The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.
From D. B. Sweeney
Joe Jackson was a tragic figure. He was a serene country boy who signed a confession he couldn't read. He was illiterate.
A producer wouldn't think of making a film about ballet dancers without using real dancers, but they will cast actors who have never held a bat in baseball films.
DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does.
I'm a huge baseball fan and follow it very closely.
I was taking hitting clinics every chance I got. I really worked on it. It was just fun to be given that invitation from the director to make the baseball as good as we can.
I felt like the world of baseball in 1919 was much closer to what A-ball would be now - guys riding buses, there's no training staff, and there's a lot of paranoia.
In A-ball, you're either going to move up, or you're going to get released. That kind of paranoia played a lot into the players' mentality leading up to the events of 'Eight Men Out.'
If Gretzky was velvet, Ovechkin is electricity.
I think Ovechkin is everything the NHL needs.
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