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if you have lost your pop you know brohans (1 Viewer)
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Great movie and a great scene, but it always threw me that he said "Dad, do you want to have a catch?" It was the first time I'd ever heard that phrase, and I was surprised to learn that was the normal way to refer to it in some parts of the country.
It still sounds wrong.
My dad is 96 and I don't see him that much, but my best memories of him are playing pepper together.
It still sounds wrong.
My dad is 96 and I don't see him that much, but my best memories of him are playing pepper together.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Yeah same here. Always referred it as playing catch, as in "do you want to play catch?".
Scoresman
Footballguy
Same, it's like referring to your dad or soda as "Pop".
I don't know what it is about this movie, it's great but it doesn't hit me like others with similar themes. And I lost my father at a young age, so these kinds of movies usually leave me a wreck. But this one, not really. No idea why.
Chaz McNulty
Footballguy
beer 30
Footballguy
Easy there Skippy, I'm from that small island in the Midwest that does both
Like the rest of you, "have a catch" always seemed off to me. It was "play catch" on the island, as the good Lord intended.
Hey, take it to the Prayer of Salvation thread
Navin Johnson
Footballguy
My dad has stage 4 cancer right now, last 18 months actually. Had to get a colostomy bag last May. Lost about 60 lbs in the past 6 months. This song is a staple in my rotation right now
https://youtu.be/tgPyynCXWNs?si=37CvC4a-ALZEoR60
https://youtu.be/tgPyynCXWNs?si=37CvC4a-ALZEoR60
The Longtime Lurker
Footballguy
Lost the man who raised me to the same. Probably went through all you are now. The best i can offer is that you won't remember him like this, you really will remember the man that stood 10ft tall.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Lost Pop back in March - difficult situation, as much as I’d love another catch he didn’t prioritize me and my kids for a couple decades - would prefer he wanted the catch back then.
Chaz McNulty
Footballguy
I can relate. My Dad was the bread winner and disciplinarian and didn't pay much attention to me and my 2 sisters. I don't remember him coming to a single ball game or any other sporting event. My Mom and my grandparents went to everything. He passed when I was 20.
I just don't think he was cut out for parenthood. He wasn't a monster, but it didn't seem like he appreciated his children in any way. I was so blessed that I had 2 girls. I know this sounds bad, but I was so hoping my first child would be a girl. I just wasn't sure how I would interact with a son.
SWC
Bromigo
i am sorry for you brohans above who had a bad time of it my pop worked his tail off in a foundry literally worked at one place his whole life where his brother worked as well for his whole life he would come home tired and dirty every night but still coached everything and always had time to throw a ball around when my angels were born he came to all of their games with my mom as well and the cycle just continued but life got the best of him in many ways mostly due to old sports injuries that really limited his mobility and money issues thanks to the crashes that hurt so many but i have his pictures from his playing days in the 50s and early 60s and his name is on a few plaques on the wall of his sports crazy high school so i guess even though life left its mark on him he left his mark too and that is how i try to remember him so this scene always gets to me something fierce take that to the bank brohans
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SWC
Bromigo
i love this song take that to the bank bromigo
SWC
Bromigo
i agree we never said have a catch i mean what he hell does that even mean you cant own a catch but its not the words its whats happening the cracking voice the james horner and the corn field which our back yard was growin up just all of it take that to the bank brochacho
Mookie
Footballguy
This thread took me back to when my Dad and I would watch Jets game and then head outside ("Let's go throw it around") to toss the nerf ball at halftime. I'd be in my Jets jersey and fiddling with the nerf ball all game. Our house was on the crown of a hill and I'd always throw downhill. He'd lead me into the corner of the "endzone" to my right and I'd dive for the ball and then slide head first down the hill, trying not to hit the driveway. He'd cheer when I made the catch. I'd come in all muddy and my Mom would make me change out of my clothes before watching the second half. He passed away 35 years ago at the age of 56 after battling alcoholism and cancer. Miss those days.
Zow
Footballguy
Haven't lost my dad yet and he's fortunately back much more into my life but he mostly disappeared for about 10-15 years so I hear you.
This notwithstanding, my favorite memory of him will always be when I was about 10 or 11 and knew I'd be facing the hardest throwing pitcher in our league. To prepare me, my dad took me to a park and for hours threw tennis balls for batting practice at me as hard as I could. I remember so afraid of the ball and not even touching a pitch for like the first 30 minutes or whatever. Eventually, I grew confident and made solid contact. After the second session I was regularly putting the bat on the ball. When I saw the pitcher in the game, he could have been Nolan Ryan for all I cared. I stepped up there, half the pitcher's size but with the confidence of a giant, and laced the first fastball I saw between the 5-6 hole for a hit. Probably literally one of the few hits the kid - who obviously hit puberty way before the rest of us - gave up all year. Found out later my dad had to ice his arm for weeks and it probably messed up his shoulder long-term. But, for a moment, nothing else mattered other than his son getting a meaningless hit that couldn't have been more meaningful.
That moment and memory will never leave me no matter what and I look at this scene with joy because I got to have the "catch" moment with my dad regardless of anything else. And for that I'm grateful.
My gosh, me too. Gets me every time. All the “what if” scenarios of my life come to my mind.Beautiful movie. For some reason this scene hits me a little harder than the 'want to have a catch" scene.
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