The Natural

Some "Text to Text" & "Text to World" connections to explore...

• • Major League Baseball   

  • The Roy Hobbs - Eddie Waitkus Connection

  • NY Times: "Ruth Steinhagen is Dead at 83;  Shot a Ballplayer"  

  • "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer

  • The 1919 Black Sox Scandal  

  • National Baseball Hall of Fame

  • All-American Girls Professional Baseball League  

  • Explore The Tenth Inning a documentary by Ken Burns.

  • Click here to learn more about the 1984 film version of The Natural - starring Robert Redford. 

  • Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

    • • Short Story: "The First Seven Years" -p. 998