Eight Men Out (1988) with author Noah Gittell

Jeremy and Paco are joined by author Noah Gittell to talk about Eight Men Out (1988), directed by John Sayles. Art by ⁠⁠Lily Bacon⁠⁠Music by⁠⁠ newest_latest⁠Eight Men Out is screening at the Music Box on 35mm on March 23, introduced by Noah! You can buy your tickets here. Further reading and sources:Baseball: The Movie | Noah GittellEight Men Out | Eliot AsinofThe Betrayal | Charles Fountain“It Ain’t So, Kid, It Just Ain’t So:” History’s Apology to “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, Charles Comiskey and Chicago’s Black Sox | Daniel J. Voelker and Paul A. Duffy, originally in Chicago Lawyer magazine`Eight Men Out' - Film gets a fix on the real story behind the 1919 Black Sox scandal | Dave Hoekstra, Sun-Times, November 29, 1987Decency and Muck: The Visions of John Sayles and Oliver Stone “Sports Films, History, and Identity.” | Aaron Baker, Journal of Sport History 25, no. 2 (1998): 217–33.“Trades Sink Sox to Lowest Payroll.” | Dave Van Dyck, Chicago Sun-Times, September 2, 1988"A Conversation Between Eric Foner and John Sayles,” from Past Imperfect: History according to the movies | Edited by Ted Mico, John Miller₋Monzon, and David Rubel