Walt Kowalski as a baseball scout...

Rating: 7/10 (3 March 2013)

Quite simply, a nice little film. Themes of dealing with aging parents, relationships and life priorities played out in the world of high school baseball scouting give this film an appeal beyond just another baseball movie. The script in the end was a bit too predictable for my tastes, and the Sanderson (Eastwood nemesis) and Bo Gentry (the "next" Albert Pujols) characters were especially poorly written and acted (IMHO). Timberlake on the other hand, was quite good as the washed out ex Red Sox pitcher/minor league scout. But any film wherein the majority focus is on Baseball, (and features trivia questions concerning the 1975 Red Sox/Cincinnati Reds WS), while projecting Eastwood over about 80% of the run time, is worth a watch. Except for a few minor expletives, a pretty safe film for the whole family.