Movies: The Catcher was the spy (Paul Rudd based on Moe Berg)

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Oct 12, 2003
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based on what some view as one of the craziest stories--a former MLB catcher is recruited by the OSS(for runner of the CIA) to spy on both the Japanese and Germans--it was his photos of Japan that were used for the Doolittle raid and other bombings on Japan.

He was offered a lot of money to write his memoirs --he agreed to do it finally and when the company sent the co-writer to talk with him--the co-writers first question reportedly was "how did you like being the leader of the three stooges?"--that was the last time he ever thought about writing about what he did
 

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