For Pete's Sake

Indians reveal they hid an image of Nicolas Cage in 39 Twitter lineup cards in 2019

American actor Nicolas Cage and Diane Kruger pose during a media promotion for their new film “National Treasure” Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004 in Taipei, Taiwan. “National Treasure,” about a race to find a fortune hidden by the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was the top movie for a third straight weekend with $17.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
American actor Nicolas Cage and Diane Kruger pose during a media promotion for their new film “National Treasure” Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004 in Taipei, Taiwan. “National Treasure,” about a race to find a fortune hidden by the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was the top movie for a third straight weekend with $17.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) TT AP

This won’t be a popular take, but the movie “National Treasure” wasn’t very good.

While no buff like Keith Hernandez, I am enough of a history enthusiast to see some of the gaping plot holes in the Nicolas Cage movie.

Fans on Rotten Tomatoes like the flick, which had this description: “Hidden by our Founding Fathers, they left clues to the Treasure’s location right before our eyes — from our nation’s birthplace, to the nation’s capitol, to clues buried within the symbols on the dollar bill.”

Clues hidden right in front of our eyes? C’mon, that would never happen, right?

Well, the Cleveland Indians did just that last year on Twitter, and they used an image of Cage each time:

For example there is this lineup with Cage’s face just above the jersey of this player:

Twitter sleuths soon were looking at tweets like Cage scouring the back of the Declaration of Independence after he had stolen it (eye-roll emoji).

Pete Grathoff
The Kansas City Star
From covering the World Series to the World Cup, Pete Grathoff has done a little bit of everything since joining The Kansas City Star in 1997.
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