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The film is based on the Eliot Asinof book: "Eight Men Out: the Black Sox and the 1919 World Series"
Discussing the book "The courting of Marcus DuPree" with the author Willie Morris.
Discussing the book "Stengel: his life and times" with the sports writer author Robert Creamer.
Basketball, subjects in school, and dreams of going pro are topics covered in Darcy Frey's book, "The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams." The main characters from Frey's book all come from impoverished backgrounds and if they can't make the pro's, they hope to break out of their current situations.
Content Warning: This conversation has the presence of outdated, biased, offensive language. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion. Former Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck Jr. reminisces about baseball and the American way of life.
The game of baseball today is very different from when Bill Leonard was a young boy. Today, the last names of baseball players are on the backs of their uniforms. When Leonard was a boy, his father would tell him who was up to bat solely by the player's walk or his stance. The selling of players' contracts to other teams is when Leonard believes the business of baseball changed. The interview ends abruptly.