Third baseman
A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the scoring system used to record defensive plays, the third baseman is assigned the number '5'.
The third baseman requires good reflexes in reacting to batted balls, as he or she is often the closest infielder (roughly 90–120 feet) to the batter. The third base position requires a strong and accurate arm, as the third baseman often makes long throws to first base. The third baseman sometimes must throw quickly to second base in time to start a double play. The third baseman must also field fly balls in fair and foul territory.
Third base is known as the "hot corner", because the third baseman is relatively close to the batter and most right-handed hitters tend to hit the ball hard in this direction. The third baseman needs good hand-eye coordination and quick reactions in order to catch hard line drives sometimes in excess of 125 miles per hour (201 km/h). Third basemen often must begin in a position even closer to the batter if a bunt is expected, creating a hazard if the ball is instead hit sharply. As with middle infielders, right-handed throwing players are standard at the position because they do not need to turn their body before throwing across the infield to first base. Mike Squires, who played fourteen games at third base in 1982 and 1983, is a very rare example of a third baseman who threw lefty. Some third basemen have been converted from middle infielders or outfielders because the position does not require them to run as fast.
'Third Baseman' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Project Almanac (2014)
Actors: Tyler Bilyeu (actor), Joshua Brady (actor), Frederick Carpenter (actor), Michael Entrekin (actor), Allen Evangelista (actor), Cameron Fuller (actor), Fred Galle (actor), Gary Grubbs (actor), Adam C. Johnson (actor), Patrick Johnson (actor), Jesse Kindred (actor), Scott Ledbetter (actor), Sam Lerner (actor), Macsen Lintz (actor), Andrew Benator (actor),
Genres: Sci-Fi, Thriller,Taglines: To fix the past, would you risk your future?
Jornadas Y Veredas (2011)
Actors: Michael Buissereth (actor), Kieran Gallagher (actor), Apporv Gaur (actor), Kaylon Hunt (actor), Nathan Malone (actor), Sebastian Malone (actor), Julio Mata (actor), Guadalupe Rodriguez (actor), Ramiro Rodriguez (actor), Beto Ruiz (actor), Sto Strouss (actor), Chris Triana (actor), Tarik Jackson (producer), Bernardo Duran Jr. (writer), Rudi Meibergen (composer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Flashes (2009)
Actors: Mick Brown (actor), Larry Chiu (actor), John Daugherty (actor), Casey Dawley (actor), Rafael Deleon (actor), Dave A. Erdman (actor), Justin T. Fogle (actor), Michael Shane Gant (actor), Sam Gitiban (actor), Jason Herr (actor), Stephen A. Huffman (actor), Todd Iannantuono (actor), Mark Jackson (actor), Jeff Kaufman (actor), Tim Attrell (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Thriller,Taglines: What if you lost control?
You Got Nothin' (2002)
Actors: Benjamin Carpenter (actor), Joe Cortese (actor), Gregory Cupoli (actor), Frank D'Amico (actor), Joey Diaz (actor), James Evans (actor), Oleg Ferdman (actor), Reynaldo Gallegos (actor), Mo Gallini (actor), James Healy Jr. (actor), Robert Hendricks (actor), Gregory Korostishevsky (actor), Steven Langa (actor), Val Lauren (actor), Philip Angelotti (actor),
Genres: ,Simon Birch (1998)
Actors: Devon Alan (actor), Nicholas Andrew (actor), Addison Bell (actor), Devon Cole Borisoff (actor), Aaron Bouffard (actor), Tyler Cairns (actor), Jim Carrey (actor), David Chapman (actor), Cameron Croughwell (actor), Joshua Croughwell (actor), Paul De Fibo (actor), Tommy Dorrian (actor), Taylor Emerson (actor), Gil Filar (actor), Sam Aaron (actor),
Plot: Simon Birch tells the story of Joe and Simon's heart-warming journey of friendship. Simon Birch was born with a condition that makes him much smaller than all the other kids in town. Now, due to his condition, Simon thinks God made him this way for a reason and highly believes in God. Together, Joe and Simon go on a journey of trust and friendship to find the answers to many things. Their friendship is put to the test when some unfortunate events happen.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, accidental-death, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, argument, armadillo, arrogance, baby-jesus, bag, baseballGenres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: Destiny has big plans for little Simon Birch.
