Stealing Home

Structured in a series of confusing flashbacks, STEALING HOME focuses on Billy Wyatt (Mark Harmon) as a thirtysomething failure who could have been somebody, namely a star with the Philadelphia Phillies. In a bush league game, Billy steals home in the bottom of the ninth to give his team a victory, and he is spotted by a Phillies scout, who promises him a big future. Mom and Dad (Blair Brown and John Shea) have been hoping for a college education for their boy, but the prospect of having a major leaguer in the family changes their minds. When Dad is killed in a car wreck, Billy puts away his bat and glove. The film opens some 15 years later, as the sleepy-eyed, uns...