***1/2

Rating: 9/10 (28 December 2015)

Obsessive, compulsive behavior best describes Robert De Niro's fine performance in this film.
As a San Francisco Giant fan, he attends all games and proceeds to lose his salesman's job. He is divorced from his wife who gets out a restraining order when he shows irresponsibility regarding their young son.
With his life heading southward fast, De Niro really takes a magnetic look at Westley Snipes, a baseball star, just signed by the Giants at a whopping contract. He makes calls to sports shows and is a virtual regular on a show hosted by tough talking Ellen Barkin.
The film goes over to violence as De Niro handles Benecio Del Toro, Snipes' rival on the team.
The last scene is out of a baseball inning nightmare.