Documentary about Fergie circa 1974

[jjgman21]

I just saw a documentary called King of the Hill filmed over the course of a couple of seasons in the early 70's. I think 71-72.

 

It's an amazing portrait of how the game was. as it turns out, how the game was is exactly how the game is. in particular, how things are with the Cubs organization seems to be exactly the same. right down to the very details of clubhouse disruptions to wearing out the best pitchers to boneheaded play to bad calls by the umpires to bad baserunning by a player named Alou (ok, that Alou was playing for the Astros at the time).

 

and on top of that, it gives ya a little Cubs fix. if you have the Documentary Channel (Dish Network 197), I suggest tivo-ing this. it has been on several times over the past few weeks, and I finally caught it tonight, but it's only on again once in the near future, at 2:00 a.m. Thurs.

[Smack]

Cool, thanks for the heads up. It's on at 0200C 3/30. I set it up to record....

[ToupeeOnFire]

Saw it a few years ago. Actually, I was struck by about how much different baseball was back then when compared to today. Of course, times (and the Cub franchise) have changed.