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Bull Durham (1988)

Genres

• Comedy
• Romance
• Sport

Taglines:

A Major League Love Story in a Minor League Town
It's all about sex and sport. What else is there?
Romance is a lot like baseball. It's not whether you win or lose. It's how you play the game.
A movie about America's other favorite pastime

Quotes:

[Opening narration]::Annie Savoy: I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I heard that, I gave Jesus a chance. But it just didn't work out between us. The Lord laid too much guilt on me. I prefer metaphysics to theology. You see, there's no guilt in baseball, and it's never boring... which makes it like sex. There's never been a ballplayer slept with me who didn't have the best year of his career. Making love is like hitting a baseball: you just gotta relax and concentrate. Besides, I'd never sleep with a player hitting under .250... not unless he had a lot of RBIs and was a great glove man up the middle. You see, there's a certain amount of life wisdom I give these boys. I can expand their minds. Sometimes when I've got a ballplayer alone, I'll just read Emily Dickinson or Walt Whitman to him, and the guys are so sweet, they always stay and listen. 'Course, a guy'll listen to anything if he thinks it's foreplay. I make them feel confident, and they make me feel safe, and pretty. 'Course, what I give them lasts a lifetime; what they give me lasts 142 games. Sometimes it seems like a bad trade. But bad trades are part of baseball - now who can forget Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas, for God's sake? It's a long season and you gotta trust it. I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.

Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: Why's he calling me meat? I'm the one driving a Porsche.

Crash Davis: Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.::Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: [to himself] What's this guy know about pitching? If he's so good how come he's been in the minors for the last ten years? If he's so good how come Annie wants me instead of him?::Crash Davis: Oh, hey, and another thing, Meat. You don't know shit, all right? If you wanna make it to the bigs, you'll listen to me. Annie only wants you so she can boss you around, got it? So relax! Let's have some fun out here! This game's fun, OK? Fun goddamnit. And don't hold the ball so hard, OK? It's an egg. Hold it like an egg.

Crash Davis: [Mechanized bull noises in background] Well, he really hit the shit outta that one, didn't he? [laughs]::Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: [softly, infuriated] I held it like an egg.::Crash Davis: Yeah, and he scrambled the son of a bitch. Look at that, he hit the fucking bull! Guy gets a free steak! [laughs] You having fun yet?::Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: Oh, yeah. Havin' a blast.::Crash Davis: Good.::Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: [pause] God, that sucker teed off on that like he knew I was gonna throw a fastball!::Crash Davis: He did know.::Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: How?::Crash Davis: I told him.

Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: [after Ebby didn't listen to Crash, and the ball became a home run] You told him I was gonna throw a deuce, didn't you?::Crash Davis: Yup.

Skip: Don't take this the wrong way Millie, but if I catch you in here again I'll ban you from the ballpark.::Millie: You can't ban me from the ballpark because my daddy donated the scoreboard.::Skip: What do we need a scoreboard for? We haven't scored any runs all season.

Joe Reardon: He walked 18.::Larry: New league record!::Joe Reardon: Struck out 18.::Larry: Another new league record! In addition he hit the sportswriter, the public address announcer, the bull mascot twice... [Joe laughs] Also new league records! But, Joe, this guy's got some serious shit.

Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: [LaLoosh challenged Davis to a fight] I don't hit no man first.::Crash Davis: All right, then... [throws him a baseball]... hit me in the chest with that.::Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: I'd kill you!::Crash Davis: Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a fucking boat.

Larry: Who's this? Who are you?::Crash Davis: I'm the player to be named later.

Crash Davis: Your shower shoes have fungus on them. You'll never make it to the bigs with fungus on your shower shoes. Think classy, you'll be classy. If you win 20 in the show, you can let the fungus grow back and the press'll think you're colorful. Until you win 20 in the show, however, it means you are a slob.

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