tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post3836124934659227780..comments2024-03-18T15:46:07.295-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Reserved Seating Swings for the Fences: FEVER PITCHPatrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-41528487688527613332019-03-14T22:33:26.631-05:002019-03-14T22:33:26.631-05:00Once the White Sox swept the Red Sox I knew they w...Once the White Sox swept the Red Sox I knew they would win the World Series. They just needed to get over their first round jinx. What a year that was.Adam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-39701435414859304162019-03-14T22:25:52.681-05:002019-03-14T22:25:52.681-05:00Also, the best thing about the 2004 Red Sox is tha...Also, the best thing about the 2004 Red Sox is that they were then swept in the opening round of the playoffs the next year by the eventual World Series champions, the White Sox, who went 11-1 in the playoffs and are one of the most dominant World Series winners nobody ever talks about.Joseph Finnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17168159790992899470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-47424299169059339532019-03-14T22:24:35.520-05:002019-03-14T22:24:35.520-05:00I always get very disappointed when I see this DVD...I always get very disappointed when I see this DVD in thrift stores because I hope against hope that it is the far superior original movie with Colin Firth, a much more faithful adaptation of Hornby's book about being a blighted Arsenal fan and getting to finally experience a championship in the Premier League (actually, I just went back and checked and it was Arsenal winning the First Division, just before it was reformed into the PL after the goon problems and the several seating disasters culminating in Hillsborough). Such a wonderful novel about being a fan and it's a really entertaining movie from 1997 that also has Mark Strong.Joseph Finnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17168159790992899470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-83522616142734008942019-03-14T19:27:43.411-05:002019-03-14T19:27:43.411-05:00Manny Machado. Sigh. Manny Machado. Sigh. Mark Ahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00695975412662760562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-83180661981860891602019-03-14T11:25:08.897-05:002019-03-14T11:25:08.897-05:00Great column!Great column!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284575713661622624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-79168060047183919622019-03-14T11:23:47.121-05:002019-03-14T11:23:47.121-05:00My love of the movie the first time I saw it was t...My love of the movie the first time I saw it was tied up in the extended high of my beloved Red Sox winning in '04. I remember that the next day I went out and bought a new Sox hat. Not so easy here in Yankees country. I've never gone back to it. I don't know if I could. Drew Barrymore is as button-cute as ever (I rewatched MUSIC AND LYRICS last week and it still works for me), but my tolerance for Fallon has fallen off a hair-tousling cliff. Then again, baseball is pretty great...Erichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16442117462054923058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-22869345167241041152019-03-14T08:22:27.658-05:002019-03-14T08:22:27.658-05:00I remember really liking FEVER PITCH back when we ...I remember really liking FEVER PITCH back when we saw it, and I've only revisited it once since then. Time for a re-watch based on your piece here. Even though I am not a huge baseball follower, I was soooo excited when the Red Sox won (and of course when our White Sox won too, Adam!) and was thrilled at the idea that the filmmakers sort of had to scramble and change the ending. Movies are fun. :)Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540441643637724765noreply@blogger.com