How a ‘Crude Bunch of Kids’ Struck Gold With ‘The Bad News Bears’
Silver Streak. Right there among them is a ragtag group of little leaguers known as
The Bad News Bears. This was not a big picture, Stanley Jaffe, the movie’s producer admitted to the
New York Daily News. “But we were this little picture that could at the end.
It was Jaffe who initially fell in love with
The Bad News Bears script, although the early version was a far cry from what would end up onscreen.
“We changed the whole last half of the picture from the script that I was presented with,” the producer explained, noting that the original screenplay focused on the Kelly Leak character and his troubles with the law. “It had nothing to do with the Bad News Bears. When we started working with [screenwriter Bill Lancaster], he was great about accepting that and making the changes that ultimately resulted in the movie.
2. Music in the Park(ing Lot)
Pretty much guaranteed to lift your spirits, the brilliant Bradenton-based reggae band Jah Movement, led by co-lead singers Shantel Norman and Damie Caines, plays Realize Bradenton and the Manatee Performing Arts Center’s free concert series Music in the Park(ing Lot) this week. Fifty parking spaces are available, with four people allowed per space (along with their chairs). Reservations are required and can be made at manateeperformingartscenter.com. The show also will be livestreamed on Realize Bradenton’s Facebook page and website. It will be held in the theater in the event of rain, with only two people per car allowed and masks required. 6 p.m. Friday; Manatee Performing Arts Center, 502 Third Ave. W., Bradenton; free; 941-748-5875; realizebradenton.com, manateeperformingartscenter.com
How a ‘Crude Bunch of Kids’ Struck Gold With ‘The Bad News Bears’
Silver Streak. Right there among them is a ragtag group of little leaguers known as
The Bad News Bears. This was not a big picture, Stanley Jaffe, the movie’s producer admitted to the
New York Daily News. “But we were this little picture that could at the end.
It was Jaffe who initially fell in love with
The Bad News Bears script, although the early version was a far cry from what would end up onscreen.
“We changed the whole last half of the picture from the script that I was presented with,” the producer explained, noting that the original screenplay focused on the Kelly Leak character and his troubles with the law. “It had nothing to do with the Bad News Bears. When we started working with [screenwriter Bill Lancaster], he was great about accepting that and making the changes that ultimately resulted in the movie.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. Imagine being a corner outfielder for the White Sox, camped under a routine fly ball, when suddenly a blur comes flying past to basically grab the baseball from your glove.
That blur is Luis Robert, who at 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds is built like an NFL defensive back with the elite speed of a deep-threat wide receiver. Robert also turned his seemingly left-field-line to right-field-line range into an American League Gold Glove Award as a rookie in 2020.
“Playing with Luis Robert is really fun,” said White Sox left fielder Eloy Jiménez. “Sometimes [it’s not], because he tries to catch every ball. I m just kidding. When he won the Gold Glove, I was so happy.”