tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post5965845748144523775..comments2024-02-22T20:25:53.672-05:00Comments on Baseball Researcher: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made OfUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-90068316697408926662019-01-11T07:03:36.118-05:002019-01-11T07:03:36.118-05:00Not for nothing, but that penultimate line of the ...Not for nothing, but that penultimate line of the film - Bogey's reply to Ward Bond's inquiry ("Heavy - What is it?") about the black bird: "The uh, stuff that dreams are made of"- is not the line Shakespeare wrote for Prospero in "The Tempest," which is "The stuff that dreams are made ON," not "of." <br /><br />A great "gotcha!" trivia question hinges on this famous "last line" from the film, which is NOT Bogey's reply that the statue is "the stuff that dreams are made of," but Ward Bond's befuddled response, "HUH?"<br />https://youtu.be/1kk3Xvw7jn0?t=177Perry Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11508564357418157432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-61754106156247497702019-01-11T02:12:28.733-05:002019-01-11T02:12:28.733-05:00This was a fun read. As I was watching The Maltes...This was a fun read. As I was watching The Maltese Falcon today I noticed the sport section with the catcher picyure and the headline about the Seals and Hollywood Star game. I just had to Google this and found this wonderful research along with all the helpful commemts. Love SABR. Been a member since 2010 but wish I would have joined earlier. crzbluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14215318763495487229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-89314881651778821442016-08-10T13:18:39.908-04:002016-08-10T13:18:39.908-04:00Best if read in a Sydney Greenstreet voice.Best if read in a Sydney Greenstreet voice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-21978584148821880222016-03-04T10:48:08.188-05:002016-03-04T10:48:08.188-05:00By Gad, sir, you are a character. There's neve...By Gad, sir, you are a character. There's never any telling what you'll say or do next, except that it's bound to be something astonishing. mindSnaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036080668962422861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-57305137277189714962013-02-05T16:39:47.975-05:002013-02-05T16:39:47.975-05:00A 39-year-old catcher hanging on in the minors, he...A 39-year-old catcher hanging on in the minors, he must have been the Crash Davis of the PCL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-29871177672582887632012-11-14T19:54:07.084-05:002012-11-14T19:54:07.084-05:00Sprinz is the guy who caught a ball dropped from a...Sprinz is the guy who caught a ball dropped from a blimp in a publicity stunt in the late 1930s. The blimp was a few hundred feet above the playing field and when Sprinz caught the ball the force of it sent his glove into his face, breaking his jaw and separating him from several pf his teeth. There's a file in the HOF Library on these sorts of events, and a photo of Sprinz lying on the diamond after being knocked from the force of the ball ran in newspapers across the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-4486734283147577292009-12-09T22:58:19.100-05:002009-12-09T22:58:19.100-05:00Per Richard Beverage, president of the Pacific Coa...Per Richard Beverage, president of the Pacific Coast League Historical Society,the paper is definitely that of Tuesday, 6/3/41. He informed me that in those days the PCL played a seven game series each week, beginning on Tuesday, playing through Sunday, which was always a double header, and that Monday was always a travel day for all teams.<br /><br />The Seals were at home on Sunday, June 1st, playing a double header with Sacramento. The photo shows enough detail that Seals Stadium can be verified as the venue. The catcher is in home whites, so that makes him a Seal. That day, Joe Sprinz caught the first game and Bruce Ogrodowski caught the second. The number on his back can't be seen, but the face of the player told Richard that the catcher had to be a veteran of "many baseball wars." Sprinz was 39 and Ogrodowski 29, so in all likelihood the catcher is Sprinz.<br /><br />However, this is as far as I was able to go, becasue nothing except the final edition of the paper is ever preserved on microfilm. (I contacted the CA State Library and the CA Newspaper Project to be sure there weren't stray versions of other editions somewhere.) Since papers had their own photographers in those days, it is unlikely that the photo appeared in any other paper. Unless someone can actually come up with a copy of this early edition (good work, to dope that one out!) or a clean image from the 35mm print of that particular frame of the movie, the situation around the play at home will have to remain unknown.<br /><br />Sallie Pine,<br />reference librarian and baseball fan<br />Alameda County Libraryspine42https://www.blogger.com/profile/11410746117010936257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-91836359607188121682009-10-21T19:47:31.160-04:002009-10-21T19:47:31.160-04:00I contacted the archivists at the Chronicle (and w...I contacted the archivists at the Chronicle (and was not the first to do so)...Bill Van Niekerken confirmed only the final edition is preserved on microfilm. He said, "I think finding an 'Early' or perhaps 'State' edition of the Chronicle for that date is going to be pretty darn impossible. Being a fan myself (of the movie and baseball), I'm going to keep looking for clues though."J.G. Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11271433102476415175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-13486333358439927092009-10-19T20:57:25.455-04:002009-10-19T20:57:25.455-04:00Nick Williams is the biggest clue here because it ...Nick Williams is the biggest clue here because it can pinpoint the date of the paper.<br /><br />According to Baseball-Reference.com, Williams was the skipper of the SF Seals from 1926-31 and won 2 PCL Crowns, so his death on Monday June 2, 1941 would have been newsworthy in San Fran. Considering the other headlines note the Seals opening a series "tonight" and the Oaks opening a series, I assume this is the evening addition of the Monday paper.<br /><br />This section of the sports section looks dedicated to local minor league baseball. None of the headlines mention major league teams.<br /><br />At this point, someone can just go to the microfiche section of a library in SF and find the paper.<br /><br />p.s. Interesting to note (not to sound like Vin Scully), but Lou Gehrig also died that day. His time of death however was 10PM according to a copy of his death certificate I found on Ebay, so after the evening paper.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09955489375509154812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-79384367963548376802009-10-18T04:00:20.703-04:002009-10-18T04:00:20.703-04:00An excellent read, sir.An excellent read, sir.Eric Endersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-6225156023677049092009-10-17T15:52:43.921-04:002009-10-17T15:52:43.921-04:00I have to say, Tom, that I'm a little disappoi...I have to say, Tom, that I'm a little disappointed that the headline "Seals Open Series With Stars Tonight" wouldn't lead you to San Francisco earlier on. The Seals are pretty clearly the subject of the headline, which would most likely be the case in the local paper.<br /><br />There's a shot of the other side of Cook's horizontal fold when Spade first sees him across the room. You can't really make out any text, but it's clearly the other half of the photo with the catcher along with a portrait shot of some guy in a suit. I'm going to pull that shot and see if I can make out anything else. Don't know if this is helpful at all.<br /><br />Nice job, though. Spade would be proud.Rob Pendellnoreply@blogger.com