I actually don't care that much about sports, but in a world where live sports are non-existent, your only options are classic games or TV episodes or movies about fictional games. Hopefully the real-world sports return soon (maybe when you read this it will have happened), but until then, here is one of your options.
I was going to say Dells looked like Brad Paisley but in fact when I saw the credits I realized he was Superman from The CW's "Supergirl". He is not nearly as likeable or heroic here. There is a "Barone's girlfriend" in the credits and a girlfriend says the F-word when insulted because her boyfriend refuses to slide, supposedly because he doesn't want to get dirty. That means the player must be Barone. The sound goes out a lot and I'm assuming the F-word would have been appropriate in these situations, but I saw this on broadcast TV.
Murray, the father of one of the players, is effectively played by the movie's writer/director Joe Mazzello.
Another good actor plays a man who has professional experience who comes back and tells the team some inspiring stories.
The umpire we hear the most from is Mike from "Mike and Molly" and Bob from "Bob Hearts Abishola". He believes in following the rules and isn't as friendly as those other two characters but he recognizes that he's not exactly in charge of an important game, and he just doesn't care all that much.
Even if a lot of things happen other than the game itself, this movie is about more than baseball.
The Bulldogs make nasty and often poetic taunts which are actually quite entertaining. They're as talented as a cheerleading squad. Taunts of various types continue throughout the movie.
The Bulldogs do not run over this team of losers like you would expect, but that doesn't mean there are not challenges. And laughs. And the ending is pretty exciting just when it appears all may be lost.
Is there a bench-clearing brawl? You bet! One like you may have never seen. Or maybe you have. The cops get involved. One has the attitude "I'm a cop. I can do what I want." He's funny and not mean.
And then comes the climactic moment. Everything moves very slowly and the video might even be slow motion. No audio except slow inspiring music. Lots of different camera shots, an extreme close-up. Then the video switches to important moments in the player's life. The credits kind of give away which player, but the flashbacks begin with several Christmases with his mother (whose absence from the game is not explained) where the player is so excited to receive something baseball-related. There is other audio again with the player and his father. Is washing his uniform important? Well, it's there. Trophies, big games, and then a return to what we were waiting to see happen.
And it's quite an ending.
I had a pretty good time.
I was going to say Dells looked like Brad Paisley but in fact when I saw the credits I realized he was Superman from The CW's "Supergirl". He is not nearly as likeable or heroic here. There is a "Barone's girlfriend" in the credits and a girlfriend says the F-word when insulted because her boyfriend refuses to slide, supposedly because he doesn't want to get dirty. That means the player must be Barone. The sound goes out a lot and I'm assuming the F-word would have been appropriate in these situations, but I saw this on broadcast TV.
Murray, the father of one of the players, is effectively played by the movie's writer/director Joe Mazzello.
Another good actor plays a man who has professional experience who comes back and tells the team some inspiring stories.
The umpire we hear the most from is Mike from "Mike and Molly" and Bob from "Bob Hearts Abishola". He believes in following the rules and isn't as friendly as those other two characters but he recognizes that he's not exactly in charge of an important game, and he just doesn't care all that much.
Even if a lot of things happen other than the game itself, this movie is about more than baseball.
The Bulldogs make nasty and often poetic taunts which are actually quite entertaining. They're as talented as a cheerleading squad. Taunts of various types continue throughout the movie.
The Bulldogs do not run over this team of losers like you would expect, but that doesn't mean there are not challenges. And laughs. And the ending is pretty exciting just when it appears all may be lost.
Is there a bench-clearing brawl? You bet! One like you may have never seen. Or maybe you have. The cops get involved. One has the attitude "I'm a cop. I can do what I want." He's funny and not mean.
And then comes the climactic moment. Everything moves very slowly and the video might even be slow motion. No audio except slow inspiring music. Lots of different camera shots, an extreme close-up. Then the video switches to important moments in the player's life. The credits kind of give away which player, but the flashbacks begin with several Christmases with his mother (whose absence from the game is not explained) where the player is so excited to receive something baseball-related. There is other audio again with the player and his father. Is washing his uniform important? Well, it's there. Trophies, big games, and then a return to what we were waiting to see happen.
And it's quite an ending.
I had a pretty good time.