for love of the game

i dont much care for sports movies, but i am a total sucker for kevin costner sports movies! in this movie he plays a baseball pitcher who is at the end of his professional career. the film follows his last game as he goes to the mound to pitch one last time. as the game goes on he keeps striking out everyone that comes to the plate. as he gets nearer and nearer to maybe doing the impossible: pitching a perfect game, we go into his head and flash back to everything that brought him to the point he is at. we go back and see him earlier in his career as he makes important decisions about his life and its importance over baseball. mostly the flashbacks come in the form of a girl, kelly preston, and his relationship through the years with her. what starts out as a fling becomes more and more important to him and he must make a decision between the game and the girl. all this is played out as he keeps going back to the mound on his attempt at a perfect game. the film is well constructed, flipping between flashbacks and on the field. as this game takes shape and becomes so important, we see his relationship with preston doing the same. as he throws his last game we see him come to terms with having to leave the sport he loves and the thing that made him who he is. its a good movie, and a great chick flick told from the point of view of the guy. i guess chick flicks for guys usually are sports movies, huh? well, they found the perfect match in this great movie!