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Wonderboy: Opening Day Recreates “The Natural”

Posted on April 3, 2025 by davidbloom

We have all seen the movie The Natural. Boy, did the Josh Hamilton major league debut on opening day sure remind us of this scene from the movie.

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One Response to “Wonderboy: Opening Day Recreates “The Natural””

  1. Hamilton's Opening Day on Video « Is Josh Hamilton Wonderboy?, on May 5th, 2007 at 2:56 am Said:

    [...] Opening Day on Video We told you about how opening Day moment sure reminded us of a scene from the Natural. Here is that moment now found on [...]

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