Written by Steven SternDirected by George Roy There are a few names in sports that manage to evoke images of an iconic American hero. With his boyish good-looks and amazing talent on […]
Movie Review: Mantle – Good But This Could Have Been Longer
Book Review – Jackie Robinson: A Biography by Arnold Rampersad – Much More Than Just a Baseball Biography
For some iconic figures in history, they are very well-known for one aspect or event in their life, and little is said about what their accomplishments were outside of that one thing. […]
Movie Review: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings – Baseball Meets Sanford and Son
Written by William Brashler, Hal Barwood, and Matthew RobbinsDirected by John Badham There are baseball movies everyone has heard of, and then there are the sleepers. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & […]
Movie Review: The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) – Could Be, Should Be Done Better
Written by Arthur Mann and Lawrence TaylorDirected by Alfred E. Green Note: This review was written in 2007 for Epinions, which is now defunct. Most of the reviews I wrote for that […]
Movie Review: Soul of the Game – A Triple Play of Great Stars
Written by Gary Hoffman and David HimmelsteinDirected by Kevin Rodney Sullivan For those of you who think the biggest dividing line in baseball is the Designated Hitter which is the major difference […]
Movie Review: Fear Strikes Out – Lessons for Many “Sports Parents” Out There
Written by Jimmy Piersall, Ted Berkman, and Raphael BlauDirected by Robert Mulligan Today’s parents could take a few lessons from Fear Strikes Out. I’ve seen, all too often, parents who place incredible […]
Book Review: Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx is Burning – New York City’s Turning Point
1977 marked a turning point in the life of New York City. For those who buy into the idea that Rudy Giuliani somehow “saved” the city, they really need to take a […]
Movie Review: When It Was a Game 2 – Hank Aaron Didn’t Use Steroids
Long before the days of baseball superstars, many of the players were ordinary folk like you or me. Only instead of Dad heading off to work at the factory or the office […]
Movie Review: Major League – Even the Losers Get Lucky Sometimes
Written by David S. WardDIrected by David S. Ward A trend began somewhere in the 1980s where fictional movies about baseball began using real teams as their setting, rather than also creating […]
Book Review: Blockade Billy by Stephen King – Good Story that Let Me Down in the End
Ever since his accident, Stephen King hasn’t been the same writer. Most of his novels left me with mixed feelings in the end rather than being books I would wholeheartedly recommend. Recently […]
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