The Durham Bulls are in a slump and have spent a hefty sum of money acquiring an untested young pitcher in the hopes of reversing their standings. Crash Davis, a 12-year veteran ballplayer who has spent most of his time bumming around as a minor league catcher, is assigned to mature the rookie pitching phenom named "Nuke." But a beautiful and enigmatic team groupie comes between the tutor and his student, enlightening both with her game of life, love and verse.
Crash Davis: Last chance. Your place or mine?
Annie Savoy: Despite my rejection of most Judeo-Christian ethics, I am, within the framework of the baseball season, monogamous.
"Baseball is my religion," Susan Sarandon announces at the beginning of BULL DURHAM. And apparently, her form of communion is torrid sex with one minor league baseball player a year. The movie follows the minor league Durham Bulls (whoever named the movie was apparently cixelsyd... excuse me, dyslexic), more specifically, Sarandon's two prospects for the gigolo position. The first prospect is young Tim Robbins, the impulsive pitcher who "f*cks like he pitches." (At 95 miles an hour?) The other prospect is aging catcher Kevin Costner, who has been busted down to A-ball from the big leagues.