Eight Men Out (1988) with author Noah Gittell

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Jeremy and Paco are joined by author Noah Gittell to talk about Eight Men Out (1988), directed by John Sayles.

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Eight Men Out is screening at the Music Box on 35mm on March 23, introduced by Noah! You can buy your tickets here.

Further reading and sources:

Baseball: The Movie | Noah Gittell
Eight Men Out | Eliot Asinof
The Betrayal | Charles Fountain
“It Ain’t So, Kid, It Just Ain’t So:” History’s Apology to “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, Charles Comiskey and Chicago’s Black Sox | Daniel J. Voelker and Paul A. Duffy, originally in Chicago Lawyer magazine
`Eight Men Out' - Film gets a fix on the real story behind the 1919 Black Sox scandal | Dave Hoekstra, Sun-Times, November 29, 1987

Decency and Muck: The Visions of John Sayles and Oliver Stone
“Sports Films, History, and Identity.” | Aaron Baker, Journal of Sport History 25, no. 2 (1998): 217–33.
“Trades Sink Sox to Lowest Payroll.” | Dave Van Dyck, Chicago Sun-Times, September 2, 1988
"A Conversation Between Eric Foner and John Sayles,” from Past Imperfect: History according to the movies | Edited by Ted Mico, John Miller₋Monzon, and David Rubel

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