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‘Million Dollar Arm’ Misses the Strike Zone

Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 16, 2014 - 6:17am

Rating: 2.5/5.0

CHICAGO – “Million Dollar Arm” harkens back to a period of shameless family friendly schmaltz that used to play to families in theaters and then run in perpetuity on “The Wonderful World Of Disney” on television. But this treacly baseball drama throws nothing but balls.

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