Before I start talking about Hardball, I want to correct one mistake I made when discussing The Replacements last week. I had meant to give the film credit for its positive portrayal of a deaf man who was still really good at sports. That kind of representation is still incredibly hard to find even 20 years later, and it was a credit to the movie that they at least took that one seriously and gave deaf kids someone like themselves as a hero on the big screen.
Hardball (2001) - Does it hold up?
