Darryl Palmer (Michael O'Keefe) was a slugger in The Braves who hadn't struck one single home run for quite a long time. But all this changed after he met the girl of his dream, Debby Houston (Rebecca De Mornay), who sang in a bar and was pursuing her musical career seriously. The power of his love for Debby had inspired him, and very surprising to everybody else, Darryl was becoming a far better player than he used to be.
As Debby tried to maintain her own career Darryl got really possessive and spoiled, he needed Debby to be around him all the time. His immaturity started ruining their marriage. But in the end they both learned something from their relationship and became wiser.
In this film I especially appreciate Michael O'Keefe's performance as Darryl Palmer. You can hear in his tone and see in his facial expressions that how much his character loved Debby. O'Keefe did really impress me. The plot was quite unpredictable and it was a beautiful story.
P.S. I think the reason why Darryl Palmer didn't hit two but only one home run (but still enough for him to break the record) in the final game (which was important to The Braves) in the movie (so The Braves lost the game) was because he intended to retaliate against his coach Burly DeVito (Martin Ritt), who was selfish, who cared about nothing but money and who deceived Darryl at an earlier time. YES, Darryl did it intentionally.
As Debby tried to maintain her own career Darryl got really possessive and spoiled, he needed Debby to be around him all the time. His immaturity started ruining their marriage. But in the end they both learned something from their relationship and became wiser.
In this film I especially appreciate Michael O'Keefe's performance as Darryl Palmer. You can hear in his tone and see in his facial expressions that how much his character loved Debby. O'Keefe did really impress me. The plot was quite unpredictable and it was a beautiful story.
P.S. I think the reason why Darryl Palmer didn't hit two but only one home run (but still enough for him to break the record) in the final game (which was important to The Braves) in the movie (so The Braves lost the game) was because he intended to retaliate against his coach Burly DeVito (Martin Ritt), who was selfish, who cared about nothing but money and who deceived Darryl at an earlier time. YES, Darryl did it intentionally.