Hard Ball

Growing up I was always obsessed with the sport of baseball, it was always the sport that I was drawn to from the beginning. I think it was because I was pretty good at the sport my whole life and just enjoyed the game in general. that's why I wasn't surprised when I fell in love with a baseball movie as a child. I don't recall how young I was when I first saw the film Hard Ball, but I know I was fairly young. The story consists of a older man who is not having the best of luck lately with his gambling addiction and is in a tight spot for money to repay his bookies. The man is offered a small coaching job of little league baseball in a troubled neighborhood. The story has a lot of ups and downs that portray the hard times children might experience growing up in the ghetto. The team as a whole overcome some really tough times, on the field and off, but in the end they are there for each other and continue to overcome obstacles in their way. I fell in love with this movie and to this day it has always been my favorite film of all time.
This type of film can be very inspirational to children who don't have a lot growing up in a troubled neighborhood or with parents who aren't really there all the time. The movie goes into these children's lives way past the aspect of baseball and you can really feel the fear and troubles that these kids face. There is also a great aspect of friendship that develops as the movie goes on and brings the team closer together. In the beginning of the film it showed the team practicing where they did whatever they wanted and caused fights with other teammates constantly, but towards the end of the film they grow close and act like a family when times get rough. Stories like these are what audiences look for when they go to watch a movie, they want to be inspired and believe in hope, just like these kids did.