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Actual MLB Player who this is similar too...

posted 16 years ago by AfraidofVirginiaWoolf
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I thought his playing ability seemed like Mickey Mantle.

His fame mixed with betting on baseball felt like Shoeless Joe.

And if you've ever read Casey at the Bat, it is somewhat like that for the ending of the BOOK not the FILM.

What MLB do you find him similar as?

"I goddamn near lost my nose. And I like it. I like breathing through it."

[–] DUKEJBM 13 years ago

Kirk Gibson in the 88 World Series.

[–] thepartydjz 12 years ago

It was Reggie that actually hit the light tower in the 1971 All Star Game

[–] dimsum73-1 12 years ago

Mantle for sure.

[–] oversplayer 9 years ago

More like a left handed Yankee who also belted a few out of the park and whose number nine happened to be retired the same year this film was made.