I worked in a sporting goods store near the "FOD" and we had people from all over the country stopping in to get a ball or glove on their way to "have a catch."
It holds a special place in the hearts of many who truly love the game of baseball or who were touched by this movie. I can't explain it but they still come 20 years later.
The director barely shot any coverage for this scene since he was afraid that the studios would want to cut it up, and so he tried to make it as hard as possible for the editors to do anything other than play the entire speech.
Can you think of early 20th century America and somehow NOT have
Ty Cobb or the Black Sox and their iconic uniforms come to mind?
Can you picture the highs of the '20s without Ruth's exuberance, or the lows of the '30s without Gehrigs solemn yet strong work ethic and attitude?
The '40s without thinking of DiMaggio or Williams at War or Jackie's breaking the color line, the '50s without Willie, Mickey and the Duke and that innocence, the
'60s without the Mets, the "people", winning out?
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baseball is shit.full of drugs cheats.and run by an organisation that refuses to deal with said cheats and prefers to sweep it under the carpet.plus its fucking boring to watch.i'd even prefer to watch that limey game cricket and that is saying something
A memory, a life a chance to relive the past. A lot of times we miss that. Baseball is a part of history. The problem is what it has become. Many hard working Mom and Dads cant afford to take kids to a game anymore. Thank God for semi-pro teams. They bring back the baseball of days gone by. There is a nostalgia to baseball. The old stadiums, players that enjoy the game. There is a desire, passion that is not there in pro ball. Pro's? What a joke. Egos, Showboating. It's about money to them.
If you build it they will come. If its a real game you'll compete and if you have the better team you will win. A thought on the perils of both free trade and protectionism. Neither are the game at all, unless your game's a tampered ball.
i still think that this is a funny clip! It is funny to see Kevin Costner's reaction to James Earl Jones's speech! The look on his face is like "what the heck are you talking about?!" It is just too much to take!
Ok I have a few questions. Why are you spending your time on youtube fussing with 2 young girls while you yourself are in the
40's? You don't think there is something wrong with that? If you do not cut the shit right now, I will file harassment charges on you so fast that you won't even know what "crack hoe" hit you. And the correst term is crack WHORE you dumb fucked up son of a bitch. And seriously, who uses the mother comebacks? Those were out years ago you petafiliatistical bastard.
& unlike u, i'm not going 2 use the mother & father attacks they're not my last resort like they r yours. For a 42 year old, u r incredibly stupid. & y did u even start this fight with us? Actaully, don't answer that. Your answer wouldn't be an intelligently reasonable 1.
oh my fucking god. just shut the fuck up. you are a fucking stupid old man. just get your own life and stop picking on teenagers and learn how a tampon works dumbass.
U think that u know us, but I have news 4 u. Some news that u will most certainly not like. U don't know us as much as u would like 2 think that u do. How can even give a good explanation 4 being mad @ us when we did nothing 2 u in the 1st place?! U started this whole thing! As the saying goes, "If u can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.". U've talked shit legal eagle, & now your getting crapped on. Don't dish out what u can't take.
Nobody with any decency or respect 4 the deceased would say something like that. Then again, u don't care, do u? U r sick. u r really screwed up in the head 2 say all of the things that u have said. & 2 start a fight with us becuz we enjoyed this video & this movie. Just go back 2 that filty, shit covered hole that u crawled out of.
wait a second. let me wipe the tears from my eyes because you talked about my dead father. yeah fucking right. i hope you know that you look worse than us because you have to be mean to teenage girls to feel good about yourself. you're pathetic. and get some new comebacks shit-for-brains. those stopped being funny in the 1950s. wait-i'm wrong. they never were funny. piece of shit one-foot-in-the-grave son of a bitch.
oh..i see why you can't use proper punctuation. it's because you're too old and you've forgotten everything your teachers taught you. well why don't you ask the workers at the old folks home for a lesson-i'm sure they'll help you out. hopefully they'll help you get a life as well so that you can find things to tickle your fancy other than harassing 16-year-old girls on the internet, you nasty pedophile.
