Right Off the Bat

Summary

A nickelodeon-era fever dream stitched from cigarette cards and barroom boasts, Right Off the Bat unspools the meteoric arc of Mike Donlin—hard-living, switch-hitting outfielder—whose swing could split the horizon yet whose appetites devoured seasons whole. From sandlot prodigy to big-league demigod, the picture charts his collision with Broadway vamp Rita Ross, the bottle, and the grandstand’s fickle roar; every frame crackles like a newsreel soaked in rye, every dissolve feels like a stolen base on the fragile heart.