Summers can be brutal for this Texas Rangers fan. Fortunately, I'm every bit a movie nerd as I am a baseball nerd (if not more), so when Vincente Padilla decides to take his sweet time deciding which batter he wants to earhole and completely disengages me from the game, I have other stimulating avenues to pursue.

Baseball is the only sport that makes my pants go crazy. In fact, I'll gladly go on record and say that I would rather sit through a good movie than watch a regular season college basketball game, and maybe any bad movie depending on who's playing. The irony of it all is that there really aren't many good baseball movies.

For those of you keeping score at home, I'll take "Bull Durham" over "Field of Dreams", "Baseball Forecaster" over "Baseball Prospectus", Letterman over Leno, limes over lemons, "The White Album" over "Sgt. Pepper", "Curb Your Enthusiasm" over "Seinfeld", and sushi over your mom's green bean casserole.

In addition to following the Texas Rangers, I am a Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks fan.

I currently reside in Dallas, Texas and I am not a Yankee hater.