Author Topic: Cubs History (Read 66476 times)

Ron · « **Reply #1455 on:** November 02, 2023, 12:40:31 pm »

In the Kevin Costner movie, Love of the Game, while pitching, the Costner character uses a mental device to shut out the noise around him by saying to himself, "clear the mechanism." And in the movie, all of the sound in the stadium disappears. It's an effective dramatic device.

In a video of Ben Zobrist being interviewed, he describes the experience of hitting the historic double in the final game that gave the Cubs their lead. He is asked what it was like, was it really loud or quiet. Zobrist says when he is focusing as he should, everything is silent, and that is what he experienced on that hit, until reaching 2B (like in Love of the Game).

It's a cool moment in the interview.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1720067931805982907

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Re: Cubs History