When it comes to baseball movies, Field of Dreams and Bull Durham receive a majority of the accolades. One might say that this leaves Eight Men Out ... out in the cold. Anyone who has seen this interesting, entertaining, detailed account of the 1919 "Black Sox" knows that it deserves a place among the best sports movies ever made. Documenting the background of the most infamous gambling scandal in the history of professional sports, the film centers on Buck Weaver (Cusack) and Shoeless Joe Jackson (D.B. Sweeney), the two players who claimed that they did not throw the World Series that season. True to the facts and still educational today - it helps explain why the current Major League Baseball player's union is so strong - Eight Men Out portrays how badly players were treated by owners. Did that give them an excuse to taint the national pastime and World Series? Of course not. But insight into these players, their motives and the entire scenario is an intriguing story that keeps the viewer's interest throughout.