A good choice

Rating: Null/10 (1 October 1999)

It was my turn to pick the movie, and, when I selected "For Love of The Game" my wife began bitching and moaning at the prospect of watching a baseball movie. (She is not a sports fan of any kind.) I reminded her that I sat through "City of Angels" and "You Have Mail" when it was her turn to pick. So, unhappily, she accomanied me to the theatre. About a quarter of the way into the movie I noticed she was crying. She cried and sobbed all the way to the end. Walking out of the theatre, she said, " You didn't tell me it was a chick flick." Not only did she enjoy a baseball movie, she wants to see it again, and buy it when it comes out in video. As a former ball player, the pitching scenes were very credible and the story line was o.k. I found it a little implausable to think that Billy would run into the daughter in L.A. (eight million people) quite by accident. I enjoyed the movie and would recommend it to any body who enjoys baseball. Even though it is a "chick flick"