It must suck knowing ur slut mother had a dick in her mouth when she delivered ur cumwhore ass in a public restroom toilet. Is ur daddy one of 15 johns she blew a day u little fat bitch? Damn ur one stupid whore.
Uhh you're just sick. U must be pretty fond of the words "whore" & "bitch" seeing as 2 how u like 2 use them in almost every comment that u leave. & where r u getting the idea that we're fat? & what did i tell u about the mom attacks?! everybody uses them! find something new!
u r such a piss ant! i think, no, actually i KNOW that u r the 1 having 2 much ass 2 mouth becuz u obviously have your head stuck so far up your ass that u would actually start a youtube fight with 2 teenagers 4 no reason. what kind of grown man, or w/e the hell u r, does that?! Not a normal 1! I suggest that u take my advice & go 2 those meetings 4 the sexually obsessed cuz u obviously need 2.
Oh! you're hurting my feelings! i can't control my tears! Yeah f-ing right. U r a ridiculous, skanked out pedophile who has nothing better 2 do than harass people who STILL have their youth. Get a job. Do something better with your life other than what u r doing right now. I'm sure that your collegues laugh @ the thought of u. "The little tard-bar who's life consisted of starting arguments with young girls. What a loser."
& what's your obsession with sex? every attack that u make on us is about sex, moms, & genitals! They have meetings 4 people who r obsessed with sex! i suggest that u go 2 them ASAP. & how do u expect 2 find a significant other when u talk 2 people the way that u do?!
No but u being the bastard son of a streetwalking whore, I know has scrambled ur pea size brain. So go back to alley ur mom works in, and spread her legs to dinner u bitch.
ugh your probably 1 of those guys that takes extenze, enzyte, or 1 of those other male enhancement pills becuz u most likely suck in the bedroom. & becuz u suck, you're taking your anger out on other people. how ridiculous.
lol. somebody's testy. sorry we made you mad by talking to one another. and i think it's cool how you called her a bitch when you're the one who started the fight. and don't say that anyone else has a pea-size brain because you're the one who can't master the simplicity of a comma.
Am i a boy or girl legal eagle? & while your trying 2 figure that out from what u said in your 2nd comment, y don't u specify your gender becuz we need some clearing up on that. & also, seeing as 2 how big of an idiot u r, your mom was probably hoping that YOU would go play on a busy highway!
u obviously get your freaky, perv hjoliies from being like 90 years old & starting fights with teenage girls on youtube. youtube?! come on! & Idk y u used the Mom attack thing becuz everybody always does that in the internet arguments. find something else pal!
heavenescence1989, tell me-how could he keep a straight face?? i mean we can't do it when we know it is coming. this was the funniest part except for "it means we're going to Minnessota to find Moonlight Graham" and "but you're not invited" and "bitchin'". this is possibly the funniest thing ever. i just can't tell you how funny it is.
i don't c how he kept a straight face when he said it! maybe he took Vicadin 2 numb his face, cuz he knew that he was gonna laugh. & you're right, we can't keep a straight face when it comes! remember when the moonlight Graham part was coming & i busted out laughing 7 we had 2 go all the way back? lol
i remember! and i had that crappy dvd player at my house and we had to go WAYY back! that was funny! but i think that was when they were on the hunt for Moonlight Graham and he said they were going to Minn. to find him. next time you come over, we are watching this! and the egg thing!
This is my alll time favorite movie.
tysweetdrums 2 years ago
I really can't imagine a scenario whereby people will actually feel the desire to go to Iowa.
Maarow 2 years ago
Apparently, you live(d) there
candiruacu 2 years ago
It was a supernatural thing
tysweetdrums 2 years ago
I worked in a sporting goods store near the "FOD" and we had people from all over the country stopping in to get a ball or glove on their way to "have a catch."
It holds a special place in the hearts of many who truly love the game of baseball or who were touched by this movie. I can't explain it but they still come 20 years later.
dbqbuddha 2 years ago
The director barely shot any coverage for this scene since he was afraid that the studios would want to cut it up, and so he tried to make it as hard as possible for the editors to do anything other than play the entire speech.
bluebettle 2 years ago
best part of the whole movie right here.
sja11 2 years ago
One of my favourite films, could listen to James Earl Jones all day.
crascodav 2 years ago
James Earl Jones, layin' down the law!
