If things had gone according to plan, the Baseball Hall of Fame would have hosted a nice little event centered around the 15th anniversary of the movie, Bull Durham this weekend. As we all know now, that's not going to happen. However, next Wednesday, the Brooklyn Academy of Music will host a screening of the film, one that will be attended by actress Susan Sarandon and director Ron Shelton, among others.
Ironically, according to the New York Times account about the event, there is now talk of using the film as the centerpiece of a series of political fundraisers -- something for which we have nobody to thank but Hall of Fame President Dale Petroskey. As one of my readers wrote to me a few weeks ago, the action that Petroskey took is just the sort of thing that reinforces the perception that most conservatives and Republicans are both petty and out of touch. Thanks for nothing, Dale.
