I love the game of baseball. At any level...i love watching it...i love playing it...i love listening to it...yeh i'm a nerd I listen to the radio still...Calvin's love for the game and homage to Wagner are great...i didn't have the "shrine" like Calvin but the statistics I know...really know.

I liked this movie. You can cut it to bits up the wazoo, you can let your emotions run rampant from :30 seconds in, you can rip other reviews to shreds, you can be indifferent...but me, I liked it.Contrary to another review, this movie reminded me a lot of life during and after college. And I grew up in a small town too. My first sig. other played baseball, and at 20-21, we had our dillusions, dramas, and hopes/dreams; and in the end, we did part ways to go off to uni and to travel the world...actually, I wish I could do a do-over and substitute Marshall for said boyfriend. ;-)The acting is great by everyone, which seems hard to do when you're not playing some intense or over-the-top characters. Calvin Marshall's (Alex Frost?) determination and optimism is both frustrating and charming, and you feel for the has-been coach (Zahn) who struggles with the emptiness of his own life and then being empathetic to Marshall. And Jensen (Lombardo), the volleyball star/love interest of Marshall is very believable, being at a pivotal age and time in her life, dealing with a bright future, wanting to have fun in the present, and then coping with death/loss. I had a tear at the end of the film, but I don't even know at what point it actually fell.2 Thumbs up!

new to hulu and am learning that high concept films are not the sites repertoire, which i like,
this was one of those cross genre films that was clearly labled comedy/drama. I never expected a hundred laugh out loud laughs, i wanted a subtle amusing continuity and I got it. The lead and title made you shake your head at his decisions and route for him and his pursuits.
The movie had charm and sublty.... and that is not for all people. I would even call it boring for the high concept viewers.
I liked it, not in love with it, but I have seen much much worse that made millions.Hollywood has this way of dumbing down viewers so the only way they are amused anymore is if they get jokes that pound them over the head and cue them when to laugh.

I watched the entire movie hoping it would improve, but only laughed one time...

the bad reviews came from the people too numb and tired to see real life happening around them. there are no explosions, climaxes, or resolutions. just life. this movie found and captured the simple, sad, and beautiful truth of regular life. brilliant.