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The story is short and sweet (one hour and fifty one minutes) and it has some surprise moments in it. In fact, I got completely ambushed by one emotional scene where Gus Lobel (Clint as an old and old school baseball scout for the Braves) is sitting in the graveyard next to his wife\u2019s grave and talking to her while having a beer, and then he begins to sing \u2018You are my Sunshine\u2026\u2019 It is an emotional scene to start with, but it hit me right in the heart, because this is what I used to sing to our daughter Christy at night at bedtime, and the last time I heard this song, I was singing it to Christy during the last moments I saw her in the flesh\u2014 in a casket at Kerr funeral home. For me, the scene was heartbreaking. <\/p>\n

As a baseball movie it takes the new angle of seeing the sport through the eyes of a veteran scout, who has trouble seeing or relating to anyone, never mind to his lovely daughter who also loves baseball. But she has spent too much of her life trying to win his approval, even by becoming a lawyer with a good paying job. <\/p>\n

In one sense, this is only incidentally a baseball film. It\u2019s more of a family film, and I recommend it for families. It does not involve sex, drugs, or much bad language\u2014 really it doesn\u2019t. I realize that\u2019s hard to imagine. Instead it focuses on the repairing of broken family relationships, with a pinch of romance thrown in on the side. It even has a surprise ending of sorts. <\/p>\n

So, if you are looking for a fun, short, diversion from whatever it is that is dragging you down, this movie which has some heart may warm yours. Despite the emotional upheaval of that graveyard scene, it certainly warmed mine. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"