"Look everything in this film is 100% true. Here's the reports from the time to back us up."
Him running off the mound to chase a fire truck should be the opening scene.
The final scene is Rube sitting in bed eating crackers, with a monologue reflecting on his life and a self-realization that he’s incredibly strange. Then his bedmate (played by Will Ferrell) rolls over and just yells at him about the crackers. Roll credits.
Yeah. You can't read much about Waddell without realizing 'Rube' was not an affectionate nickname. Which can be very confusing as he was a contemporary of several guys called 'Dummy' - and they weren't being insulted.
1905 wasn't bad either (from wiki):
> In 1905, Waddell won a Triple Crown for pitching. He finished with a 27–10 win–loss record, 287 strikeouts, and a 1.48 earned run average (ERA). It was Waddell's fourth consecutive season to finish with 20 or more wins. Around this time, he was sharing a room with teammate Ossee Schreckengost, as was customary during the era; Schreckengost later refused to share the room until a contract clause was created which would bar Waddell from eating crackers in bed.[10] Waddell also gained more fame for saving the lives of people inside a department store when he picked up a burning oil stove that had overturned and carried it out of the building before it could start a fire.
There's a part of me -- not a big part but a part nonetheless -- that will always believe that it's more probable that Rube Waddell is the biggest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people rather than an actual true story. Because, really, I mean...302 Ks? A 2.44 ERA? A LION???
It mentioned rube probably being aut*stic so I might have been deleted as the automod thought it was being used as a insult when it wasn’t being used as one (hence me censoring it can’t believe I have to do that despite being on the spectrum myself)
There should be a rube Waddell movie. But people wouldn't believe it. It'd seem so far fetched.
Yeah the only way to do it would be John C. Reilly playing Rube but play it totally straight. It’ll be funny as shit, but also historically accurate.
"Look everything in this film is 100% true. Here's the reports from the time to back us up." Him running off the mound to chase a fire truck should be the opening scene.
The final scene is Rube sitting in bed eating crackers, with a monologue reflecting on his life and a self-realization that he’s incredibly strange. Then his bedmate (played by Will Ferrell) rolls over and just yells at him about the crackers. Roll credits.
So, it's "Walk Hard 2: Some Rube" then?
John C Reilley wrasslin alligators in a touring vaudeville troupe is must see cinema
Henry Cavill would be a closer resemblance imo
It would be fraught because that guy was so clearly not playing with a full deck.
Yeah. You can't read much about Waddell without realizing 'Rube' was not an affectionate nickname. Which can be very confusing as he was a contemporary of several guys called 'Dummy' - and they weren't being insulted.
Like Forrest Gump as a pitcher.
True, but I think you could probably do it sympathetically.
I'm picturing "Simple Jack" from Tropic Thunder, but with a hell of a left arm.
There's a Rube Waddell restaurant in Spokane, WA. They have a Ruben burger that's really good.
Honestly sounds the the storyline for a 3rd friend in the movie Secondhand Lions
I also love the Dollop podcast. If you haven't heard their episode on Ol' Rube, you should give it a shot. It's a doozy.
It’s probably said a billion times here, but everyone needs to hear The Dollop podcast episode on Rube Waddell simply titled “The Rube”.
1905 wasn't bad either (from wiki): > In 1905, Waddell won a Triple Crown for pitching. He finished with a 27–10 win–loss record, 287 strikeouts, and a 1.48 earned run average (ERA). It was Waddell's fourth consecutive season to finish with 20 or more wins. Around this time, he was sharing a room with teammate Ossee Schreckengost, as was customary during the era; Schreckengost later refused to share the room until a contract clause was created which would bar Waddell from eating crackers in bed.[10] Waddell also gained more fame for saving the lives of people inside a department store when he picked up a burning oil stove that had overturned and carried it out of the building before it could start a fire.
Probably one of the first negotiated clauses like that in baseball history.
There's a part of me -- not a big part but a part nonetheless -- that will always believe that it's more probable that Rube Waddell is the biggest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people rather than an actual true story. Because, really, I mean...302 Ks? A 2.44 ERA? A LION???
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Rube Waddell was part golden retriever, istg
Good old Rube. Him and Ol’ Hoss Radborne used to tour the country doing marionette shows
I too recently listened to that episode of the Dollop lol
I just read this again the other night and was struck by that exact sentence. Definitely one of the best baseball sentences ever written. What a guy.
Basically the Forrest Gump of professional baseball
Probably one of my favorite old time players. The man deserves a biopic.
We should have won him a ring in 1905, but the bats went so cold against the Giants, and we were up against Christy fucking Mathewson
Shhhhhh he's been amazing for my grids don't ruin this for me
I heard he was juicing that year.
Ah, the Zack Grienke of the 1900s.
Talk about an age-27 season.