Long, overwrought, uninspired.

Rating: 4/10 (18 September 1999)

First, let me get this off my chest: I hate baseball. Really. To me it's a dull thing to watch. A movie about baseball, to me, is about as exciting as getting a rigid sigmoid-colonoscopy.
It's a darn good thing that this movie really isn't about baseball, rather it's about relationships, loyalty, love, and the difficulties that come along with them.
I must admit that this film *almost* works. Costner, is getting more back on track after such dismal films as "The Postman," and "Waterworld," but he's still not back to where he was with the perennial favorite "Field Of Dreams." If the love interest could have been more believable; or if the film would have been more interesting to watch on the whole, it would have been superior.
This film could have become a great "end of summer" release, sadly it falls just short of acceptible instead. Almost as if this film "settles" for second best. Pity.