The one true misfire of The Twilight Zone fantastic first Season indicates that Rod Serling must have been advised to follow up very dramatic episodes with something light and fluffy as the series began to take flight. This deals with a fictional Hoboken professional baseball team coached by the terrific Jack Warden. All of a sudden aided by the arrival of the incredibly strong Robert Sorrells whose pitching ability seems almost supernatural. There's a reason actually, because he's not human. But when Sorrells that's the addition of a human heart, well I know somebody changes the way he plays, and it isn't to the team's favor.
While good as far as an anthology series episode regarding baseball is concerned, as a Twilight Zone episode, it fall short. It lacks in a strong story, a moral, and thus ironically lacking in heart. it's interesting as far as seeing a young Jack Warden, having been seen in the season's earlier "The Lonely", and as usual, he is terrific, being the one strength that keeps this episode from being a complete disappointment. What he has in talent and charisma, Sorrells completely lacks. I don't really like "The Twilight Zone" as fluff without anything really to say, so it comes down to the fact that this Casey ain't so mighty.
While good as far as an anthology series episode regarding baseball is concerned, as a Twilight Zone episode, it fall short. It lacks in a strong story, a moral, and thus ironically lacking in heart. it's interesting as far as seeing a young Jack Warden, having been seen in the season's earlier "The Lonely", and as usual, he is terrific, being the one strength that keeps this episode from being a complete disappointment. What he has in talent and charisma, Sorrells completely lacks. I don't really like "The Twilight Zone" as fluff without anything really to say, so it comes down to the fact that this Casey ain't so mighty.