[ARETE] FW: Ron Smith question about 1982 film CANNERY ROW

[Jeremy Larance]

Not SLA, but, for the curious, it's discussed in a chapter in *Reel
Baseball: Essays and Interviews on the National Pastime, Hollywood and
American Culture edited* by Stephen C. Wood and J. David Pincus.

“Baseball in Non-Baseball Films: From Family to Mirth”
By Stephen C. Wood, J. David Pincus, George Mastroianni, and J. Nicholas
DeBonis

On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 10:02 AM Wedge, Philip C. via
Sport_literature_association <sport_literature_association at lists.ku.edu>
wrote:

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> *From:* Ron Smith <smithjron at aol.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:47 AM
> *To:* Wedge, Philip C. <pwedge at ku.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [ARETE] Ron Smith question about 1982 film CANNERY ROW
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> SLA friends,
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> When I watched the 1982 film of Steinbeck's *Cannery Row *recently, I was
> surprised that I could not remember a single reference to the fim in all of
> my SLA/*Arete*/*Aethlon* experience. In the movie (unlike the novel) Nick
> Nolte's Doc is a legendary MLB pitcher who left the game after nearly
> killing a batter with a pitch. There are a couple of (short) baseball
> scenes in the film.
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> Anybody remember something that I've missed? Is there an opportunity here
> for a paper?
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> Very Best,
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> Ron Smith
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> Richmond VA
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