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Re: Movies and History



You never know about those things...
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Flynn <cflynn@UIDAHO.EDU>
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Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: Movies and History


> The story I heard was they wanted the actor to play the part so bad that
> they lived with the lie. He offered to try batting left handed but the
swing
> didn't look natural enough so...
>
> Chris Flynn, CA CRM
> Records Officer
> University of Idaho
> cflynn@uidaho.edu
> 208/885-4408
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU]On Behalf
> Of Reuben Ware
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 2:23 PM
> To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject: Movies and History
>
> One of the worst things Hollywood ever did to "history" was turn Shoeless
> Joe Jackson [arguably the purest left-handed swing in baseball history]
into
> a right-handed batter.  This actually happened in the Field of Dreams and
I
> often wondered how Kinsella could have let this happen.
>
> Reuben Ware
> .
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