Ron Shelton Talks ‘Church of Baseball’ Bull Durham Book, Tin Cup, More w Rich Eisen | Full Interview

Acclaimed film director and writer Ron Shelton joins the Rich Eisen Show in-studio to discuss his new book ‘The Church of Baseball’ about the making of his baseball classic ‘Bull Durham’ including the story of how he nearly lost out on landing Kevin Costner as the lead role of Crash Davis, how Susan Sarandon landed the role of Annie alongside Tim Robbins’ Nuke LaLoosh, says why Coster is so believable and relatable in his sports movies, reveals how he mined his own professional baseball career for some of Bull Durham’s story lines, and takes a look into the future and tells Rich what became of some of his more memorable characters including Crash and Nuke, Happy and Coach Pete from ‘Blue Chips,’ Billy Hoyle and Gloria from ‘White Men Can’t Jump,’ and Roy McAvoy and David Simms from ‘Tin Cup.’
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[@lowrollerscraps2477]

My 17 year old daughter and I went to the last Durham Bulls home game of the season yesterday. The last time we went to a Bulls game was in 2010. We quickly stopped by the old ballpark, which was hosting a little league type game, and the Manning House, Annie's house in the movie. I showed her several (non adult themed) clips of Bull Durham and stumbled upon this interview. I listened to the first 3 chapters of The Church Of Baseball. It is mesmerizing in it's descriptions of experiences and the author's breadth of knowledge of literature and film is impressive. Looking forward to the next chapters.

[@JeffStay]

Great guest Rich! What makes you so different from everyone else is the quality of the conversation - about, around, and the people - within sports and sports business.

[@johncurran6031]

Great segment. I love the movie and really enjoy sports stories like this one. Right after I watched, I went to Amazon and ordered the book. Loved the bit about "What are they doing now."

[@steve6729]

I saw Ron play for the 1971 Red Wings. Great team. Led by Grich and Baylor. Many other longtime big leaguers. One of the best minor league teams of all time. You could look it up.

[@joshuasingleton802]

Great interview!

[@christophergarcia4882]

Great guest

[@dadaevan]

Great book, read it in a week last summer.

[@godzillatimmy]

They also have to leave the bullpen one at a time. At least with the dugout everyone can usually safely get over that little fence all at once

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

Wow. I didn’t know Ron Shelton was 100 years old.

[@thomaswinans7096]

Hi Rich and crew, Remember "I ain't gonna play sun City"???? The musicians said FFFF NO..... PERIOD. SUPRISED NO COMPARISON OF THEIR STAND TO THE MONEY MANIPULTED GOLFERS