In “Dealin’ with Idiots,” comedian Max Morris, played by Jeff Garlin, finds himself uninspired and decides to seek material for…
In the horror-comedy film “Deadball,” 17-year-old Jubeh Yakyu is a feared delinquent sent to Pterodactyl Juvenile Reformatory after a crime…
“Damn Yankees” is a 1958 musical comedy that blends baseball with a Faustian tale. Joe Boyd trades his soul to…
In “Curveball,” Nolan is a talented high school pitcher coping with his father’s violent death through his friendship with Sam,…
In “Cooperstown,” a baseball pitcher who never quite reached the heights of his professional aspirations is unexpectedly visited by the…
Based on the iconic 1888 American poem “Casey at the Bat,” first published in The San Francisco Examiner, various adaptations…
In the 1927 adaptation of “Casey at the Bat,” Wallace Beery portrays Casey, a junk man turned baseball star. Lured…
The 1967 TV version of the musical “Damn Yankees” revisits the classic tale of a fan’s Faustian bargain to save…
In “Comrades of Summer,” Sparky Smith is a past-his-prime American baseball coach who’ll work for anyone—including a Russian team that…
In “Cobb,” sportswriter Al Stump is hired to write an authorized autobiography of baseball legend Ty Cobb, portrayed by Tommy…