Much like "Field of Dreams", this movie was more about family dynamics with baseball as the underlying glue holding it together.
You can read the "reviews" here from the group of "any religious content in a movie makes it a bad movie" tools or you can read about what the movie is all about. Personally, I'm not terribly religious and not a Christian in any event. Still, being a contemporary of the main character, that portion of the story didn't bother me at all. I know many people in our age group (mid-60s to mid-70s) who grew up that way and some are still like that now.
Set in Texas in the mid-sixties to mid-seventies, it shows the church as the main center of his small town, much like many similar towns around the country then (and still now). Dad is a preacher, very into his religion. His son, who was born with skeletal problems requiring braces to walk and, serious maneuverability problems at an early age, lives and breathes baseball, when he isn't busy studying his Bible passages as demanded by Pastor Daddy. Doing his best to overcome his physical and parental problems, Rickey Hill surprises friends and scouts with his hitting prowess and is offered a contract with a major league organization.
He comes close to his MLB goal, but his talent, while good as a Texas high schooler isn't quite enough to get him to "the show" before age and health problems finally shut down his dream.
You can read the "reviews" here from the group of "any religious content in a movie makes it a bad movie" tools or you can read about what the movie is all about. Personally, I'm not terribly religious and not a Christian in any event. Still, being a contemporary of the main character, that portion of the story didn't bother me at all. I know many people in our age group (mid-60s to mid-70s) who grew up that way and some are still like that now.
Set in Texas in the mid-sixties to mid-seventies, it shows the church as the main center of his small town, much like many similar towns around the country then (and still now). Dad is a preacher, very into his religion. His son, who was born with skeletal problems requiring braces to walk and, serious maneuverability problems at an early age, lives and breathes baseball, when he isn't busy studying his Bible passages as demanded by Pastor Daddy. Doing his best to overcome his physical and parental problems, Rickey Hill surprises friends and scouts with his hitting prowess and is offered a contract with a major league organization.
He comes close to his MLB goal, but his talent, while good as a Texas high schooler isn't quite enough to get him to "the show" before age and health problems finally shut down his dream.