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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1988
Page
23
In Los Angeles a supermarket worker touts a novel game using Butterball turkeys as bowling balls and soda bottle pins. He shares advice on turkey weight and lanes as editors note the wider debate over animal welfare and legality of the stunt.
Paige pitched for Lookouts Birmingham Black Barons Nashville Giants Monarchs Pelicans Crawfords and more. He teamed with Josh Gibson and later drew huge crowds with the Indians and Browns before finishing at Kansas City A's at 59. He died in 1982, claiming his arm grew stronger with every pitch.
A nostalgic look at baseball in cinema from Babe Ruth to Gehrig and Stratton, noting failed attempts like The Babe Ruth Story and praising classics such as The Pride of the Yankees It Happens Every Spring and Damn Yankees while highlighting Hollywood’s 1940s-1950s love affair with the sport.
Chronicle-Telegram notes the 1980s shift toward baseball films and recalls past film adaptations from Bang the Drum Slowly to The Natural. The author, age 79, reflects on Hollywood’s treatment of baseball and anticipates a new local movie about the Cleveland team.
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