"Two teams. One last game."
As an imminent construction project looms over their beloved small-town baseball field, a pair of New England rec-league teams face off for the last time. Tensions flare up and ceremonial laughs are shared as an era of camaraderie and escapism fades into an uncertain future.
Keith William Richards
Ed Mortanian
Stephen Radochia
Graham Morris
Cliff Blake
Franny
Chris Goodwin
Garrett Furnivall
Theodore Bouloukos
Chuck Poleen
John R. Smith Jnr.
John Faiella
David Pridemore
Troy Carnahan
Conner Marx
Cooper Bassett
Nate Fisher
Merritt Nettles
As an imminent construction project looms over their beloved small-town baseball field, a pair of New England rec-league teams face off for the last time. Tensions flare up and ceremonial laughs are shared as an era of camaraderie and escapism fades into an uncertain future.
This is bound to be an unpopular opinion, but, to me, fewer things in life are more boring than baseball – except perhaps for movies about baseball (with a few exceptions like “The Natural” (1984), “A League of Their Own” (1992) and “42” (2013)). And that foregoing assessment, in my view, is more than applicable to this positively dreadful debut feature from writer-director Carson Lund. This alleged comedy tells the story of two men’s recreational baseball teams in a small Massachusetts town who embark on playing the last-ever game to be held at a local ballpark that’s about to be torn down to make room for construction of a new school. The implausibly overlong matchup, brought about by a series of completely unfunny incidents that stretch out the length of the game, goes on from midday through the afternoon and into the crisp, chilly fall evening wherein the players try to continue competing in the dark (gee, now there’s a load of laughs for you). There are also numerous talky, uninteresting conversations among the players in the dugout, along with views from the sidelines, where a handful of passing spectators offer their observations about what’s transpiring on the field. These sequences do little to add to the film and serve only to pad an already-tedious narrative. The sad part in all this is that the premise truly had the potential to make for a fun and heartwarming picture. Unfortunately, though, the absolutely flat dialogue, lame plot elements and undercooked character development prevent that from materializing. While this offering admittedly features some impressive cinematography and a well-conceived production design, there’s not much else to commend here. That is, of course, unless one compliments the creators on their fitting choice of title for the film: An “eephus,” for those who aren’t aware of what it is, is the name for an obscure form of curveball, one that’s thrown deceptively slowly, almost to the point where it lulls the batter into a sense of mesmerized complacency, as if to put the hitter to sleep. And, on that score, the filmmaker has truly succeeded in crafting a picture that lives up to its namesake where audiences are concerned. All I can say is that I’m truly glad that I didn’t pay box office ticket prices to see this one.
เมื่อถอดเฝือกจากแขนที่เคยหัก เด็กหนุ่มวัย 12 ปี ขว้างลูกบอลได้เร็ว 100 ไมล์ต่อชั่วโมง จนชิคาโกคับส์อยากได้ตัวไปเป็นพิตเชอร์คนใหม่
Morris Buttermaker เป็นนักเบสบอลระดับไมเนอร์ลีกที่หมดไฟ เขาชอบดื่มเหล้าและไม่สามารถเก็บมือไว้กับตัวเองได้ ทนายความผู้อดทนของเขาได้จัดการให้เขาเป็นผู้จัดการทีมระดับไมเนอร์ลีกในท้องถิ่น และในไม่ช้า Buttermaker ก็พบว่าตัวเองกลายเป็นหัวหน้ากลุ่มผู้เล่นที่ขาดคุณสมบัติ ผ่านการฝึกสร้างทีมที่ไม่ธรรมดาและสไตล์การฝึกสอนที่แหวกแนวของเขา Buttermaker ช่วยให้ทีม Bears ของเขาที่ไร้ความสามารถเตรียมตัวพบกับคู่แข่งอย่างทีม Yankees
Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.
A newlywed couple cancels their honeymoon and returns to the snowy Midwest to make the funeral arrangements for their best man, who died unexpectedly after their ceremony.
จอห์น คูแซ็คและชาร์ลี ชีนนำเสนอการแสดงที่ยอดเยี่ยมในเรื่องจริงเกี่ยวกับเรื่องอื้อฉาวของทีมชิคาโกไวท์ซ็อกซ์ในปี 1919 อันโด่งดัง ซึ่งเป็นหนึ่งในบทที่มืดมนที่สุดในประวัติศาสตร์กีฬาอาชีพ เมื่อทีมล้มการแข่งขันเวิลด์ซีรีส์
The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher who is far from the star player on the team and friend to all of his teammates. During the off-season, Bruce learns that he is terminally ill, and Henry, his only true friend, is determined to be the one person there for him during his last season with the club. Throughout the course of the season, Henry and his teammates attempt to deal with Bruce's impending illness, all the while attempting to make his last year a memorable one.
Summer 1998 - the opening stages of Le Tour de France are relocated to Ireland. Belgian rider Dom Chabol (late 30s) has been one of the best “Domestiques” (support riders) on the Tour for the last 20 years. It’s a sacrificial role – setting pace, blocking wind, and providing support to enable the team’s sprinter to victory - winning is not an option. But Dom secretly harbours a desire to wear the yellow jersey - just once before his career is over. At the start of what will likely be his last Tour, Dom is unceremoniously dropped from the Team he has dedicated his life to. His best mate Sonny, the team masseur, fails to reassure him about his future. But a chance liaison with Lynn, a young Irish doctor, softens the blow, and Dom starts to accept - and even enjoy - the idea of civilian life. But as he gears up to go home and to face his estranged sister, a massive doping error knocks another teammate off the Tour and Dom is thrown back in the saddle…
A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.
A decade has passed in the small town where the original Sandlot gang banded together during the summer of ’62 to play baseball and battle the Beast. Now, back at the dugout, nine new kids descend on the diamond only to discover that a descendant of the Beast lives in Mr. Mertle’s backyard – a monster of mythical proportions known as 'The Great Fear'.
จากเรื่องจริงที่สร้างแรงบันดาลใจของ ริกกี้ ฮิลล์ นักกีฬาเบสบอลผู้เป็นปรากฏการณ์ ริกกี้เป็นลูกชายของศิษยาภิบาลนักเดินทางในเมืองเล็กๆ (เดนนิส เควด) เขามีพรสวรรค์ด้านเบสบอล แม้จะเติบโตมาโดยเป็นโรคกระดูกสันหลังเสื่อม พ่อของเขากีดกันริกกี้ไม่ให้เล่นเบสบอลเพื่อปกป้องเขาไม่ให้บาดเจ็บ และพยายามให้ริกกี้เดินตามรอยเท้าตนในการเป็นนักเทศน์ ด้วยแรงผลักดันจากศรัทธาและความรักในกีฬา...