Thanks to the folks involved with the movie Knuckleball! for getting one of our readers into the VIP section of the premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, and getting Squawker Jon and myself in as well. We all also received autographed copies of the movie poster Saturday night. Oh, and I got to meet not just renowned chef David Burke — I was just at his Bloomingdale’s eatery the night before — but I got to meet Mr. Met, too! How cool is that?
Anyhow, Jon has given his review of the Knuckleball! I thought the movie was really good, and that you couldn’t help but feel empathy for R.A. Dickey, and (gulp) Tim Wakefield! (Wake seems like a decent guy, as he did with the Sox — he always seemed to make No. 1 on the “Boston player I can tolerate” list!) There was footage after the Aaron Boone home run of him slumped in his chair in his locker room, and teammates comforting him. It’s funny, though — giving up that homer hasn’t really stuck with him as far as his reputation, because Grady Little, not Wakefield, is the one who gets the blame for that loss. (There isn’t any talk about the Red Sox’s horrendous 2011 collapse, though. Too bad!)
I covered my eyes during the 2004 and 2007 Red Sox stuff, and booed Joe Torre when he was seen in a clip being interviewed for the movie. (What else would you expect from me? Torre’s gotta be the bride at every wedding, and the corpse at every funeral. Enough!)
It was cool sitting with John of the Mighty Quinn Media Machine, as well as Ed from Studious Metsimus and Taryn from A Gal for All Seasons. Nice to see our blogging friends in the flesh!
The movie was fun, and the evening was a great one. Thanks, everyone!
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