DCuStudios051 2 years ago
Can you think of early 20th century America and somehow NOT have
Ty Cobb or the Black Sox and their iconic uniforms come to mind?
Can you picture the highs of the '20s without Ruth's exuberance, or the lows of the '30s without Gehrigs solemn yet strong work ethic and attitude?
The '40s without thinking of DiMaggio or Williams at War or Jackie's breaking the color line, the '50s without Willie, Mickey and the Duke and that innocence, the
'60s without the Mets, the "people", winning out?
obiwanobiwan13 3 years ago 4
Reggie Jackson's style and greatness and confidence-bordering-arrogance IS the '70s.
The Mets winning it all with such a great team in '86, then falling apart with drugs and the "me me me" attitude of the day- that IS the '80s.
A lost '94 season due to greed, titles being bought, and contracts getting larger than the income of entire small businesses- the '90s.
The Yankees and Mets lifting NY after 9/11and the scandals and now the hope for a recovery before the game-
THAT's baseball
obiwanobiwan13 3 years ago 2
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baseball is shit.full of drugs cheats.and run by an organisation that refuses to deal with said cheats and prefers to sweep it under the carpet.plus its fucking boring to watch.i'd even prefer to watch that limey game cricket and that is saying something
eggandtomato 2 years ago
A memory, a life a chance to relive the past. A lot of times we miss that. Baseball is a part of history. The problem is what it has become. Many hard working Mom and Dads cant afford to take kids to a game anymore. Thank God for semi-pro teams. They bring back the baseball of days gone by. There is a nostalgia to baseball. The old stadiums, players that enjoy the game. There is a desire, passion that is not there in pro ball. Pro's? What a joke. Egos, Showboating. It's about money to them.
georgez1970 3 years ago 2
Truly, if you build it, they will come. That I am sure of. Problem is.. what the hell are we building here!?
lyden2006 3 years ago
god i love baseball
gocubsgo1234567 3 years ago
If you build it they will come. If its a real game you'll compete and if you have the better team you will win. A thought on the perils of both free trade and protectionism. Neither are the game at all, unless your game's a tampered ball.
mollyarabella 3 years ago
Cinematic magic - perfect, pure and simple.
NMMan 3 years ago 3
One of my favorite movie scenes of all time...
Grovers15 3 years ago 2
i still think that this is a funny clip! It is funny to see Kevin Costner's reaction to James Earl Jones's speech! The look on his face is like "what the heck are you talking about?!" It is just too much to take!
MetallicaGirlCharo92 3 years ago
it is! he looked like he was in a confusion!
heavenescence1989 3 years ago
duh, he was listening to two opposing pitches...
hparas 3 years ago
correct*
WookiePincher 3 years ago 2
Ok I have a few questions. Why are you spending your time on youtube fussing with 2 young girls while you yourself are in the
40's? You don't think there is something wrong with that? If you do not cut the shit right now, I will file harassment charges on you so fast that you won't even know what "crack hoe" hit you. And the correst term is crack WHORE you dumb fucked up son of a bitch. And seriously, who uses the mother comebacks? Those were out years ago you petafiliatistical bastard.
WookiePincher 3 years ago 2
how many asses do you have to laugh off? maybe yours is just that big and that's why you call us fat. you're just sad..
MetallicaGirlCharo92 3 years ago 2
..just because your mom won't fuck you doesn't mean you should take it out on us.
MetallicaGirlCharo92 3 years ago 2
Let me guess- ur slut mom met ur dad through gloryhole right?
legal90eagle 3 years ago
& unlike u, i'm not going 2 use the mother & father attacks they're not my last resort like they r yours. For a 42 year old, u r incredibly stupid. & y did u even start this fight with us? Actaully, don't answer that. Your answer wouldn't be an intelligently reasonable 1.
