Eephus pitch made famous by ‘Spaceman’ Bill Lee now a movie about love of baseball
MLB.com credits Pirates pitcher Rip Sewell with throwing the first eephus. It was named by teammate Maurice Van Robays, saying, “Eephus ain’t nothing, and that’s a nothing pitch.” MLB.com stretched ...
Here’s the pitch: ‘Eephus’ is one of the greatest baseball movies
Carson Lund’s lyrical film goes inside the last game played on a ballfield that’s about to be bulldozed in a small New ...
A movie featuring 2 Red Sox legends hits theaters for a limited time starting this weekend
Eephus, a movie about Sunday beer league baseball in Massachusetts, features Bill "Spaceman" Lee and Joe Castiglione.
He remembers a different kind of baseball, relaxed and chatty. ‘Eephus’ gets it on film
Director Carson Lund used to play seriously as a kid but caught the film bug. He bridges his two passions with 'Eephus,' a ...
Toronto film screening collective Bleeding Edge makes a pitch with buzzy baseball film Eephus
Film captures a beer-league baseball game played by fading semi-athletes at a New England ball field destined to be torn down ...
A ‘Slow Movie’ in the Best Possible Way
The film Eephus celebrates the beautiful, blissful anticipation of baseball.
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A ‘Slow Movie’ in the Best Possible Way
Among them is the Boston Red Sox alum Bill “Spaceman” Lee, one of Major League Baseball’s best-known practitioners of the eephus pitch back in the 1970s, who appears in a cameo role.
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He remembers a different kind of baseball, relaxed and chatty. 'Eephus' gets it on film
More importantly, Greinke still occasionally throws the archaic “eephus” pitch that lends the movie ... also will delight in a late cameo by Bill Lee, nicknamed “Spaceman,” an eccentric ...
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Here's the pitch: 'Eephus' is one of the greatest baseball movies
In baseball, an “eephus” is a trick pitch, a high-arcing throw that ... and while it can sometimes lose a game — Bill “Spaceman” Lee notoriously threw an eephus that cost the Boston ...