by Andrew Johnson
“He had been a minor league pitcher until Joe DiMaggio and the dragons arrived.”
The line originates from page 43 in the novel, The Church of Baseball, by Ron Shelton.
This piece of history relates to the creation of the movie, Bull Durham, which takes place at a minor-league stadium of the Durham Bulls, an affiliate of the MLB franchise, the Tampa Bay Rays.
The author of the book illustrates the creation of how the movie was made and the people he met throughout the process, y’all should check it out, what a great read!
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