Logan Square Baseball - Interviews

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You have a real interesting pitching style.

You want to tell us about it? Oh no, it's just a throw in the ball.

I throw here, I throw here, I throw here.

So I don't have to feel anything.

Just a throw in the ball.

Does it work? No.

Well yes and no, yes and no.

You think it uses the batter? Yeah.

Yeah? A lot of times it does.

You try and get it to smack it down, you try and smack it up and it drops.

It drops.

What do you do? You go to school or are you out working or what? I'm not at the job just.

It's a warehouse job.

How long have you been pitching? Oh about three years or so.

How long have you lived in the neighborhood? Around here? Oh about three years or so.

Where did you used to live? Spalding and Damon Avenue, the Webster and Silly.

Do you like this neighborhood? Well yeah it's alright, I don't stay around except for volatile.

Okay you gotta get back to work.

Okay thanks a lot.

What's your name? Nancy.

Nancy what? Bartle? Bartle.

And your name? Jenny Gay.

What's your name? I can't say, Mark the Bunch.

And yours? Andrew Cusack.

Do you go to school here? Yeah.

Tell us what grade you're in.

Eighth.

Eighth grade? Alright.

Where are you going to go to high school? I want to go to Lane.

Where do you live at? Across the street.

Across the street? You hang out here all the time? Yeah.

You like it? It's okay.

How about you? Yeah.

What grade are you in? Sixth.

Sixth grade? Do you live around here? Yeah across the street.

How often do you come here? Every day.

How about you? Eighth grade.

You're in eighth grade? Where are you going to go to high school? Prosler or Sherson.

How about you? I'm in eighth grade too and I want to go to Prosler.

To where? Prosler.

Identifier

F.2021-04-0034

Date Of Production

circa 1978

Abstract

Chuck Kleinhans and an unidentified woman interview a baseball pitcher and a group of middle school girls at a Logan Square park.

Format

Super 8

Extent

50 feet

Color

Sound

Mag Stripe

Reel/Tape Number

1/1

Has Been Digitized?

Yes

Element

Reversal Positives

Form

Amateur
Interviews

Subject

Recreation
Baseball
Teenagers
Parks
Leisure

Preservation Sponsor

Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research

Related Collections

Chuck Kleinhans Collection

Related Places

North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago ➜ Logan Square

Main Credits

Kleinhans, Chuck (is filmmaker)

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