A few innings into last night’s World Series game, the camera focused on Bruce Bochy for a few moments, and I realized he reminded me intensely of… somebody. But I couldn’t figure out who. It was a specific actor, I knew I’d seen him in a movie, it was on the tip of my brain. So I asked the Twitter Hive Mind for help.
Suggestions included, but were not limited to:
- Young Tom Selleck
- James Gammon in Major League
- Jeff Bridges
- J.K. Simmons
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Old Tom Selleck
- William H. Macy
- Tommy Chong
- Tom Selleck
- A young Wilford Brimley
- Charles Bronson
- Charles Bronson (2)
- Everett McGill
- Bruce McGill
- Edward James Olmos
- James Brolin
- Billy Bob Thornton (2)
- “half Dabney Coleman, half Burt Reynolds”
- James Gammon in Major League (2)
Some of these were more accurate than others, but neither was the particular person I was trying to place. It was Derek Jacques who finally nailed it:
Jackie Brown-era Robert Forster! Yep, that was it. I feel much better now.
Who wants to cast Ron Washington? How about Brian Wilson?