Trouble with the Curve 2012 Watch Free

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Aging Atlanta Braves baseball scout Gus Lobel believes his latest scouting assignment may be his last unless he can prove his value to the organization. He’s viewed as unadaptable to changes within the game, especially advanced statistical analysis. His boss and friend, Pete Klein, does not want to let him go, but must contend with ambitious junior executive Phillip Sanderson, who is trying to position himself to fill the post of general manager, and feels Gus is an obstacle to his ambition.

Reviewing a Top Prospect

Ahead of the upcoming MLB Draft, Gus is assigned to review a top prospect, egotistical North Carolina high schooler Bo Gentry. Pete suspects Gus is hiding health problems, so he asks Gus’s daughter Mickey – a workaholic lawyer pursuing partnership in her firm – to accompany him. Although the two have a strained relationship, Mickey agrees and quickly realizes Gus’s sight is failing, so she actively helps to make up for his shortcoming. Along the way, Gus reconnects with a former player he once scouted, Johnny “The Flame” Flanagan, now a scout for the Boston Red Sox, who wants to try out as a major-league play-by-play announcer.

Revelations and Reconnection

After initially bonding over a shared love of baseball, Mickey and Johnny become romantically attracted to one another, and begin spending time together. While on the road, Mickey confronts Gus about why he always left her behind with relatives while he was on the road. Gus reveals that on one scouting trip when she was six she was lured away from him by a pedophile, an incident Mickey has no memory of. While Gus prevented anything from happening to her, he felt that always being on the road meant he couldn’t protect her properly. She tells him that leaving her behind was in fact worse, blaming that decision for issues in her personal life.

Turning the Tables

Other scouts find Gentry’s hitting impressive, but Gus and Mickey spot that he is unable to hit a curveball and before they return to Atlanta they advise both Johnny and the Braves management to pass on him in the draft. Johnny accepts their advice but Phillip disagrees, showing his statistical analysis as proof they should draft Gentry. He doubles down by staking his career on the decision, leading Braves general manager Vince to draft Gentry as the club’s first pick. The next day Johnny angrily confronts Gus and Mickey, believing they only told him not to recommend Gentry in order to allow the Braves to draft him instead. Gus and Mickey argue at their motel and Gus leaves, taking a bus back to Atlanta.

A Winning Curveball

Preparing to leave, Mickey observes a young man, Rigoberto Sanchez, throwing pitches with his younger brother and realizes his talent from the sound of the ball hitting the glove. After seeing his curveball, she calls Pete and asks that Rigoberto be allowed to attend a tryout in Atlanta. Gus has returned to Turner Field, where media are attending Gentry’s first batting practice with the organization. As Vince and Phillip criticize Gus for his evaluation of Gentry, Mickey brings Rigoberto to the field, where he is mocked by Phillip and Gentry. Mickey insists they allow him to pitch, and after Gentry fails to hit any of his fastballs, Mickey has Rigoberto throw his curveball. Gentry, even though he knows what pitch is coming, cannot connect with the ball. Gus explains why he was against signing him: “It’s called ‘trouble with the curve'”.

Conclusion and Call-to-Action

The executives realize they were wrong about both Gentry and Gus and are now intent on signing Rigoberto, with Gus suggesting that Mickey represent him. When Phillip continues to make snide remarks about the situation, Vince fires him, and also offers Gus a contract extension. Mickey receives an offer of a partnership in her firm, which she declines, and, when she and Gus leave the building, finds Johnny outside waiting for her. As the two share a kiss, Gus lights a cigar and walks away, muttering, “Looks like I’ll be taking the bus.”

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