SAN DIEGO — Those who love baseball — love its deliberate pace, its abject offensive failure, its quirks and warts — understand the brilliance of baseball's blue-streaked cinematic gem "Bull Durham."
Those who stayed loyal to the Padres for decades understand the movie's bigger message.
Writer and director Ron Shelton, who will be honored with the Leonard Maltin Tribute Award this weekend during the Coronado Island Film Festival, side-stepped typical baseball trappings to find the vein of something far more real.
