KEN BURNS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Three for the Show: First Basemen
This is the first in a 10-part series (no…I’m not Ken Burns) where I will identify the top three players at each position in the Padres’ minor league system. Up next: First Base.
If the depth chart at catcher presents an “opportunity for improvement,” then first base can be considered a straight up reclamation project. Picture an abandoned town from The Walking Dead. In...
Ken Burns on the Hall candidacy of Clemens, Bonds and Piazza: “Those motherf***ers should suffer for a while”
One of the single greatest documentary series of all-time is Ken Burns’ ‘Baseball.’ It painted the beautiful picture of the sport which became known as America’s Pastime. It completely played up the romance that is involved with it, unlike any sport. If you have never seen it, you should. Burns is highly respected throughout the baseball community because of his knowledge...
The More Things Change…The Worse They Get?
I would never get through the endless cold dark winters if it wasn’t for old Mets videos and Ken Burns. Last night I watched Shea Goodbye: 45 Years of Amazin’. A great documentary, it details the history of the Mets at Shea. As I watched Ray Knight round third with his hands on his head after Mookie hit a slow roller, I saw something I had forgotten about: The patch on the uniforms...
Baseball Movie March Madness! - SEMIFINALS
As we pitted each bracket winner against each other in the quarterfinals, we expected the results to be a lot closer than they were. Shows what we know. We now have our Final Four, featuring three movies I absolutely adore, and one I'm not a huge fan of (but that has gotten a relatively easy draw so far). The Sandlot and Major League are battle-tested, playing through the two...
My Lastish At Bat
Just to prove I'm an equal-opportunity out-caller: I was watching the Ken Burns' Baseball marathon the other day, and Bill Lee was talking wistfully about his final at bat in a Red Sox uniform, before the designated hitter rule took the lumber pitchers' hands after the '72 season. He described a triple to right field. Al Kaline (who he said had bird crap on his shoulders...
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December 29, 2011
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Was Ty Cobb an “Embarrassment” to Baseball?
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Technology Gap
Bruce Dowbiggin makes a great point about how MLB is lagging in technology on the field:
Imagine using your iPhone to take video of a rotary phone. That’s how we felt watching Fox’s World Series coverage with its heat-sensitive cameras, virtual strike zones and super slo-mo cameras tracking the 19th-century sensibilities of baseball. The tech gap pretty much sums up the challenge...
Via Baseball Musings
October 20, 2011
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Mister American History
The effusive praise he gets can be a little too much at times, but count us in Ken Burns’s corner. We were listening to his interview today on C-SPAN radio where he talked about his latest film Prohibition. He also announced he will give the full treatment to Jackie Robinson in 2015.
In this interview with Newsday, Burns mentions his other upcoming projects which include...
Via Jaybird's Jottings
October 04, 2011
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Ys Lose
Watched Ken Burns's "Prohibition"--then flipped on the Yanks and it was 2-2 in the 5th. So I went ahead and watched. Tigers took a 4-2 lead, gave 2 back, then a Delmon dong in the 7th made it 5-4 Tigers, a lead they held till the end. We lead, two games to one.
Via A Red Sox Fan From Pinstripe Territory
October 03, 2011
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New Ken Burns doc explores the politics, sex and violence of Prohibition
Ken Burns knows a good story when he sees one, and his latest PBS epic, "Prohibition," certainly contains all the elements for a highly intoxicating yarn.
Via Lions Blog
October 02, 2011
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