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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ah, my Mets. I do love my baseball and my loyalty has never wavered. I was rewarded for all the blind faith of my youth with a World Championship team in 1986. […]
Written by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Nick HornbyDirected by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly Ben lives in Boston. Ben is a baseball fan. Therefore, Ben has had a difficult life. Even […]
There was a time when baseball players were considered role models. Even sportswriters were in on the conspiracy, hiding things like drinking and womanizing from an unsuspecting public. Then came Jim Bouton’s […]
Written by John FuscoDirected by Arthur Hiller In a perfect bit of casting, John Goodman stars as Babe Ruth in this 1992 bio-pic. The following incidents are based on true events that […]
Baseball is a game where it seems like there are statistics for everything you could imagine. When I was younger, I received a Baseball Encyclopedia for Christmas one year that allowed me […]
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