Strike! You're Out: A short, weird blast of energy

Is it worth the time?

If you've got twenty minutes to burn and a soft spot for grainy, old-school nonsense, sure. Anyone looking for a coherent plot or character development should probably skip it. It's basically a series of vignettes held together by sheer willpower and a lot of loud talking.

Honestly, the whole thing feels like it was filmed in an afternoon during a lunch break. The pacing is absolutely bonkers, jumping from scene to scene without so much as a polite "hello."

The weird stuff

There is a moment about halfway through where Barry Sullivan just... stares at a wall. It lasts way too long. Maybe the camera operator got distracted? Maybe the film jammed? It’s genuinely confusing but kind of hypnotic.

The dialogue is snappy, if by 'snappy' you mean people shouting instructions at each other while running in circles. It reminds me a bit of the frantic energy in The Fox Hunt, though with significantly less actual hunting and way more standing around looking baffled.

• The background extras seem to be in a completely different movie.
• One of the props looks suspiciously like a painted cereal box.
• The editing is so choppy it might actually cause mild vertigo.

I found myself wondering if anyone involved had actually seen a baseball game before. The mechanics of the sport here seem entirely optional. It’s more about the vibe of winning than the actual rules.

It’s not trying to be The Lost City, and thank goodness for that. If it tried to take itself seriously, the whole house of cards would have collapsed within seconds. It stays light, stays weird, and ends before you can really start picking holes in it. ⚾️

Not a masterpiece. Definitely not a classic. But it has this raw, unpolished pulse that you just don't get in movies today. It's perfectly imperfect.