Ho, ho, ho.
Actor Paul Giamatti plays Nick "Santa" Claus in Fred Claus, which opens Friday at the Eagle. By playing the Big Guy, Giamatti joins other notable actors who have played The Claus Man, including Tim Allen ("The Santa Clause"), Ed Asner ("Elf"), Billy Bob Thornton ("Bad Santa"), and Edmund Gwinn ("Miracle on 34th Street").
Though Giamatti is a fine actor with many notable movie credits ("Lady in the Water" and "Sideways" to name two films in which he starred), today we are interested in Mr. Giamatti's baseball pedigree...
If you want to win a free pass to the Eagle like Gail Bailey did last week, you need to be the 16th correct answer to the question below. Send your answer in the subject line to trivia@eagletheater.net. One entry per email address, please.
Paul Giamatti is the son of the late Bart Giamatti, who was the youngest president of Yale and served as major league baseball commissioner for five months before he died on September 1, 1989. Mr. Giamatti, an amazing baseball fan, was known in death for his adjudication of a scandal that resulted in a former Cincinnati Reds player (and later manager) being banned from the game for life for betting on his team.
Who did Bart Giamatti (father of Paul Giamatti) ban from baseball? That is the question. Come on all you Charlies, let's Hustle and get those answers in!
The answer is Pete Rose.
Posted by: Adam Craig | November 11, 2007 at 10:10 AM