Alright, now that I have your attention, I can get right to this first installment of what now appears as a relatively ill-timed series about the intersection of baseball within film history. And in any case, that's a lot more exciting than spaceships and lightsabers, right? Well, that might not be the best way to put it. I mean, when I was a kid you had to choose between sports and Star Wars (I chose the lame one, which is why I'm currently writing about sports and not playing them). These days, teams are hosting Star Wars night at the ballpark and outfitting their poor minor leaguers with the same gaudy printed shirts that used to get me beat up by the baseball players as a kid.
Beyond The Box Office: The first baseball films
