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Janice Glesser
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From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
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- posted October 24, 2014 06:54 PM      Profile for Janice Glesser     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I've been a baseball fan long before getting into films. I have to admit to not watching a film in the past 2 weeks and it will extend about another week. My San Francisco Giants are now going head to head with the Kansas City Royals for the World Series Championship. The excitement and energy is huge around the Bay Area right now with the next 3 games being played here in San Francisco. So my projectors might be lonely a little longer ... but I'll be back.

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Dominique De Bast
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- posted October 25, 2014 12:52 AM      Profile for Dominique De Bast   Email Dominique De Bast   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I never really understood the rules of baseball [Smile] It remains for me this strange game from American films and tv shows [Wink]

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Janice Glesser
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- posted October 25, 2014 01:20 AM      Profile for Janice Glesser     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
LOL [Smile] [Big Grin] Dominique... You don't really need to understand baseball to enjoy a game. The view from the upper decks of the San Francisco ball park is magnificent.

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[ October 25, 2014, 03:50 PM: Message edited by: Janice Glesser ]

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Clay Smith
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From: El Cerrito, CA, USA
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- posted October 25, 2014 01:47 AM      Profile for Clay Smith     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Janice with the Panda hat! Congrats to the Giants on beating my Cardinals and making the World Series. Tough game tonight but this has the makings of a classic series. Have fun Janice, see you in a week. - Clay

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Maurizio Di Cintio
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- posted October 25, 2014 02:57 AM      Profile for Maurizio Di Cintio     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Janice, awesome view of the San Francisco bay!!!

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Brian Fretwell
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- posted October 25, 2014 06:35 AM      Profile for Brian Fretwell   Email Brian Fretwell   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I must say the only film about baseball/with baseball in I enjoyed was the original "The Bad News Bears".

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Timothy Duncan
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- posted October 25, 2014 09:24 AM      Profile for Timothy Duncan   Email Timothy Duncan   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Janice, you should make this your new forum member pic!

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Osi Osgood
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- posted October 25, 2014 12:49 PM      Profile for Osi Osgood   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
ACK!! I love watching M.M.A. (used to do some of it, got out of it before I got more "lumps" than I gave!) ...

but films MUST rule in our house!

Not judging ya at all! [Smile]

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Paul Adsett
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- posted October 25, 2014 03:39 PM      Profile for Paul Adsett     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
No if's, and's, or but's, San Francisco is the crown jewel of American cities. Just a stunning place, forever captured in Hitchcock's Vertigo.
Lucky Janice! [Smile]

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Trevor Adams
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- posted October 25, 2014 04:40 PM      Profile for Trevor Adams   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
LOVE San Francisco!
Isn't baseball just like "rounders" only the pitcher throws over-hand? [Wink]

My favourite baseball films,"Casey" and "Who's on First".

[ November 04, 2014, 03:28 PM: Message edited by: Trevor Adams ]

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Larry Arpin
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- posted October 25, 2014 05:03 PM      Profile for Larry Arpin   Author's Homepage   Email Larry Arpin   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
When it's San Francisco BULLET comes to my mind. That car chase would not have been what it was without the hills of SF. To get the full impact of that chase you have to watch it on the big screen where your stomach is left behind on every hill.

Baseball films are some of my favorites, FIELD OF DREAMS, ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD(both old and new versions), etc.

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Clay Smith
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- posted October 25, 2014 05:26 PM      Profile for Clay Smith     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Baseball's origins are definitely English (Cricket and Rounders) and can even be traced back to a 14th century English game called stoolball.
I sometimes take it for granted that I can walk up Portrero St. here in El Cerrito and see San Francisco across the bay. Beautiful indeed. Our boys are Giants fans but we can't go. Tickets for tonights game are going for $500 apiece. And that's for standing room only. Yikes!!

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Janice Glesser
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- posted October 26, 2014 12:07 AM      Profile for Janice Glesser     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
A remarkable come-back win tonight to tie up the standings to 2 games each. My son and his friend got tickets for tomorrow night's game. They are busing up from LA in the morning. Wish I was going...but I'm excited for him.

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Dominique De Bast
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- posted October 26, 2014 12:33 AM      Profile for Dominique De Bast   Email Dominique De Bast   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
It's obvious you're enjoying, Janice. Keep on !

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Jon Addams
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- posted October 26, 2014 01:45 PM      Profile for Jon Addams     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
quote:
"Isn't baseball just like 'rounders' only the pitcher throws over-hand?"
Hello Trevor,

I'd say it's about 90% or so identical.

Jon

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Pasquale DAlessio
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- posted October 26, 2014 08:19 PM      Profile for Pasquale DAlessio     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
What an incredible view from the nose bleed section. Imagine being there with the weather conditions in that photo? You wouldn't have to be a fan at all to enjoy it. I fully agree.

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Jon Addams
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- posted October 26, 2014 08:49 PM      Profile for Jon Addams     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Love the city, can't stand the team since they left New York. [Mad] [Mad] [Mad]

I'm still rooting for them because I don't like anything about the American League [Wink] [Wink] [Wink]

Jon

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Jon Addams
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- posted October 29, 2014 10:26 PM      Profile for Jon Addams     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Congratulations Janice [Wink]

Congratulations to San Francisco. One of the best World's Series 7th game I have ever seen.

Jon

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Janice Glesser
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- posted October 30, 2014 02:16 AM      Profile for Janice Glesser     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
How sweet it is...3rd World Series title in 5 years. I love these guys.

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Janice Glesser
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- posted November 02, 2014 01:36 PM      Profile for Janice Glesser     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I'm back to watching my films again, but I wanted to add to this thread.

I highly recommend a true-story movie that came out this year called "Million Dollar Arm." IMDB describes... "A sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play Major League Baseball." It's a very heart-warming movie that is not just about baseball. I think you might enjoy it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1647668/

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