My screenplay, "Rube," is the true story of baseball's comic-tragic hero, eccentric Hall of Famer Rube Waddell. The mentally challenged Rube rose to national prominence as the game's most dominant pitcher and biggest box office star. Rube, who was born on Friday the 13th, died on April Fools Day at age 37, the result of his heroic efforts during one of the most devastating floods in U.S. history.