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 2
Learn to spell u stupid whore.
legal90eagle 3 years ago
oh my fucking god. just shut the fuck up. you are a fucking stupid old man. just get your own life and stop picking on teenagers and learn how a tampon works dumbass.
MetallicaGirlCharo92 3 years ago 2
Where is that grave so my dog can shit on it.
legal90eagle 3 years ago
U r 1 indecent asshole. & u obviously need some sex ed. legal eagle.
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 2
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Crack hoes are always easy prey. Do u like living in a rent by the hour motel?
legal90eagle 3 years ago
U think that u know us, but I have news 4 u. Some news that u will most certainly not like. U don't know us as much as u would like 2 think that u do. How can even give a good explanation 4 being mad @ us when we did nothing 2 u in the 1st place?! U started this whole thing! As the saying goes, "If u can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.". U've talked shit legal eagle, & now your getting crapped on. Don't dish out what u can't take.
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 2
how can u*
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 2
sniff sniff sniff lmaooooooooo
legal90eagle 3 years ago
Legal eagle, idk y u laugh @ your own remarks. They're not funny. They don't even come close 2 being clever.
heavenescence1989 3 years ago
Ya spoke the gospel! hallelujah!!! Praise the lord! have mercy!
upyourspaltugboat87 3 years ago
Nobody with any decency or respect 4 the deceased would say something like that. Then again, u don't care, do u? U r sick. u r really screwed up in the head 2 say all of the things that u have said. & 2 start a fight with us becuz we enjoyed this video & this movie. Just go back 2 that filty, shit covered hole that u crawled out of.
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 2
u probably don't even have a dog!
upyourspaltugboat87 3 years ago
RIGHT!!!
upyourspaltugboat87 3 years ago
Y don't u learn 2, as my friend said, master the simplicity of a comma.
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 2
its not that glorious pal!
upyourspaltugboat87 3 years ago
wait a second. let me wipe the tears from my eyes because you talked about my dead father. yeah fucking right. i hope you know that you look worse than us because you have to be mean to teenage girls to feel good about yourself. you're pathetic. and get some new comebacks shit-for-brains. those stopped being funny in the 1950s. wait-i'm wrong. they never were funny. piece of shit one-foot-in-the-grave son of a bitch.
MetallicaGirlCharo92 3 years ago 2
Cry me a river u dumbass.
legal90eagle 3 years ago
oh..i see why you can't use proper punctuation. it's because you're too old and you've forgotten everything your teachers taught you. well why don't you ask the workers at the old folks home for a lesson-i'm sure they'll help you out. hopefully they'll help you get a life as well so that you can find things to tickle your fancy other than harassing 16-year-old girls on the internet, you nasty pedophile.
MetallicaGirlCharo92 3 years ago 3
It must suck knowing ur slut mother had a dick in her mouth when she delivered ur cumwhore ass in a public restroom toilet. Is ur daddy one of 15 johns she blew a day u little fat bitch? Damn ur one stupid whore.
legal90eagle 3 years ago
Uhh you're just sick. U must be pretty fond of the words "whore" & "bitch" seeing as 2 how u like 2 use them in almost every comment that u leave. & where r u getting the idea that we're fat? & what did i tell u about the mom attacks?! everybody uses them! find something new!
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 3
& mr legal eagle son of a bitch, don't get pissed @ us becuz your dad regretted squirting u wimpy ass out!
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 3
Typical little whore- too much ass to mouth got u grouchy? LOL U ignorant bitch- I suggest u go stick ur nappy ass head in a woodchipper.
legal90eagle 3 years ago
u r such a piss ant! i think, no, actually i KNOW that u r the 1 having 2 much ass 2 mouth becuz u obviously have your head stuck so far up your ass that u would actually start a youtube fight with 2 teenagers 4 no reason. what kind of grown man, or w/e the hell u r, does that?! Not a normal 1! I suggest that u take my advice & go 2 those meetings 4 the sexually obsessed cuz u obviously need 2.
