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Send us a textBrad and Sean take a trip to the suburbs where Tom Hanks and company are causing trouble for their new neighbors. It's another Out of Bounds episode and Sean and Brad talk about how many amazing movies came out in 1989, how their dads were instrumental in them appreciating this movie, and laugh too hard at the Sports Movie Wheel of Death's pick for their next movie to watch. Next epi...

Send us a textSean and Brad venture off the field for their first review of a non-sports move, 1986's classic Big Trouble In Little China. Sean's inherent knowledge of this movie is on full display as he provides context to Brad's top five favorite Jack Burton quotes. Other topics discussed: Jack Burton's wardrobe, why a 2000 year old Chinese man in named David, and more Jack Burton quotes! Next e...

Send us a textSean and Brad revisit their adolescence and rewatch Kathy Ireland in Necessary Roughness. Oh and a bunch of other people too. They visit topics such as Martin Gramatica being the second best looking college place kicker, Scott Bakula as a heart throb(?), Sinbad killing at a show at Harding University, and they decide which female of the cast of Family Ties was the cutest. Brad has an...

Send us a textSean and Brad watch the 2016 bio-pic (or is it bi-opic?) of Jesse Owens, Race. It's got Jason Sudeikis, William Hurt, and Jeremy Irons, who makes everything he says sounds classy. Topics of conversation include the movie coyly explaining the origin of Adidas, the lack of top hats in present day, and William F. Buckley vs. Gore Vidal. And Sean makes several jokes about German Olympian...

Send us a textSean and Brad review 1992's Ladybugs. Did you watch Ladybugs as a kid? Did you love it as a kid? Have you seen it recently? Did you still love it? Are you a horrible person if you do? Yes. Yes you are. The cringes are too many to list but Sean and Brad discuss them all. This movie is horrible, but Jackée is in it and she's hilarious. Next movie: RaceRace isn't streaming anywhere for...

Send us a textSean and Brad watch the 1996 classic no one saw. Because it was terrible. They talk about bad layups, 1990s rappers, inappropriate teacher/student relationships, and how to pronounce Rhea Perlman's first name. (Hint- It might rhyme with a potty word) Oh, and "Sit on a Twizzler! " (That might be the first t-shirt). Next episode: LadybugsLadybugs can be streamed on something called Hoo...

Send us a textSean and Brad review the skating classic Lords of Dogtown. The boys recount one of their more ridiculous shenanigans resulting in one of them walking through a local Walgreens shirtless. They also discuss different skating tricks and one of the most confusing and gross kissy time scenes ever. Are you a skater boi or a "see ya layer boi?" In the end, they're really looking forward to...

Send us a textIt's been one year of Slow Pitch and Sean and Brad take the powder, see, and keep it on the level as they watch the oldest film in the list so far. Kid Galahad is a classic if only because it's so old. But it also features three of the finest actors ever and none of them are the title character. Do Sean and Brad take the fall or are they swell? Thanks for making Slow Pitch number one...

Send us a textSean and Brad are joined by a true Southern Gentleman (that might be his wrestling name), their good friend Keith Dismuke. Keith was technically our first guest considering this was recorded almost a year ago. Keith is also ridiculous, but in a hilarious way. We talk about the Montreal screw-job, poop trucks, and, par for the course, farting nuns. This is not the classiest of films....

Send us a textJoin us as we cuddle up with Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon to watch Fever Pitch. Brad realizes he's not too far off from Fallon's super fan status and Sean concocts a crazy way for two nobodies to legally celebrate with the SAWX on the field after they win their first title in 150 years. Also, Sean realizes he would pick his marriage over the Vols if he was pressed to. Our next epi...

Send us a textSean and Brad take a breather from sports movies and tackle a marathon of a documentary. Over Thanksgiving, they watched every minute of Peter Jackson's new movie about the legendary Let It Be sessions called Get Back. Cigarettes, toast, tea, and surprisingly, Ringo's air biscuits are covered. It's a bonus mini episode! At least Sean and Brad are more pleasant to listen to than Yoko'...

Send us a textWhile we here at Slow Pitch purport to be a Sports Movie Podcast, some movies may not be sports movies, even if they do show a football on the cover. Hey, at least it has a football in the movie. And a strangely placed tennis ball. But we still have fun trying to figure this fever dream of an episode out. If you can help us with it, reach out to us on one of our many social media pla...

Send us a textThe Cutting Edge is not our favorite movie, and it will either be our least listened to episode or a bunch of Generation X females are going to find it and make it our most listened to episode. Sean especially seems to have a particular distaste for it. Join us as we discuss the Pamchenko ad nauseum. That's it. The Pamchenko over and over again. We know you girls want us to talk abou...

