Hardball (2001)
Directed by Brian Robbins
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
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What critics compared Hardball to
In "Coach Carter," screenwriters Mark Schwahn ("The Perfect Score," TV's "One Tree Hill") and John Gatins ("Hardball," "Summer Catch") follow the same playbook, blending the basketball with issues from gang violence to teen pregnancy.
The film was predestined to be generic: The writers, Mark Schwahn and John Gatins, are responsible for writing "The Perfect Score," "Hardball" and "Summer Catch," three movies that exemplify by-the-numbers filmmaking.