Redemption is certainly a theme, but not just for Joe and the Kinsellas. One of my favorite parts of the movie was when Archie Graham first sees the field, is excited by seeing the players and calls out three players by name: Smoky Joe Wood, Mel Ott, and Gil Hodges. One player who had his career -- and life -- change dramatically because of a slip on wet grass and two who were lost far, far too young. Any day Gil is recalled with such reverence is a good day in my book. I also love that the obit they read in the Chisholm newspaper office is Graham's actual obit. They took some artistic license with his playing -- he played in the minors a bit before hanging them up -- and fudged the year of his death, but the details in the obit are accurate. "And there were times when children could not afford eyeglasses or milk or clothing. Yet no child was ever denied these essentials because in the background there was always Dr. Graham. Without any fanfare or publicity, the glasses or the milk or the ticket to the ballgame found their way into the child's pocket."