Durham Ted Ross and Tony Burton In The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings However, if you want a baseball movie which is wall-to-wall character actors, the choice has to be one of the movies Steve cited above, namely, 61*. Apart from Peter Jacobsen as sportswriter Artie Green, you have ALL of the following character actors in this one film: Robert Costanzo as Toots Shor Connor Trinneer (pre-Enterprise) as a Writer Renee Taylor as Claire Ruth Michael Nouri as Joe DiMaggio Robert Joy as Bob Fitschel (Bob Fishel) Seymour Cassel as Sportswriter Sam Simon Joe Grifasi as Phil Rizzuto Donald Moffat as Comissioner Ford Frick Bob Gunton as Dan Topping Christopher McDonald as Mel Allen Chris Bauer as Bob Cerv Bruce McGill as Ralph Houk Richard Masur as Sportswriter Milt Kahn and, arguably, Anthony Michael Hall as Whitey Ford There's hardly a scene in the 1st half-hour of that movie where I didn't say to myself, "Oh, HE'S in this, too?" And you also get a knuckleball pitcher (Tom Candiotti) portraying a knuckleball pitcher (Hoyt Wilhelm) and the classiest character voice of modern times: Bob Sheppard.

Lots of good baseball movies. Apart from those cited above, many of them have great character actors, some more well-known, and others less…including:

Dan Duryea and Ludwig Stossel in Pride of the Yankees
Jackie Earle Haley and Vic Morrow in The Bad News Bears (original)
Dennis Haysbert in Major League
David Straithairn in both A League of Their Own and Eight Men Out
Robert Prosky, Richard Farnsworth, Joe Don Baker, Alan Fudge and Michael Madsden in the Natural
Lori Petty and Jon Lovitz in A League of Their Own
Ray Walston in Damn Yankees
Vincent Gardinia and Selma Diamond in Bang the Drum Slowly
Robert Wuhl in Bull Durham
Ted Ross and Tony Burton In The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings

However, if you want a baseball movie which is wall-to-wall character actors, the choice has to be one of the movies Steve cited above, namely, 61*. Apart from Peter Jacobsen as sportswriter Artie Green, you have ALL of the following character actors in this one film:

Robert Costanzo as Toots Shor
Connor Trinneer (pre-Enterprise) as a Writer
Renee Taylor as Claire Ruth
Michael Nouri as Joe DiMaggio
Robert Joy as Bob Fitschel (Bob Fishel)
Seymour Cassel as Sportswriter Sam Simon
Joe Grifasi as Phil Rizzuto
Donald Moffat as Comissioner Ford Frick
Bob Gunton as Dan Topping
Christopher McDonald as Mel Allen
Chris Bauer as Bob Cerv
Bruce McGill as Ralph Houk
Richard Masur as Sportswriter Milt Kahn
and, arguably, Anthony Michael Hall as Whitey Ford

There’s hardly a scene in the 1st half-hour of that movie where I didn’t say to myself, “Oh, HE’S in this, too?” And you also get a knuckleball pitcher (Tom Candiotti) portraying a knuckleball pitcher (Hoyt Wilhelm) and the classiest character voice of modern times: Bob Sheppard.

]]> By: Steve Lombardi http://waswatching.com/2009/08/20/who-says-character-is-overrated-in-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-227310 Steve Lombardi Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:20:51 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=16696#comment-227310 <b>@ MJ</b>: Ditto <b>@ Tresh Fan</b>: Great picks on Brennan and Brimley

@ MJ: Ditto
@ Tresh Fan: Great picks on Brennan and Brimley

]]> By: MJ http://waswatching.com/2009/08/20/who-says-character-is-overrated-in-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-227309 MJ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:17:48 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=16696#comment-227309 I loved Chelcie Ross in Major League. For some reason, he reminded me of old knuckleballer Charlie Hough in appearance and demeanor.

I loved Chelcie Ross in Major League. For some reason, he reminded me of old knuckleballer Charlie Hough in appearance and demeanor.

]]> By: Tresh Fan http://waswatching.com/2009/08/20/who-says-character-is-overrated-in-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-227304 Tresh Fan Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:03:41 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=16696#comment-227304 You'd have to start with Walter Brennan in Pride of the Yankees Others of interest may include: William Frawley in The Babe Ruth Story and Safe At Home Wilford Brimley in The Natural Keenan Wynn in Angels In The Outfield Phil Foster in Bang The Drum Slowly That's just from the top of my head

You’d have to start with Walter Brennan in Pride of the Yankees

Others of interest may include:

William Frawley in The Babe Ruth Story and Safe At Home
Wilford Brimley in The Natural
Keenan Wynn in Angels In The Outfield
Phil Foster in Bang The Drum Slowly

That’s just from the top of my head

]]> By: Raf http://waswatching.com/2009/08/20/who-says-character-is-overrated-in-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-227208 Raf Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:49:23 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=16696#comment-227208 I thought Trey Wilson (Bull Durham) was great in Raising Arizona

I thought Trey Wilson (Bull Durham) was great in Raising Arizona

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