This week we’re looking at America’s favorite pastime: baseball. We start with John Badham’s The Bingo Long Travelling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) featuring Billy Dee Williams and James Earl Jones reclaiming the means of production. Next up is Barry Levinson’s The Natural (1984) with Robert Redford and Glenn Close in an American fairytale. We finish with Bennett Miller’s Moneyball (2011) with Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill proving that instincts can’t beat statistics.

Also: Sneakers (1992). Satchel Paige. Lovecraft Country (2020). Margaret Bourke-White. Jackie Robinson. 42 (2013). Silver Streak (1976). Fanfare for the Common Man. Eddie Waitkus. Joe Don Baker. Homer at the Bat. Fever Pitch (2005). Billy Beane. David Justice. Michael Lewis. SABR. Perry Mason (2020). Wes? Anderson? Fire in Babylon (2010). We play a game of “Let’s play, Sportsball!”

Music: Sahara - Magnus Moone (license #09GJ)