Let's not forget Hoop Dreams among good (in this case, great) basketball movies, although I know people were thinking fiction-first. I would agree with thebigpoop's (that right, folks, thebigpoop's) assertion that the pitcher/batter duel lends itself easily to film -- except that the "pitching" is usually so terrible that the natural tension gets undercut. (See Tim Robbins as a "fireballer" in Bull Durham for a classic example.)
posted by argybarg at 02:27 PM on January 29, 2002
Yet Another Baseball Movie?
Let's not forget Hoop Dreams among good (in this case, great) basketball movies, although I know people were thinking fiction-first. I would agree with thebigpoop's (that right, folks, thebigpoop's) assertion that the pitcher/batter duel lends itself easily to film -- except that the "pitching" is usually so terrible that the natural tension gets undercut. (See Tim Robbins as a "fireballer" in Bull Durham for a classic example.)