Quotes:
Simon: Now get over there with the other flying monkeys, where you belong.Miss Leavy: The Virgin Mary does not chew gum.
Simon: I've been thinking.::Joe: Yeah?::Simon: Last year we were in the squirt league, and this year we're in the pewee.::Joe: So?::Simon: So what do they want us to do, play baseball or urinate? Anyway, I was just thinking.
Adult Joe Wenteworth: Time is a monster that cannot be reasoned with. It responds like a snail to our impatience, then it races like a gazelle when you can't catch a breath.
Simon: You're already a bastard. Might as well be an enlightened one.
Simon: I'm a miracle you know.::Joe: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Simon: She's so sexy that sometimes I forget she's someone's mother.::Joe: Well, what if I said the same thing about your mother?::Simon: I'd have you committed.
Simon: If God's made the church bake sale a priority, we're in a lot of trouble.
Simon: What I want to do and what I do are two separate things. If we all went around doing what we wanted all the time, there'd be chaos.
Simon: Your mother is so sexy, sometimes I forget she's someone's mother.::Joe: What if I said the same thing about your mother?::Simon: I'd have you committed.
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
Actors: Stephen G. Anthony (actor), Adam Arkin (actor), Marty Belafsky (actor), Harold Bergman (actor), Jag Davies (actor), Robert Duvall (actor), Kent Ehrhardt (actor), Richard Harris (actor), Rudolph X. Herrera (actor), Richard Jasen (actor), Anthony Rene Jones (actor), William Marquez (actor), Daryl Matthews (actor), Greg Paul Meyers (actor), Ed Amatrudo (actor),
Plot: Frank, a retired Irish seaman, and Walter, a retired Cuban barber, are two lonely old men trapped in the emptiness of their own lives. When they meet in a park Frank is able to start a conversation after several attempts. They begin to spend time together and become friends. But because of their different characters they often quarrel with each other and finally seperate after Frank misbehaves to Walter's friend Elaine.
Keywords: air-conditioning, alcoholic, bacon, ballroom, barber, baseball, bookstore, bus, crossword-puzzle, danceGenres: Drama, Romance,
Taglines: ...and other lies your friends let you get away with.
Quotes:
Walter: You have to pee too?::Frank: I'm 75 years old. I always have to pee.Frank: that's life, Walt... that's what life does to you.
Frank: You gotta have a partner to dance.
Frank: You know, Walt, I've been married and divorced four times. I got lots of enemies, but I'm kind of short on friends.
[Frank is admiring a waitress's ass]::Frank: She's got a great backyard.::Walter: I don't know. I've never been to her house.::Frank: She's got a great ass.
Frank: You don't have that problem, pal?::Walter: Which problem?::Frank: With your cucumber.::Walter: I don't eat cucumbers, I always eat these bacon sandwiches.
[a very drunk Frank singing in the park]::Frank: I'm sweet Willy McGhee, I set sail for the sea / A man fit for sailin', my cock's fit for whalin', my balls they weigh seventy pounds apiece! / If you know any ladies, that want to make babies, send them to see Willy McGhee.
Frank: Take out your pecker and feed the Fish.::Walter: What?::Frank: Pee in the ocean.
Walter: [as Frank flies past Walter and takes a running jump from the boat into the lake] You're naked, Frank.
Frank: You never went skinny-dipping when you were a kid?::Walter: Yes, but I wore a bathing suit.
Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
Actors: Jim Allen (actor), Jim Antonio (actor), Red Auerbach (actor), Alan Autry (actor), Michael Bond (actor), Steven Bothun (actor), Michael Bowen (actor), James Cotterall (actor), Alex English (actor), Clarence Felder (actor), Kevin Fennessy (actor), J.P. Gabriel (actor), Brian R. Hager (actor), Robert Harper (actor), Dean Alexander (actor),
Plot: Chuck Murdock is an all American kid living in a sleepy town in Montana. He is the top pitcher of the little league team as well. After taking a tour of a nuclear silo, Chuck decides to quit playing little league until nuclear weapons are disarmed. Boston Celtic Amazing Grace Smith hears about Chuck's exploits, and decides to do the same thing. Amazing then moves to the young boy's town to live. More athletes follow suit as well. The town begins to hate Chuck and his family, and this makes Chuck's father angry. But can one kid's message make the world listen?
