Movies: Baseball Season
Not our national sport, but a mesmerizing outdoor activity as summer weather arrives, baseball is fun to play, to observe, or, in our case , to follow in movies. Watch these two great examples for our next movies discussion.
Bull Durham 1988
Minor league baseball team players are followed by groupies? Who Knew? Susan Sarandon plays a fan “attached” to one different team player each year. This year, it's a triangle. Will it be “nuke” the buff, but wild, pitcher, or “Crash”, a charming over-the-hill catcher recruited to coach?
available free streaming on Hoopla, with TPL card:
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12027293
or rent at YouTube
A League of their Own 1992
Among all the advances in freedoms achieved by American women in the 20th century, the right to form a professional women's baseball league may not dominate, but it is celebrated here as a heart-felt and long overdue blow for women's rights. The women are game, despite adversity from an ample cast of nasty unpleasant males. A nostalgic team reunion makes everyone feel good.
available free streaming (with ads) at CTV movies:
https://www.ctv.ca/movies/a-league-of-their-own
or rent (no ads) at YouTube or Itunes
Register in the normal way and a Zoom invitation will be sent to all registrants in the reminder that goes out the day before the discussion (i.e. 3:00 pm on Thursday). This has been made a recurring meeting so the same link can be used for each meeting.
