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* ArtisticLicenseSports: [[http://joeposnanski.com/curveballs/ The movie plays fast and loose regarding scouting and player development.]]



'''Mickey:''' Mickey is short for Mickey. As in my father's favorite player, Mickey Mantle.\\

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'''Mickey:''' Mickey is short for Mickey. [[NamedAfterSomebodyFamous As in my father's favorite player, Mickey Mantle.\\]]\\
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!!This film exhibits the following tropes:

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!!This film exhibits !!''Trouble with the following tropes:Curve'' provides examples of:



--> '''Johnny''': Really hot paint job.

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--> '''Johnny''': '''Johnny:''' Really hot paint job.



* RealMenWearPink: When Johnny calls Series/DoctorPhil "quality television", Gus chimes in, "Yeah."

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* RealMenWearPink: When Johnny calls Series/DoctorPhil ''Series/DrPhil'' "quality television", Gus chimes in, "Yeah."



--> '''Johnny''': So, what's "Mickey" short for? Michelle?\\
'''Mickey''': Mickey is short for Mickey. As in my father's favorite player, Mickey Mantle.\\
'''Johnny''': Aha. [''{{beat}}''] Lucky it wasn't Yogi Berra.

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--> '''Johnny''': -->'''Johnny:''' So, what's "Mickey" short for? Michelle?\\
'''Mickey''': '''Mickey:''' Mickey is short for Mickey. As in my father's favorite player, Mickey Mantle.\\
'''Johnny''': '''Johnny:''' Aha. [''{{beat}}''] ''[{{beat}}]'' Lucky it wasn't Yogi Berra.

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* ChivalrousPervert: Johnny helps Gus defend Mickey against the harasser... [[RefugeInAudacity and then steals a kiss, to her chagrin.]] And then, when she tells him not to peek as she undresses to follow him into the river, his reply is to verbally stare at the car... which she's undressing right next to.

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* ChivalrousPervert: Johnny helps Gus defend Mickey against the harasser... [[RefugeInAudacity and then steals a kiss, to her chagrin.]] And then, when she [[NoPeekingRequest tells him not to peek as she undresses undresses]] to follow him into the river, his reply is to verbally stare at the car... which she's undressing right next to.



* [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Manic Pixie Dream Guy]]: Johnny is a rare male example, with his bordering-on-crazy "free spirit" attitude, and encouraging Mickey to open up, both to him and to Gus.

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* [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Manic Pixie Dream Guy]]: ManicPixieDreamGirl: Johnny is a rare male example, with his bordering-on-crazy "free spirit" attitude, and encouraging Mickey to open up, both to him and to Gus.Gus.
* NoPeekingRequest: When Johnny convinces Mickey to go SkinnyDipping with him at night, she gets behind her car to undress and tells him not to peek. His reply is to verbally stare at the car... which she's undressing right next to. When she calls him out for the [[EatingTheEyeCandy blatant ogling]] he says he's just [[BlatantLies admiring her "really hot paint job"]].
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* OneOfTheBoys: Mickey grew up around baseball players. [[SpiritedYoungLady She can be quite feminine without thought]], but she's also learned how to drink from the bottle, chomp on hot dogs, and shoot pool with the guys... along with putting up with their drinking, swearing, [[TooMuchInformation and farting]].

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* OneOfTheBoys: Mickey grew up around baseball players. [[SpiritedYoungLady She can be quite feminine without thought]], thought, but she's also learned how to drink from the bottle, chomp on hot dogs, and shoot pool with the guys... along with putting up with their drinking, swearing, [[TooMuchInformation and farting]].
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Eastwood plays Gus Lobel, a baseball talent scout for the Atlanta Braves. Gus' eyesight is failing, more of his job is being done by computers he doesn't understand, and he's badly estranged with his daughter, Mickey (Adams). He's given an assignment to determine whether it's time to put him to pasture, evaluating an up-and-coming prospect named Bo Gentry. In the course of the scouting trip, he's forced to admit to his failings, and tries to connect once more with his daughter. Also in the picture is Johnny "The Flame" Flanagan (Timberlake), a former player Gus had scouted who is now himself a scout for the Boston Red Sox... and who takes quite a shine to Mickey.

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Eastwood plays Gus Lobel, a baseball talent scout for the Atlanta Braves. Gus' Gus's eyesight is failing, more of his job is being done by computers he doesn't understand, and he's badly estranged with his daughter, Mickey (Adams). He's given an assignment to determine whether it's time to put him to pasture, evaluating an up-and-coming prospect named Bo Gentry. In the course of the scouting trip, he's forced to admit to his failings, and tries to connect once more with his daughter. Also in the picture is Johnny "The Flame" Flanagan (Timberlake), a former player Gus had scouted who is now himself a scout for the Boston Red Sox... and who takes quite a shine to Mickey.
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Eastwood plays Gus Lobel, a baseball talent scout for the Atlanta Braves. Gus's eyesight is failing, more of his job is being done by computers he doesn't understand, and he's badly estranged with his daughter, Mickey (Adams). He's given an assignment to determine whether it's time to put him to pasture, evaluating an up-and-coming prospect named Bo Gentry. In the course of the scouting trip, he's forced to admit to his failings, and tries to connect once more with his daughter. Also in the picture is Johnny "The Flame" Flanagan (Timberlake), a former player Gus had scouted who is now himself a scout for the Boston Red Sox... and who takes quite a shine to Mickey.

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Eastwood plays Gus Lobel, a baseball talent scout for the Atlanta Braves. Gus's Gus' eyesight is failing, more of his job is being done by computers he doesn't understand, and he's badly estranged with his daughter, Mickey (Adams). He's given an assignment to determine whether it's time to put him to pasture, evaluating an up-and-coming prospect named Bo Gentry. In the course of the scouting trip, he's forced to admit to his failings, and tries to connect once more with his daughter. Also in the picture is Johnny "The Flame" Flanagan (Timberlake), a former player Gus had scouted who is now himself a scout for the Boston Red Sox... and who takes quite a shine to Mickey.
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* RealMenWearPink: When Johnny calls DoctorPhil "quality television", Gus chimes in, "Yeah."

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* RealMenWearPink: When Johnny calls DoctorPhil Series/DoctorPhil "quality television", Gus chimes in, "Yeah."

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