Hall of Shame
“You belong with the cowards and ideologues in a hall of infamy and shame.”
— Actor Tim Robbins, who played pitcher Nuke LaLoosh in “Bull Durham,” in a letter to baseball Hall of Fame president Dale Petroskey. Petroskey cancelled a scheduled April 26-27 Hall of Fame celebration of the Bull film due to the possibility of political remarks.
In further remarks at the National Press Club on April 15, Robbins said
“Sportswriters across the country reacted with such overwhelming fury at the Hall of Fame that the president of the Hall admitted he made a mistake and Major League Baseball disavowed any connection to the actions of the Hall’s president. A bully can be stopped, and so can a mob. It takes one person with the courage and a resolute voice.”
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Shoe, Easter 2003 |
Update of 2:00 AM April 21, 2003:
A belated Easter greeting from Durham, North Carolina.