It's hard to make a good sports movie and I know this movie is based off a book and all but that dosen't mean I have to like the way everything goes in the movie. I mean this movie was just to out of the ordinary but with a tone that said it wanted to be simple. {SPOILERS} I mean the dude gets shot because he wanted to be the best baseball player who ever lived? Jump to 16 years later... wait are we not going to talk about that or..? Then this movie dives into luck a lot with the lighting bolt on his bat and the tree that was struck by lighting which the bat was made out of, and the lighting patches on jerseys which made the team all play better then a curse when he starts seeing this one girl and then something about a bet with a manager or someone and him also trying to pay players to make the game go a certain way. I mean come on if you want to go those directions with the movie go there just stop just poking these ideas then moving onto the next thing. If it wasn't for Redford and Glenn Close this movie would be even a travesty.