The Luckiest Men on the Face of the Earth: A Reflection on Eephus and Place
Eephus (a term for a deceptively slow and high-arcing pitch) could be a movie about the soul-crushing and culture-destroying effects of progress. It could be a movie about the fragility of male friendship. It could even be about the philosophical and social significance of baseball for American culture. It is all those things and more. But more than anything else, I think this is a movie about the precious and irreducible nature of certain places.