Named after a long, high pitch, the hangout comedy “Eephus” finds humor and pathos in a baseball diamond’s final inning.

Carson Lund's baseball comedy distills the mundane pleasures and casual heartbreak of sport ...

Lund fills in the gaps between innings with quotes from baseball legends including Rickey Henderson, Babe Ruth and Yogi Berra ...

Which is not a bad description of “Eephus,” a tiny but nearly perfect baseball movie that ambles into area theaters this ...

Two recreational New England teams, the Adler’s Paint team and the Riverdogs, spend a day playing a game on a field that’ll ...

MLB.com credits Pirates pitcher Rip Sewell with throwing the first eephus. It was named by teammate Maurice Van Robays, saying, “Eephus ain’t nothing, and that’s a nothing pitch.” MLB.com stretched ...

The film Eephus celebrates the beautiful, blissful anticipation of baseball.

Film captures a beer-league baseball game played by fading semi-athletes at a New England ball field destined to be torn down ...

In Carson Lund’s stylistically innovative directorial début, two amateur teams say farewell to a beloved field—but will their game yield a result?

Director Carson Lund used to play seriously as a kid but caught the film bug. He bridges his two passions with 'Eephus,' a ...

The former major league pitcher, who has a role in the upcoming film “Eephus,” remains willing to share his offbeat outlook ...