How to Play Baseball
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| How to Play Baseball | |
 Goofy at bat. |
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| Directed by | Jack Kinney |
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| Studio | Walt Disney Animation Studios |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 4 September 1942 |
| Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
How to Play Baseball is a cartoon made by Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1942, produced at the request of Samuel Goldwyn and first shown to accompany the 1942 feature film The Pride of the Yankees.[1]
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[edit] Synopsis
Goofy takes the time to demonstrate America's national pastime, then plays a game - one in which he plays all the bases.
The short describes the basics of baseball in humorous terms; the equipment, uniforms, positions, and pitches, as well as the mannerisms of the players.
It then switches to a game in progress, a deciding game in the World Series between the fictional Blue Sox and Gray Sox. The Blue Sox are up three runs and working a no-hitter when the Grays rally in the bottom of the ninth. In a series of events the Grays load the bases, leading to a base clearing hit.
The game is tied, but the play at the plate is too close to call for the umpire, and it then ends in an argument. The narrator then concludes the short praising the values of what makes baseball America's sport.
[edit] Reception
Bosley Crowther of The New York Times called it "deliciously confused ... goofy burlesque."[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Pride of the Yankees, a Film Biography of Lou Gehrig ... on View at Astor". The New York Times. July 16, 1942. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0DEFD71E31E53BBC4E52DFB1668389659EDE. Retrieved on 2009-06-19.
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