When he makes that pitch at the end of practice he has a slight grimace and tugs at his side. I'm guessing that pitching aggravated his condition which is why he had to switch to playing a position.
Does anyone recall this being discussed in the book?
Good call.
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When he makes that pitch at the end of practice he has a slight grimace and tugs at his side. I'm guessing that pitching aggravated his condition which is why he had to switch to playing a position.
Does anyone recall this being discussed in the book?
It is bad to drink Jobus rum. Very bad.share
A lot of this movie makes no sense...like how they never even saw him practice weeks into the season.
shareWhen he came to the team the season was already underway and Pop would not let him take batting practice. Nobody on the team had ever seen him hit. Once they saw him hit he got playing time behind the starter, Bump.
shareI admit I don't follow the sport, but in the movies and on tv shows, baseball players do have this thing called 'batting practice' in between games. Even someone who is benched would be expected to participate unless injured.
shareIt just doesn't make sense that they wouldn't have him practice even if Pops thought he was brought in to help him fail.
shareAfter Hobbs approaches the batting cage for his first batting practice Pop Fisher says;
Hobbs, you wanna sit this one out?
Can you imagine that Judge sending me a middle-aged rookie?
I'm gonna pay his contract. I ain't gonna play him.
Never.
Pretty clear he’s never going to practice or play.
Btw- Generally in professional sports if you don’t practice, you don’t play in games (at least in the old days, until Allen Iverson came around).