by mike | Oct 3, 2024 | Aging, Baseball, Books, Fantasy, Ghosts, Magical realism, Movie Lines, Movies, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
A real baseball game on the Field of Dreams? Yes, it really happened, back in 2021. “Three years ago at dusk on a spring evening, when the sky was a robin’s-egg blue and the wind as soft as a day-old chick, I was sitting on the veranda of my farm home in eastern Iowa...
by mike | Jul 4, 2024 | Baseball, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
This is one of my, ahem, R-rated posts, which first ran in 2021—during the baseball season, of course. Rich guy Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernsen) is the third baseman for the Cleveland Indians in the outrageous 1989 sports comedy, Major League. Dorn is also a philanderer,...
by mike | Jun 20, 2024 | Baseball, Fantasy, Movies, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
As I’ve written before, my two favorite movies ever are Field of Dreams and Frequency. Both are fantasies, and both are baseball-themed. This post is about The Scout, a lesser-known but equally entertaining baseball fantasy film. Released in 1994, The Scout did not do...
by mike | May 27, 2024 | Basketball, Humor, Movies, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
One of my favorite—yet little known—inspirational sports movies is the 2009 drama, The Mighty Macs. This true story factors strongly into this post, though for the moment I’ll put it on the back burner. There is no denying that interest in women’s basketball, both...
by mike | Dec 14, 2023 | Baseball, Movies, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
I don’t miss many baseball movies, but this one almost got by me. I first presented this post in 2020. The 2019 drama, Bottom of the 9th, initially drew me in for two reasons. First, it’s a baseball movie, and if I haven’t seen every single one ever made, I’m pretty...
by mike | Oct 5, 2023 | Basketball, Movies, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
The world of sports could not present a story more uplifting than this one. The post first ran in 2020. I believe it is significant that I’m writing this post on April 15th, which happens to be Jackie Robinson Day. The great baseball player—and even greater human...
