query for Fred (or anyone else) on movie line

[Mullins, Bill]

> >On further reflection, I believe he said it right after telling an
> >opposing batter what Nuke Laloosh was about to pitch.
>
> That's correct. The line comes right after Crash, annoyed
> that Nuke keeps shaking off the signs, tells the batter,
> "Here comes the deuce" (i.e., the curveball that Nuke wants to throw).
>
> The "speak of me" line apparently wasn't in Ron Shelton's
> original script:
>
> http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Bull-Durham.html
>

One of us should just rent the damn thing, but I believe it was because
Nuke wanted to throw Heat, to "announce my presence with authority" --
the Deuce was at another time.