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And they are out in Eight Men Out
In the early 1920's, the baseball world was shocked by a scandel, when 8 players of the 1919 Chicago White Sox team was accussed of throwing the world series. The players were Eddie Cicotte (David Strathairn), Buck Weaver (John Cusack), "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (D.B. Sweeney), Fred McMullin (Perry Lang) , Lefty Williams (James Read), Chick Gandil (Michael Rooker) , Hap Felsch (Charlie Sheen), and Ray Schalk (Gordon Clapp). These 8 players I am sure you all know of, was suspended from playing baseball in the Major Leagues for life for thier part in the crime, even if the jury had aquitted them. The movei starts before the World Series happens, and before we get into see a deal, or talk between players and gamblers, but mor names get added on in the deal, and they are each paid a certain amount of money each for each game in the World Series. The White Sox was considered in this season team in baseball, and was favorly favored to win the World Series, but in yet these players took thier turn in games, while they team met the Cinncianti Red Stockings, and look who turns out to win the World Series, whcih should make it easy to review this movie, and even if you know of the scandal that took place and broke the hearts of kids in America, and even the Chicago White Sox fans, the movie runs about 2 hours long, which even takes some time, before we get to see the World Series games, the trail bacially happened in 1921, even if it is seen in ths movie between 1919 and 1920, but White Sox and history buiffs should enjoy this movie.

Eight Men Out
Writer/Director Sayles creates rich period flavor, and his script does full justice to this tragic story. His cast of rising young actors are uniformly strong, including Cusack, Sheen, David Strathairn and D.B Sweeney.

Anyone seen my Shoes?
A textbook example of how to really screw up a good thing! I use it to start a discussion in class of what to do when difficult choices come up.

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