Overblown and Overrated

Rating: 3/10 (2 January 2016)

This is one of those movies that I realize I'm in the distinct minority by disliking so strongly, but I feel this epitomizes the type of vanity platform for Robert Redford similar to these demonstrated a few years later by Kevin Costner, especially in Wyatt Earp and The Postman.
I recall this film having an excessive use of slow-motion, especially after Redford's character hits a home run (he never seemed to do anything but hit those or strike out - not even a triple could be written into the script). Other characters were clichés right out of central casting, particularly Robert Prosky's. Like so many sports movies that try to adopt story lines with nearly biblical meanings, this one takes itself WAY too seriously.