The Natural

...with fans who will be seeing UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture fight on British shores for the first time, and like DiMaggio, you can expect 'The Natural' will be giving each and every one of them his best. "I just always try to go out the...

In this article: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Joe DiMaggio, Tim Sylvia, Brandon Vera, Randy Couture, UFC 105, UFC 102, and Zuffa, LLC

...Achievement Award on Feb. 27. This five-time Oscar nominee could not be more deserving. His Oscar noms came for "The Right Stuff," "The Natural," "Fly Away Home," "The Patriot" and "The Passion Of The Christ," For my money he should have won...

In this article: Oscar, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, Ricky Gervais, Jeff Bridges, Henry Selick, Colin Firth, Lymelife, and Bruce Cohen

...missed the mark, instead firing 89 right down the pipe. Matsui, holding an eerily clean white bat similar to that of Roy Hobbs in The Natural, swung powerfully. The ball rocketed off the sweet spot, right on the barrel, and shot off towards...

In this article: Pedro Martinez, New York Yankees, Mariano Rivera, World Series, Charlie Manuel, Philadelphia Phillies, Shane Victorino, Alex Rodriguez, Hideki Matsui, and Mark Teixeira

...directorial debut, "The Escape Artist," in 1982. Deschanel received Oscar nominations for his work on "The Right Stuff," "The Natural," Fly Away Home," "The Patriot" and "The Passion of the Christ"; his most recent efforts include...

In this article: Caleb Deschanel, American Society of Cinematographers, Oscar, Zeitgeist, Stanley Cortez, Vittorio Storaro, Gordon Willis, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

...at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Century City. Deschanel has earned Oscar nominations for his work on "The Right Stuff," "The Natural," "Fly Away Home," "The Patriot" and "The Passion of the Christ." He most recently worked on...

In this article: Caleb Deschanel, Oscar, Nick Cassavetes, Fly Away Home, The Passion of the Christ, and The Patriot

...some of the great fictional baseball teams in movie history to forget about this season. Here are my picks: The New York Knights in "The Natural": Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) coulda been the greatest there ever was until a silver bullet to...

In this article: Richard Pryor, World Series, Phillies, Yankees, Marty McFly, Bulls, The Rachel Zoe Project, DVD, and George Costanza

...-- something he never did during the Bush years. Is it possible that Barack Obama really is "The One" (not to be confused with "The Natural")? Does the Republican Yankee fan silently thank the Fates that there is a Democrat president...

In this article: Yankees, World Series, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, White House, George Steinbrenner, Alex Rodriguez, Philadelphia Phillies, and Republican Party

...better-known as the player who in 1949 was shot in the chest by an obsessed female fan, an event that was woven into the plot of "The Natural" by writer Bernard Malamud. Waitkus, who received the Bronze Star in World War II, is buried in the...

In this article: Phillies, Red Sox, Yankees, Jed Lowrie, World Series, Jon Lester, Red Sox, Eddie Waitkus, Charlie Manuel, and Pedro Martinez

...hit .311. The first baseman was Eddie Waitkus, better known as the model for Roy Hobbs in Bernard Malamud's essential baseball novel "The Natural," who hit a solid .284 a year after he was shot in the chest in a Chicago hotel room by an...

In this article: Phillies, Yankees, Jim Konstanty, Curt Simmons, Richie Ashburn, Dick Sisler, Casey Stengel, Vic Raschi, and Allie Reynolds

...also donated two other Malamud books, a signed copy of "Magic Barrel" and a copy of the first paperback edition of "The Natural." "The Natural" was on Sport's Illustrated's list of 100 greatest sports books at number 24 in 2002, and is...

In this article: Bernard Malamud, Corvallis, Literature, IP Address, Time Magazine, Oregon State College, and The Mills