Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh

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Nuke LaLoosh.

Nuke LaLoosh.

Yeah, I mean, were you... [laughs] Was that a role, when that came your way, were you...

Do you remember the process of getting that? Were you stoked to get that, to play that part?

We actually agree, uh, on this one.

Uh, Tim Robbins did have some bad moments, uh, some awkward moments i- in playing, uh, Nuke LaLoosh.

Uh, but for the most part, uh, it was just a, uh, a bang-up job

So this is gonna come as quite a shock to veteran observers of Diamond Views.

My number two is my second pr- depending on the day, it's either my second or third favorite baseball movie of all time, um, and that's Bull Durham.

Um, uh, he's so good as Nuke LaLoosh.

Um, you could tell at times he's trying to steal the movie from, from Costner.

Um, and he just does a really good job as the kinda lunk-headed pitcher, um, that, uh, Crash Davis takes under his wing a little bit and, well, begrudgingly at first, but yeah.

But anyways, Spence, I agree with you, people are rude as hell.

And this is the famous quote, you guys have heard me say this before, one of my favorite movies is Bull Durham, and my favorite quote from that movie is when Annie Savoy says to Nuke LaLoosh, "Honey, the world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness."

[laughs]

And there's a lot of people in this world who do not have the curse of being self-aware, [laughs] and that's a perfect example.

We actually agree, uh, on this one.

Uh, Tim Robbins did have some bad moments, uh, some awkward moments i- in playing, uh, Nuke LaLoosh.

Uh, but for the most part, uh, it was just a, uh, a bang-up job.

So this is gonna come as quite a shock to veteran observers of Diamond Views.

This, the, probably Statesboro Blues, the opening track, being the one that really, I agree with JD.

You know, thinking about, um, Nuke LaLoosh in, uh, uh, Bull, Bull Durham, you know, "Announce my presence with authority." I don't know if y'all know that, but he wants to throw the fastball, you know?

[laughs]

And-

The reason being, whoever the baseball person was that gave them the heads-up, like the going to the mound with the chicken and the candelabras and all that sort of stuff, whoever gave them the heads-up on Bull Durham did a frigging great job.

Uh, Nuke LaLoosh with the, with the underwear on.

I mean, whoever that was, they were in the game, and I loved Bull Durham.

Best hitter of your generation.

Absolute all-timer.

Nuke LaLoosh, what a character.

Yeah.

And Crash Davis, historic.

A far cry from his other great baseball movie, Field of Dreams.

Uh, an ex-Major League catcher forced late in his career into the minor leagues to the Raleigh Durham Bulls and into a babysitting role with the team's dopey but talented pitcher, Nuke LaLoosh, played superbly by Tim Robbins, uh, with whom he vies for the attentions of a local baseball tragic.

We'll, we'll, we'll call her that.

Um, uh, played by Susan Sarandon.