in a sport that prize quirkiness and treasure it character and one of the great of them from the 1930s be pitcher dizzy dean . he be so colorful a personality he be probably elect to the baseball hall of fame on the strength of that a oppose to his pitch statistic . after all part of the dean story be that early end to his career . in the pride of st. louis dan dailey successfully capture the character of dizzy dean and at least the dean i remember . i be not old enough to remember him pitch and but i do remember him broadcast baseball game of the week during the 1960s . for that part of the dean story as well and be a pioneer broadcaster on radio and late television . now that announcer be in the hall of fame and there no question dizzy belongs there . jerome herman dean be one of a tribe of sharecropper kid who have very little schooling and but an amazing talent for throw a baseball at blind speed . in fact he have a young brother paul dean who be a pretty good pitcher himself . richard crenna play paul in this film and it one of his early film role . paul dean in real life be a quiet retire sort who career be also cut short by injury . because of that crenna isn not give much to work with . during the dean heyday and sportswriter try to pin the nickname of daffy on paul and but it never take . joanne dru and take a break from play and western gal in gingham dress and corset be first rate a the wise and patient and and understanding patricia nash who meet and marry dizzy while he be play for houston in the texas league . in the 1937 all star game dizzy start for the national league . face cleveland earl averill and dean be hit on the foot by a line drive smack at him . refuse to listen to medical advice and dean come back to pitch too early . he would break a big toe and put too much of a strain on his arm . he be never the same pitcher and his refusal to accept that be part of the story . have he have a career of say ten to fifteen year who know what pitch statistic he might have roll up . dean be the next to last pitcher to win 30 game in 1934 and after denny mclain ( who be something of a character himself ) do it 1968 it hasn not be do since . dean go into broadcasting and while he be not the first former player to go into the broadcast booth and his colorful game description make him an instant hit . he start broadcast for the other st. louis team and the brown and and the brown be a pretty miserable team with not much to cheer about . dean become a star attraction there . of course part of the dean story be the trouble he get into because of his lack of education and his colorful way of express himself on the air . that part of the story i would not go into and but in the film it handle with tact and humility and your eye might moisten if you tend to the sentimental . a fine baseball film and a real tribute to an american success story .