Keywords: baseball, basketball, blimp, box-office-flop, brother-sister-relationship, character-name-in-title, crew, exploding-airplane, father-son-relationship, little-leagueGenres: Drama, Sport,
Quotes:
President: [to Chuck about his protest of the nuclear missiles] Now Chuck I can't deny you the right to protest, that's in the first amendment and God forbid that should change. But there's an old saying: "You can't run into a crowded theater and yell fire!"::[pause]::Chuck Murdock: But, sir, what if there is a fire?Lynn Taylor: [about Jeffries, To Amazing] It's men like him who make presidents disappear.
[last lines]::Chuck Murdock: Hello Amazing.
Hot Dog: [about Mad Dog, the linebacker] Do you know what a linebacker is?::Carolyn: No.::Hot Dog: Well, uh, [Pointing to Mad Dog] That's a linebacker
Title Card: [Last Lines, before the credits] But wouldn't it be nice?- Amazing Grace Smith
Silo Guide: Would you trust him to turn that key? I'm sorry, but that's what the guns are for.
Kill the Umpire (1950)
Actors: Murray Alper (actor), William Bailey (actor), Sam Balter (actor), Jim Bannon (actor), Richard Bartell (actor), Larry Barton (actor), Jim Baxes (actor), William Bendix (actor), Eric Bergman (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Chet Brandenburg (actor), Gilly Campbell (actor), Charles Cane (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Phil Adams (actor),
Plot: Ex-baseball player Bill Johnson (William Bendix'), failing at many jobs when his ball-playing days are over, reluctantly takes the advice of his father-in-law, Jonah Evans ('Ray Collins (I)' (qv)), a retired umpire, and enters an umpire-training school. Assigned to the Texas League, he does fine until the championship play-offs when a riot develops over one of his calls. The involved player is knocked unconscious in the proceedings and cannot verify that Bill made the correct call. Despite lynch mob plans to at least tar-and-feather him, Bill's family - his daughters Lucy ('Gloria Henry' (qv) and Susan ('Connie Marshall (I)' (qv) ) and his wife Betty ('Una Merkel' (qv)) - help Bill reach the ballpark safely the next day through a series of hair-raising encounters.
Keywords: 1940s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, b-movie, ballpark, bartender, baseball, baseball-cap, baseball-field, baseball-game, baseball-playerGenres: Comedy, Sport,
Taglines: what a guy! what a lug! what a hero! what a bum!
Kill the Umpire (1950)
Actors: Murray Alper (actor), William Bailey (actor), Sam Balter (actor), Jim Bannon (actor), Richard Bartell (actor), Larry Barton (actor), Jim Baxes (actor), William Bendix (actor), Eric Bergman (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Chet Brandenburg (actor), Gilly Campbell (actor), Charles Cane (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Phil Adams (actor),
Plot: Ex-baseball player Bill Johnson (William Bendix'), failing at many jobs when his ball-playing days are over, reluctantly takes the advice of his father-in-law, Jonah Evans ('Ray Collins (I)' (qv)), a retired umpire, and enters an umpire-training school. Assigned to the Texas League, he does fine until the championship play-offs when a riot develops over one of his calls. The involved player is knocked unconscious in the proceedings and cannot verify that Bill made the correct call. Despite lynch mob plans to at least tar-and-feather him, Bill's family - his daughters Lucy ('Gloria Henry' (qv) and Susan ('Connie Marshall (I)' (qv) ) and his wife Betty ('Una Merkel' (qv)) - help Bill reach the ballpark safely the next day through a series of hair-raising encounters.
Keywords: 1940s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, b-movie, ballpark, bartender, baseball, baseball-cap, baseball-field, baseball-game, baseball-playerGenres: Comedy, Sport,
Taglines: what a guy! what a lug! what a hero! what a bum!
Remember the Day (1941)
Actors: James Blaine (actor), John Bohn (actor), William Byrne (actor), Harry Carter (actor), Chick Chandler (actor), George Chandler (actor), Douglas Croft (actor), William B. Davidson (actor), Billy Dawson (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), George Dobbs (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), George Ernest (actor), Byron Foulger (actor), Irving Bacon (actor),
Plot: Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
Keywords: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, baseball-coach, baseball-game, baseball-pitcher, based-on-play, bellhop, canadian-army, candidateGenres: Drama, Romance, War,