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 3
Remember to stick that tampon in ur mammoth cave size ahole. LOLOLOLOL HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
legal90eagle 3 years ago
Oh! you're hurting my feelings! i can't control my tears! Yeah f-ing right. U r a ridiculous, skanked out pedophile who has nothing better 2 do than harass people who STILL have their youth. Get a job. Do something better with your life other than what u r doing right now. I'm sure that your collegues laugh @ the thought of u. "The little tard-bar who's life consisted of starting arguments with young girls. What a loser."
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 3
& legaleagle, tampons don't go up the A-hole. they go up the other 1. & i don't live by the 1 hour rent motel, i live by the crossroads motel.
heavenescence1989 3 years ago
Is ur fat nappy head full of vomit? Tell me ur really not that stupid bitch.
legal90eagle 3 years ago
& what's your obsession with sex? every attack that u make on us is about sex, moms, & genitals! They have meetings 4 people who r obsessed with sex! i suggest that u go 2 them ASAP. & how do u expect 2 find a significant other when u talk 2 people the way that u do?!
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 2
I feel bad for anyone that doesn't like this movie
waibelbm 3 years ago 4
U 2 are not very bright r u? Why dont u idiots go play on a busy highway.
legal90eagle 3 years ago
u obviously don't like it that other people have fun & enjoy stuff. what's the matter? pissed that your mom wanted 2 abort u? i'd say so
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 2
No but u being the bastard son of a streetwalking whore, I know has scrambled ur pea size brain. So go back to alley ur mom works in, and spread her legs to dinner u bitch.
legal90eagle 3 years ago
ugh your probably 1 of those guys that takes extenze, enzyte, or 1 of those other male enhancement pills becuz u most likely suck in the bedroom. & becuz u suck, you're taking your anger out on other people. how ridiculous.
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 3
lol. it's smilin' bob!
MetallicaGirlCharo92 3 years ago 3
lol. somebody's testy. sorry we made you mad by talking to one another. and i think it's cool how you called her a bitch when you're the one who started the fight. and don't say that anyone else has a pea-size brain because you're the one who can't master the simplicity of a comma.
MetallicaGirlCharo92 3 years ago 3
Am i a boy or girl legal eagle? & while your trying 2 figure that out from what u said in your 2nd comment, y don't u specify your gender becuz we need some clearing up on that. & also, seeing as 2 how big of an idiot u r, your mom was probably hoping that YOU would go play on a busy highway!
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 3
You're a pervert ren't u?! U've done this b4!
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 3
u obviously get your freaky, perv hjoliies from being like 90 years old & starting fights with teenage girls on youtube. youtube?! come on! & Idk y u used the Mom attack thing becuz everybody always does that in the internet arguments. find something else pal!
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 3
jollies*
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 3
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i c how u like 2 live your life!
heavenescence1989 3 years ago 2
heavenescence1989, tell me-how could he keep a straight face?? i mean we can't do it when we know it is coming. this was the funniest part except for "it means we're going to Minnessota to find Moonlight Graham" and "but you're not invited" and "bitchin'". this is possibly the funniest thing ever. i just can't tell you how funny it is.
MetallicaGirlCharo92 4 years ago
lol! i know!
i don't c how he kept a straight face when he said it! maybe he took Vicadin 2 numb his face, cuz he knew that he was gonna laugh. & you're right, we can't keep a straight face when it comes! remember when the moonlight Graham part was coming & i busted out laughing 7 we had 2 go all the way back? lol
heavenescence1989 4 years ago
i remember! and i had that crappy dvd player at my house and we had to go WAYY back! that was funny! but i think that was when they were on the hunt for Moonlight Graham and he said they were going to Minn. to find him. next time you come over, we are watching this! and the egg thing!
MetallicaGirlCharo92 4 years ago
lol yes! & "What's that? IT'S A FIRE ALARM!"
heavenescence1989 4 years ago
lol did u realize that we r the only 1's that commented on this video? lol
heavenescence1989 4 years ago
lamo! it's a if they dipped themselves in "Magic Waters!" what Magic Waters?!
heavenescence1989 4 years ago
dipped themselves in magic waters!!!! a hahahaha!!
MetallicaGirlCharo92 4 years ago