The Slugger's Wife (1985)

Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay, Martin Ritt, Randy Quaid, Cleavant Derricks ... see more  , Lisa Langlois , Loudon Wainwright III , Dan Biggers , Dennis Burkley , Marc Clement , Georgann Johnson , René Lefèvre , Wallace Merck , Anthony Peck , Richard Alan Reiner , Lynn Whitfield , Mort Schwartz , Alisha Das , John Lawhorn , Kevin James Barnes , John W. Bradley , Skip Caray , Nick Charles , Edwin H. Cipot , Steve Daniels Jr. , Charles Darden , Collin Fagan , Mark Fidrych , Bill G. Fite , Phillipe Fontanelli , Al Garrison , Martha Harrison , Alex Hawkins , Nicandra Hood , Al Hrobosky , Ernie Johnson , Julie Kemp , Tina Kincaid , George Jack Klarman , Kay McClelland , Corey B. McPherrin , Valerie Mitchell , Douglas Garland Nave , Brad Nessler , Jerome Olds , David M. Pallone , Becky Pate , Chico Renfroe , Henry J. Rountree , Paul S. Ryden , John Buren Solberg , John B. Sterling , Stephen H. Stier , George Stokes , Ginger Taylor , Justine Thielemann , Danny Tucker , Pete Van Wieren , Harmon L. Wages , Erby Walker , Johnny B. Watson Jr. , David R. Yood

This routine film should have been called the "rock singer's husband" because it is about the life of a baseball player affected by his love for a singer. Darryl Palmer (Michael O'Keefe) plays for the... read more  Atlanta Braves, and when he walks into a nightclub and sees an attractive woman singing (Rebecca DeMornay), he pulls up to home plate and is anxious to meet her. From then on, his persistence in courting her is unstoppable in spite of several unhappy setbacks, and finally their romance makes it to first base when she realizes she loves him too, and they are married. From that point onward, his career starts to soar, while her career begins to slide in the opposite direction. In fact, she has given up her job to go live with him on his home turf, and the sacrifice, in the end, proves to be too much. A separation is inevitable, and while he still has his teammates (Randy Quaid, Cleavant Derricks), he would rather have his wife back. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi