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Talent for the Game (1991)

Rate: 5
Viewed: 1/24

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1/24: Talent for the Game is a bland baseball movie with an uninteresting story.

It's about discovering a young pitching phenom out of nowhere in Idaho so the California Angels can go from something like 60-102 to 85-77 the following year. Since that's the case, you can count me out. On the line is a scout's job. Because Virgil Sweet found the guy, he gets promoted. Yet it's still not enough as he wants to keep catching for him, no matter what. Riiiiight...

Edward James Olmos is the only strong actor of the cast, and he tries too hard. If he would stop talking so much while catching, there might be an extra point in my rating. The final twenty minutes showing the play-by-play action of the first two innings during the old-looking pitcher's debut is overboard. Most baseball careers aren't measured this short but rather over many games. Working one's way up in the minor leagues is usually how it's done.

All in all, instead of the game, it should be called Talent for the Unbelievable.