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Pop culture dispatches from the Great Lakes

Juan Carlos Arena

Thought from the Dugout: The Mendoza Line

May 23, 2014 by Travis J. Cook Leave a Comment

 

(Courtesy The Mendoza Line Facebook page)

(Courtesy The Mendoza Line Facebook page)

Normally, I write about movies and baseball here on the Recorder. More often than not, these two fields exist independently of each other. (Side-note: after all these years, I still misspell independent from time to time. Just thought I’d share, none of us are perfect.) On rare occasions, these fields intersect.

(For the record, I’ve still yet to see Million Dollar Arm, which seemed to showcase a little too much racism for comical intent in its previews for me to really want to sink my teeth in. I’m also still behind the curve – so to speak – on seeing Moneyball and 42. Sue me.)

As a member of the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America, it is occasionally my pleasure to survey the work of other members. Usually, that’s in written form. (See my review of John Rosengren’s latest book here) On this occasion, I was privileged to be invited to screen writer/director Nathan Kaufman’s independent feature film The Mendoza Line. By screened, I mean set up with a laptop in a certain chain coffee shop across the street from Wrigley Field. (Nathan, if you’re reading this, you might be happy to note that I tilted my laptop towards that most hallowed of stadiums, so that Wrigley got to see a piece of your movie. Unfortunately, the Cubs are in San Diego, so no thoughts from Anthony Rizzo will be found here. I tried, man. I tried.)

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Posted in: Baseball, Films, Sports, Sports Films, Thoughts from the Dugout Tagged: baseball, IBWAA, Juan Carlos Arena, Lou Sierra, Nathan Kaufman, The Mendoza Line, Valentina Lugo

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