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Message: [QUOTE="Oldbones, post: 3114116, member: 5753"] I thought that the Bull Durham "lollygagging" scene was funny, preceded by Crash (Kevin Costner) suggesting that the manager "scare the players," and Trey Wilson's character was highlighting "Baseball is a simple game" went so nicely with the assertion in this thread that basketball is a simple game, even if the length, regularity, and intensity of Geno, CD and company's practices might actually suggest otherwise. If you think about it, practitioners of every sport, and virtually every human endeavor, will tenaciously explain how their game, vocation or occupation is not really that simple. (as you have done above) Think of Chris Elliot defending camerawork in "Groundhog Day." You appear to be a serious baseball person, but if you are not too serious, you might enjoy the many sendups of America's Game in this movie. I recommend it. Miguel de Unamuno, the great Spanish (Basque) author, was opposed to any special highlighting in his works, such as italics or underlining, calling it "bastardilla." He would have hated emojis, our current way of highlighting humor, sarcasm, irony, and in many cases deflecting confrontations, believing that he could convey what he wanted to say without them. I guess that I just [I][U]struck out[/U][/I]. [/QUOTE]