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Why does the professor in It Happens Every Spring become a baseball pitcher?
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In the 1949 film It Happens Every Spring, directed by Lloyd Bacon, the protagonistāa chemistry professor portrayed by Ray Millandābecomes a baseball pitcher after discovering a chemical formula that causes baseballs to be repelled by wood. This discovery inspires him to pursue a new career as a star pitcher in professional baseball.1