Lindsey (Drew Barrymore) is a successful businesswoman, almost 30, great at her job and up for a promotion, but wanting in the relationship department. Her parents look at the men she introduces them to as faces of future breakups. Ben (Jimmy Fallon) meets Lindsey on a field trip to her office with some of his brightest students, to show them how math has practical applications in real life. Lindsey uses business modeling at work to great success. After leaving her office, one of the kids observes that Lindsey is a hottie and out of Ben’s league. Taking this as a challenge, Ben goes back to Lindsey’s office, asks her out for a date and is promptly turned down. Not only does he not make nearly as much money as Lindsey¾ he’s a schoolteacher. Where’s the hip and status in that?

Ben is anything but suave, yet he knows how to handle himself in social settings with people that might look down on him. After Lindsey discusses Ben with her girlfriends, she eventually decides that because he’s not just like her (or the other guys she’s dated), he is worth at least taking a walk to first base with.

Ben grew up loving baseball in Boston at Fenway Park under the watchful eye of his uncle. When his uncle died, he willed Ben two season tickets, right behind the Red Sox dugout. As Lindsey learns later, Ben has a winter (no baseball) and a summer personality. In 23 years, he’s never, as in 100% of the time, missed a home game of the Boston Red Sox. He and his friends have a convoluted and funny way to determine which buddy goes to each of the games with Ben; complete with an official, poster-size calendar, clearly marked!

Lindsey spends a lot of time at games with Ben, squeezing it in by leaving work early and taking her laptop to the ballpark, to the dismay of the other season ticket holders who make-up Ben’s close-knit "Summer family."

Lindsey is given the assignment to close an important deal in Paris, which may cinch that big promotion, and she wants to trade in her first class ticket for two coach tickets so Ben can come with her. She has fantasies of being in bed with Ben and looking at the Eiffel Tower, while Ben has visions of being at Fenway, as the Red Sox face the Yankees in the pennant race. Hey, get a clue Ben, as Lindsey reminds him that when your girlfriend invites you to Paris for a long weekend there should be no hesitation. Lindsey thought Paris would be the perfect place to tell Ben that she is "late"¾ and not for a ballgame. This gives both of them something to think about.

Both are trying hard to be supportive of one another. Ben makes his statement when he decides to miss a game and attend an important party with Lindsey. He even tells the parking valet (who has a portable radio and is depressed about the Sox being behind 7-0) that "…it’s only a game." Ben tells Lindsey later that evening, "This was the best night of my life." That is, until he gets a late night call and finds out that in the bottom of the 9^th, the Sox scored 8 runs and won the game…the best game ever of his life.

This does nothing for their fragile relationship and when it appears it’s all over, Ben considers selling his season tickets so that he can get a focus that goes beyond the Sox. He needs to love something that can love him back.

Other than a somewhat schmaltzy ending, which is predictable, this is an excellent movie. In particular we liked the ways that fantasy was combined with facts. The sweetheart story of the Red Sox coming back from a 0-3 deficit to the Yankees in the playoffs, the first time in about 100 years that has been done, and of course, a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series.

In many romantic comedies there is little or no chemistry between the two lead actors. In this case, Barrymore and Fallon, definitely have a spark in their relationship that allows them to make a round tripper touching all the bases.