makes the Top 10 of baseball films

Rating: 8/10 (7 September 1999)

First of all, Boog, anyone who follows baseball at all, knows that Durham is actually the Atlanta Braves AA club, not an A ball level team. Secondly, it is not about persevering, or surviving, it is quite simply about a man who loves the game for what it is, knows he isn't good enough to be a major leaguer, and wants everyone around him to respect and love the game like he does. The film has moments of great hilarity, as anyone who has gone to summer camp, played ball, or just has a bunch of friends well knows, it is not a film to be taken seriously. The casting is excellent, the script well written, but the acting is a little over the top (especially Robbins). Besides, Susan Sarandon was too old, and looked too old to play the part of Annie.