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unusual facts about HardBall!


HardBall!

The game appears in the opening scene of the 1987 film The Princess Bride, being played by Fred Savage.


ABLA

In the 2001 film Hardball, Keanu Reeves coaches a ragtag bunch of kids on an inner-city little league team.

Eckler

Harry Eckler, from the 1940s to 1950s considered the finest hardball and fastpitch softball first baseman in Canada

JFK 50 Mile

The final leg of the Race follows 8.4 miles of hardball roads to Williamsport, Maryland.

Marie-Helene Carleton

Chris Matthews, of Hardball, said "What a great book", and The Washington Post Book World wrote, "The authors' nuanced accounts of their psychological rollercoaster rides make their book consistently compelling."

Mark Talbott

The most significant factor that counts against Talbott's claim to being the greatest hardball squash player of all-time is his record against Sharif's distant cousin Jahangir Khan.

Michael Desaulniers

Desaulniers is probably best remembered for his win over the legendary player Sharif Khan in the final of the 1982 North American Open (the most prestigious title in hardball squash at the time).

Mosaic Whispers

The group has performed on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews as well as on local radio stations such as 93.7 The Bull.


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