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"[Closing narration] Walt Whitman once said, "I see great things in baseball. Its our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us." You could look it up."
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Bull Durham"You know what the difference between hitting .250 and .300 is? Its 25 hits. 25 hits in 500 at-bats is 50 points, okay? Theres six months in a season; thats about twenty-five weeks. That means if you get just one extra flare a week, just one; A gork, a groundball—you get a groundball with eyes—you get a dying quail...just one more dying quail a week, and youre in Yankee Stadium."
Bull Durham is a 1988 American romantic comedy sports film written and directed by Ron Shelton. The film stars Kevin Costner as "Crash" Davis, a veteran catcher from the AAA Richmond Braves, brought in to teach rookie pitcher Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh about the game in preparation for reaching the major leagues. Baseball groupie Annie Savoy romances Nuke, but finds herself increasingly attracted
"[Closing narration] Walt Whitman once said, "I see great things in baseball. Its our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us." You could look it up."
"[narrating] "Full many a flowers born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air." - Thomas Gray...or William Cullen Bryant, I dont know. I get them mixed up."
"[To the batter after Nuke ignores his signs] This sonofabitchs pitching a 2-hit shutout and hes shaking me off, you believe that shit? Charlie, here comes the deuce, and when you speak of me, speak well."
"Ive been known on occasion to howl at the moon."
"A movie about Americas other favorite pastime."
"[Gives up a hit in a close game] Shit, piss, fuck!"