ozy_y2k: Eight Men Out (1988)

... Series played against the Cincinnati Reds, and therefore Sayles would have the opportunity to take a film genre which is usually known for its triumphs, and turn it into a sort of turn-of-the-century, sports-based Greek tragedy of sorts . ... Sayles appears in his own film, as sportswriter (and father of the famous novelist), Ring Lardner, Sr., and there is a moment in the film where Ring squares off directly across from Cicotte in a hotel room and asks him, outright, ...