Field of Dreams
dir. Phil Alden Robinson (1989)
An audacious mixture of nostalgia, yearning, and regrets made good, held together by baseball (as a national institution) and wrapped in a fantasy scenario perfectly served by its cast: Kevin Costner, yes, but notably Amy Madigan and James Earl Jones. Thoroughly entrancing!
Pow! A Peanuts Collection
by Charles M. Schulz (Andrews McMeel, 2014)
Not much thought has gone into the formatting, nor indeed the wisdom of putting together an exclusively baseball-themed collection of Peanuts strips. (The humour of repetition really needs space to breathe.) On a plus side, the entire undertaking is in glorious colour.