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September 26, 1981, millions of viewers watched on NBC television as Nolan Ryan pitched his fifth no-hitter. Late in the game, commentator Tony Kubek asked Joe Garagiola, "Did you ever see anybody throw faster than Nolan Ryan?" Without hesitating, Joe replied, "Sure. Rex Barney." Joe Garagiola contributes the foreword for this story of Rex Barney, the man who threw faster than Feller, faster than Ryan; whose pitching career sped by quicker than his fastball because he could not control it. Barney became a legend as part of the most exciting era of the Brooklyn Dodgers - 1943 to 1951 - when Jackie Robinson came in and Leo Durocher switched to the hated New York Giants. Two months after Leo's departure, Barney no-hit the Giants in the Polo Grounds. In his own inimitable style, Rex tells the story of his battle to control his fastball and, later, his own life, and his struggles to overcome illness and a near-fatal stroke. Along the way, Rex takes the reader into dugouts, clubhouses, and broadcast booths to meet many of the managers, stars, and scrubinis he has known during his fifty years in baseball.
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reviewed Rex Barney's Thank Youuuu: For 50 Years in Baseball from Brooklyn to Baltimore on June 13, 2012
Rex Barney's Thank Youuuu: For 50 Years in Baseball from Brooklyn to Baltimore
"The awful thing is, truly, I think life is terrible, and we just die. And everything you love and everything you own will be gone. Everything will be gone. This building, the whole city, everything will be gone, one day. Nothing lasts, and nothing is remembered in the end. And so, I think, not just in fiction, but in the living of your life, you might as well have a laugh. I think, actually, the world is more... bleak than you can possibly get inside your head. But why go on about that? Since we all die in the end, why write a drama in which everyone dies in the end? That's going to happen anyway. The artificial creation of a happy ending is a very brilliant thing. It's not sentimental, it's not superficial. Your heart genuinely feels the strength of a happy ending. Because they don't exist, anywhere, in life, ever."
An excellent look back over screenwriter Russell T. Davies's career up to 2008, taking in "Queer as Folk", "Bob & Rose", "The Second Coming", "Doctor Who", "Torchwood,", "The Sarah Jane Adventures", and so much more. It illuminates his lesser known work, too, and uncovers recurring themes and, of course, particularly comes to life whenever the man himself is in conversation. Excellent insights both for fans of his output and for writers in general.
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