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WHO WAS THAT GUY? After his “Dances...

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WHO WAS THAT GUY? After his “Dances With Wolves” won Oscars for best picture and best director, Kevin Costner told reporters he was “never a big achiever” at Villa Park High School in the mid-’70s. It wasn’t false modesty. . . . A high school baseball teammate was Dennis Burtt, a pitcher whose minor league career was similar to the role Costner played in his 1988 film, “Bull Durham.” When asked recently what he remembered about the former teammate-turned-movie star, Burtt replied: “Is that who that guy was? I knew a guy named Costner. . . . Gee, I always thought his name was Keith.”

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