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We're celebrating the start of the baseball season by digging into one of the sport's great movie romances: Ron Shelton's steamy 1988 classic Bull Durham, starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Robbins in a love triangle fans are calling "Challengers for straight people"!

Join in as we discuss our own minor league experiences, Kevin Costner's star trajectory, our feelings on various baseball rule changes, and messy kitchen sex.

Plus: What happened to the Disney "based on a true story" sports movies? What's the best basketball movie? And can minor-league teams not afford full-size towels?

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Next week: Risky Business (1983)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• Roger Ebert's 3.5-star review of Bull Durham
• "Running for President is Harder than it Looks: Nats Hold Tryouts for Racing Mascots" (Washington Post)
• "Teddy Wins First Presidents Race" (Washington Post)
• "This is a Cry for Help" (Vulture piece on on the final season of Yellowstone)
• "Shelton Celebrates 20 Years for Bull Durham" (Southern Ledger)
• "MVP: Kevin Costner" (Entertainment Weekly)
• "At the Movies: June 10, 1988" (New York Times)
• "The Bull Durham House - With Southern Charm, 80s Nostalgia, and a Bathtub - is Sold" (The News and Observer)
• "Tim Robbins: Hall of Fame Violates Freedom" (The Age)
• "1988: Kevin Costner, Sean Young, No Way Out & Bull Durham (Erotic 80s Part 11)" (You Must Remember This)
• "Bull Durham: A New Musical Begins Performances" (Playbill)