Not So ‘Brand New’ Cherry Flavor
The fun tricks used in the production design and lighting read extremely well on-screen but hardly fulfill their purpose of trying to inject glamour into a lack-luster story with nothing to say.

It's hot; the guys are all out on the sweltering field. Tension mounts. Sweat beads and turns to tiny rivers, following the topography of straining muscles. Hair glistens. The crowd roars! It's summer at the ball park, and guys are doing the things guys do. But wait--are all jocks like this? Bodies bulging with musculature? Testosterone exuding from every pore? Cocks engorged as they painfully strain to escape their tight jock straps? Asses primed for drilling? And what's happening in the lockerroom?
The fun tricks used in the production design and lighting read extremely well on-screen but hardly fulfill their purpose of trying to inject glamour into a lack-luster story with nothing to say.
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