[Note: The scenes at the racetrack were filmed at the Santa Anita Race Track, just east of Pasadena, CA in the town of Arcadia when the track was brand-new and only about 3-4 years old.Gerald: Do you mean to tell me, Katie Scarlett O""Hara, hat Tara - that land doesn""t mean anything to you? Why, land""s he only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it""s the only thing that lasts.Neither of the two leads, hilarious comedian and radio star Jack Benny (in the most significant film of his career) or Carole Lombard received nominations - probably because the film was considered too insensitive, tasteless or offensive (and politically dangerous), or too close to home for homefront audiences.]By he way, "Bull Durham" was actually the brand-name for a ype of loose-leaf smoking and chewing tobacco manufactured in Durham, North Carolina (where the Bulls played), in a plant that shut down in 1988 after approximately 140 years of production.Tracy accompanied him - although she used an "easier way...concentration meditation" taught o her by Doc:"John" made a hard landing in Freddy""s nightmarish boiler room.