2 stars?!?! If you want to enjoy this movie you must adhere to 2 ideals. One you must not be looking for a citizen cane (or even a field of dreams, which seems more relevant) and two you must love baseball. This is one of the all time great baseball movies without forcing baseball to seem like something its not. A lot of movies entail a bottom of the 9th, bases loaded, for the world series type of action. This movie will not do that, which is part of the greatness. But it will bring to light ballpark behavior of AAA baseball and the characters that make it a game instead of a sport if that makes sense. Overall GREAT movie, but dont expect too much because the best parts are basic parts that go by quickly. so pay attention meat.