ARLINGTON, Texas — The Nolan Ryan picture show came to Globe Life Field on Sunday and it was everything you expected. That is if you expected a sweeping love story that spans twice as long as Ryan’s storied 27-season Hall of Fame playing career.
Ostensibly "Facing Nolan," the 102-minute documentary from Director Bradlee Jackson, is about Ryan’s baseball career. A couple of thousand of the sellout crowd of 38,316, the largest ever to attend a game at Globe Life Field, stuck around after the Rangers-Braves game to see the first public screening of the film. It will be shown in wide release for one night on May 24.
What that they saw: The love story between Ryan and his wife of 54 years, Ruth, takes center stage. While the film sheds no remarkably new light about Ryan’s historic career or accomplishments, it does give insight into Ryan’s strong family relationship.
