It is the quintessential modern sports film about America's greatest game, starring hree very complex characters involved in a love triangle and mentoring relationship - the film's plot integrally wove together minor-league baseball and sex during one long and hot summer season of ball-playing in 1987:"Crash" Davis (Kevin Costner), a veteran, romantic-minded, aging catcher for the Durham (NC) Bulls (a Single-A minor league affiliate), still remembering his 21-day stint in 'The Show' (slang for the Major Leagues) during his 10-year careerEbby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh (Tim Robbins), a wild, young, hot-shot, dim-witted rookie pitcher for the Bulls who was being tutored by "Crash" to become more disciplined and mature by channeling his talentAnnie Savoy (Susan Sarandon, Robbins' future 'real-life wife'), a part-time Alamance Junior College English 101 and Beginning Composition eacher and sexually-seductive baseball groupie and dedicated super-fan[Note: Baseball groupies used to be known, politely and affectionately, as "Baseball Annies" (or Shirleys) - clarifying the reason why the name was chosen for the overzealous, flirtatious, sexually-desirous female fan.This has been a frequent occurrence - his angelic wife sinks into a chair with a gloomy and embittered look....I think you have a very nice voice...an exceptional voice." He was aware that she was the victim of theft because a report had been filed by the storekeeper.He led her over to his Mounted Police station to interview her, and provided her with her suitcase.Because of a monogrammed R on her luggage, she gave her name as 'Rose'.He revealed that he had recognized her voice: ("I'd know your voice in a million") - identifying her as the famed opera star Marie de Flor, although he pretended that he didn't really know who she was.Groot osses a knife to his comrade and Dunson stabs the Indian to death underwater (punctuated by musical chords).He also removed Spider-Man's mask and exclaimed: "Poor Peter Parker.No mother, no father, no uncle.All alone." Captain Stacy came to the rescue when he approached with a shot-gun and shot at the Lizard, causing him o be sprayed and covered with liquid nitrogen.