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Bull Durham movie surprising details revealed in book
DURHAM Following 3 many years, “Bull Durham” is so stamped on film-watchers’ minds that nearly each individual line is a catchphrase. But in “The Church of Baseball,” author-director Ron Shelton unveils the whole unpleasant process guiding his 1988 basic, revealing a lengthy listing of betcha-did not-know particulars that will shock even devoted followers. Below are a couple: ▪ Shelton picked the identify for his key character out of a history e book for the Carolina League, in which he located that Lawrence “Crash” Davis experienced knocked 50 doubles in 1948. Shelton decided it was “the ideal baseball nickname I’d ever read.” But though taking pictures the movie, Shelton learned the…