Strike out
By John Esther
The story of an orthodox yeshiva college baseball team is a fairly original concept, opening up for cultural understanding, dialogue about what it means to be a religious Jew in America (as opposed to a cultural Jew) and a refutation to the stereotype Jews cannot play sports -- although there a particularly plenty examples to the contrary in professional baseball (their clubs are easier to get into than golf), but that will have to be found somewhere else. Directed and co-written by David R. and co-writer Zev Brooks (Coen bros. cue?), The Yankles is a silly story, unnecessarily set in Los Angeles (although shot in Utah) filled with “sweet as kosher wine” sentiments about a bunch of unlikely sports heroes playing one of America’s most boring pastimes.
