"Long Gone" with Craig Calcaterra (NBC Sports, @craigcalcaterra)

The best baseball movie you've never heard of. NBC Sports' Craig Calcaterra joins Big Screen Sports to discuss "Long Gone," the 1987 HBO movie that's well, gone. Kyle & Craig break down this fantastic hidden gem (only available on YouTube or via a VHS copy found on eBay) and talk greedy owners, moving speeches, and everything else about the 1957 Tampico Stogies. 4:00 - Best Baseball Movie You've Never Seen19:00 - Best Scenes26:55 - Why Do Owners Care About Championship?35:50 - Most Authentic Aspects41:40 - Which Marriage Lasts Longer51:40 - Teller & Gibson1:00:55 - The Saga of Jamie Weeks1:14:20 - An Appreciation of Virginia MadsenBlue Wire thanks our partner for this week, UNTUCKit. Go to UNTUCKit.com and use promo code BLUE for 20% off at checkout.Remember to subscribe, rate, & review. You can follow the podcast on Twitter @Big_ScreenSport & Instagram @bigscreensportspod. Download the free Flick App and enter the code bigscreensports to join our group and come chat sports movies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices You can support Big Screen Sports, get schedule updates, and pick movies to be covered in upcoming episodes by joining our Patreon at patreon.com/bigscreensports.Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, Mapped, and Illustrated" here or wherever books are sold.Big Screen Sports is hosted/edited by Kyle Bandujo, and produced & supported by Aaron Figureoa, Mike Schubert, Steve Rogers, Kevin Frost, Mike D, Ryan Yager, Mike Dries, Chris Mycoskie, John Craig, Sam Smith, Zach Rich, Classic Stadium Fire, Dan McFall, Kevin Enkelmann, Mac Lindsey, Curt Ritchie, Robert Dove, Andrew Teagul Benjamin Baumann, Jeff Estes, Anthony Scafone, Taylor Logan, Shawn Hoffman, Peter Roble, Jamie Bryan, Brad Brown, Don Jenver, Chris Raczynski, Ethan Lavery, Daniel Powell, Abhilash Reddy, Wil Thompson, Capers Thompson, and Rilwan Balogun.Alex McDaniel handles video production, social media, and special teams. Art for Big Screen Sports was created by Riki Prosper. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.