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Thursday, June 22, 2006

A Favorite Quote

OK....what can I say...I'm a baseball junkie. Although 'Field of Dreams' isn't a baseball movie per se...to me, it has one of the best written scenes ever (given by James Earl Jones) if you're a baseball purist.

Terence Mann: Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... people will come Ray. People will most definitely come.

How cool is that?? Makes me feel good every time I see/hear it.

6 Comments:

At June 22, 2006 1:04 PM, Blogger Iron Jayhawk said...

if you built it, they will come.

that movie always creeped me out for some reason.

 
At June 22, 2006 2:16 PM, Blogger teacherwoman said...

I love that movie! one of my favorites. I also love baseball...maybe that has a little to do with it!

 
At June 22, 2006 2:34 PM, Blogger Christine said...

I always saw bits and pieces of that movie...last year I finally rented it and watche it all the way through. It's definitely a classic baseball movie to watch. I think I like A League of Their Own better.

 
At June 23, 2006 12:41 AM, Blogger Jason said...

If you build it, cover it in ivy, sell expensive beer, and surround it with bars...they will come (regardless of whether the team's actual performance warrants it).

 
At June 23, 2006 10:42 AM, Blogger Mark said...

I get a sniffle every time I watch that movie. (i try to watch it alone!).

 
At June 25, 2006 1:13 PM, Blogger Black Knight said...

Going to watch that movie.

 

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