I don’t know anything about baseball, so you might think a whole movie about two small town teams playing a game wouldn’t work for me, but it’s a perfect example of how showing hyper-specific situations somehow makes stories more universal. I’m sure there are fans who could follow all the technical talk about playing, and who know what all of the symbols Franny marks in his playbook mean, but I don’t think actually knowing any of that makes the movie more enjoyable- which is weird, because I think including all of that stuff is crucial for making this movie work. My favorite detail is the team uniforms: everyone wears one, but none of them quite match. I mean, look at theseguys:
This isn’t a movie about winning a game. It’s a movie about playing a game, living a game, and knowing that the game is going to end. It’s very bittersweet, but the sweetness is definitely there.
Today’s poster challenge: Find a poster that somehow connects to a movie with a unique one word baseball-themed title, but isn’t a baseball movie. I ended up leaning into the single word title and the symbols in Franny’s scorebook.
