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Facing Nolan

Jim Watson was abaseball coach in Alvin, and he told Jim not to tellany other Scouts about...

Jim Watson was a
baseball coach in Alvin, and he told Jim not to tell
any other Scouts about Nolan

Full Transcript

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Jim Watson was a baseball coach in Alvin,
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and he told Jim not to tell any other Scouts about Nolan.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:44
Uploaded
Apr 27, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, sport
Production
The Ranch Productions

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Movie Summary

In the world of Major League Baseball no one has created a mythology like Nolan Ryan. Told from the point of view of the hitters who faced him and the teammates who revered him, Facing Nolan is the definitive documentary of a Texa...
Well, he told me I had the best arm he'd ever seen, - Facing Nolan 00:08
Well, he told me I had the best arm he'd ever seen,
My dad's uncle, my grandmother's brother, - Facing Nolan 00:08
My dad's uncle, my grandmother's brother,
What's interesting from our family's perspective, - Facing Nolan 00:08
What's interesting from our family's perspective,
A constant theme in Nolan's life, - Facing Nolan 00:08
A constant theme in Nolan's life,
The Mets were pretty much the only team on him. - Facing Nolan 00:04
The Mets were pretty much the only team on him.
They just thought, well, here's a guy with a good arm, - Facing Nolan 00:05
They just thought, well, here's a guy with a good arm,
He came to me and said, "I got drafted today." - Facing Nolan 00:07
He came to me and said, "I got drafted today."
He was 18 and out of high school - Facing Nolan 00:07
He was 18 and out of high school
And he goes, "No, the baseball draft." - Facing Nolan 00:11
And he goes, "No, the baseball draft."
I had plans to go to college - Facing Nolan 00:07
I had plans to go to college
Red Murff found out - Facing Nolan 00:05
Red Murff found out
He said, Ruth, you know that - Facing Nolan 00:07
He said, Ruth, you know that
And I thought, I'm not sharing Nolan with anybody, you know. - Facing Nolan 00:05
And I thought, I'm not sharing Nolan with anybody, you ...
I had no idea what the baseball life - Facing Nolan 00:05
I had no idea what the baseball life
All I was concentrating on - Facing Nolan 00:05
All I was concentrating on
I didn't have anybody that threw quite like Nolan did. - Facing Nolan 00:06
I didn't have anybody that threw quite like Nolan did.
Everybody was saying that Nolan was throwing 101, - Facing Nolan 00:08
Everybody was saying that Nolan was throwing 101,
Nolan was throwing 107, 108. - Facing Nolan 00:05
Nolan was throwing 107, 108.
Yes, I was there catching it, - Facing Nolan 00:05
Yes, I was there catching it,
There's no question that Nolan Ryan, - Facing Nolan 00:08
There's no question that Nolan Ryan,