Bull Durham (DVD)

Former minor leaguer Ron Shelton hit a grand slam with his directorial debut, one of the most revered sports movies of all time. Durham Bulls devotee Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon)who every year takes a new player under her wing (and into her bed)has singled out the loose-cannon pitching prospect Nuke LaLoosh (Tim Robbins), a big-league talent with a rock-bottom maturity level. But shes unable to shake Crash Davis (Kevin Costner), the veteran catcher brought in to give Nuke some on-the-field seasoning. A breakthrough film for all three of its stars and an Oscar nominee for Sheltons highly quotable screenplay, "Bull Durham" is a freewheeling hymn to wisdom, experience, and Americas pastime, tipping its cap to all those who grind it out for love of the game.