Send us a textHoop Dreams is an amazing documentary, the only one on our list. Its very nature lends itself to be less jokey and a little more serious. Don't worry, there are still some laughs. But this movie still speaks to us today as much or more than it did when it came out in 1994. Has society changed much in 26 years? Is youth sports any better for the kids? Also, we talk about an Angry Eber...

Send us a textWe welcome our good friend Russ Turman back to talk all things Space Jam 2. Or Space Jam: A New Legacy. Whatever. We talk about how gross the name Wet Fire is for Klay Thompson. We break down the entire list of audience members, and there were a lot. And we question everything about this film's plot. Basically because it's trash. But hey kids will love it and 25 years from now it'll...

Send us a textJoin us as we interrupt the Sports Movie Wheel of Death and insert a couple of movies. To celebrate (?) the release of Space Jam : A New Legacy, we bring on our good friend Russ Turman, one of the biggest Jordan fans we know. We tackle the original Space Jam first and discuss whether or not Mike gets new North Carolina shorts every so often or not, How Looney Tunes should be spelled...

Send us a textThis is our biggest episode yet! We review a true classic in 1976's Rocky. We talk about how old Paulie is, if Rocky is slow, and if Adrain is actually Edith Bunker. And Brad makes Sean mad. We're getting strong now as we're flying high now. We can't wait for Rocky III and Rocky IV.Rocky is streaming on HBO Max if you're lucky enough to have that and the family who was letting you us...

Send us a textIn 1992, the anticipation of seeing a biopic based on the life of Babe Ruth was an exciting time. Then the movie came out and we were left with The Babe. We talk about the many inaccuracies of this movie including, an entire stadium throwing lemons at Babe Ruth, a pop fly that landed on the infield after Babe Ruth rounded third base, resulting in a home run, and the King Kong/Chris F...

Send us a textJoin us as we review the 1984 classic (FOR REAL!), The Karate Kid. We discuss Elizabeth Shue's sun squint, how many of Brad's relationships have ended because of video games, and Sean delivers A+ imitations for the second episode in a row. Oh, and all the karate grunts you can handle. Stick around to the end to hear a sure-fire 1985 hit if Sean had released in in 1985...at the age of...

Send us a textSean and Brad suffer through Caddyshack 2 for the second times in their lives so you don't have to. Unless you watch before you listen. That's on you. They discuss everything. Because it's all bad. The gopher. Jackie Mason's unintelligible non-sense. The insufferable Dan Aykroyd and Randy Quaid performances. Jack Fresh. And of course, the only redeeming quality, the horse farts. We c...

Send us a textIt's a Fast Break on Slow Pitch! Sean and Brad marvel at the shorts in this movie, both in the length, or lack thereof, and the material, specifically denim. They gush over former UT Vols player-turned actor Bernard King. Is Gabe Kaplan, aka Mr. Kotter, better at playing basketball than Kevin Bacon? And they try to parse out the final game of the movie and all of its moving parts, wh...

Send us a textFor reviewing a movie about Jamaican bobsledders, we spend too much time talking about Karl Malone's thighs. We also discuss if John Candy is funny in this movie, why two of the main stars are named after a decaf coffee and a Hollywood movie star, and what is the deal with the lucky egg? And Brad wants to watch Who's Harry Crumb right now. Who's down? Join us as we review the 1993 cl...

Send us a textJoin us as we watch the 1994 classic, The Air Up There. George Clooney and Anna Kendrick are awesome. Kevin Bacon is not. At least not in this movie. Actually Clooney and Kendrick might have made better bball players than Bacon. There's primal African screams, chickens on busses, a plethora of Reebok Pumps, and the warthog. Moo Sister! Watch this movie by renting it from your preferr...

Send us a textJoin us as we watch the 2006 classic, Glory Road. Except it's not a classic. The real game is a classic. But this is not. In this episode we discuss just how important this game was to the basketball world. But we also talk about what dunking in 1966 looked like, 1980 NBA Old-Timers games, 80s Madonna vs. 80s Cyndi Lauper (It's Cyndi Lauper), and of course Jon Voight's ridiculous nos...

Send us a textPeak Robin Williams and Peak Kurt Russell together at last, Brad starts off by suggesting that Kurt Russell is a national treasure. You see too much of Robin Williams's robins in a confusing underwear scene. Throw in some great training montages and a strange high school reunion dance. The colonel, a random mascot, and the Order of the Caribou. We definitely second the second motion...