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Reunion 108
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In this satirical comedy, two generations of professional baseball players return for a reunion game at one of their minor league stops en route to the big leagues. Unbeknownst to them, the owner of the club, on his way to a month of rustic living in the high Asian elevations, and desiring a connection to home, arranges an inducement to get the players to reveal novel anecdotes from their past ‘on and off the field’ baseball lives. The only apparent commonality between the two groups is their success on the ball field, each team providing the locals with the only two minor league championships for the small town nestled in the valley of the Allegheny Mountains. (2013) |
Stars: Justin Grace, Jack Mulcahy and Kera O'Bryon. |
Rhubarb
 
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Wonderful comedy about a stray cat who is taken in by an eccentric millionaire and named Rhubarb. After the man dies, Rhubarb inherits the bulk of his estate, including a cellar-dwelling pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. But when the Loons star winning under their feline owner, some local gangsters plot to steal the kitty. (1951) |
Stars: Gene Lockart, William Frawley
Rated NR
Runtime: 94 minutes |
Road To The Big Leagues
 
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Baseball in the Dominican Republic is not just a game. For many Dominicans the long, competitive road to a professional baseball career is one of the few viable alternatives to a life of poverty. Get introduced to the young men who embark on this odyssey and show you first hand the pressure and joy that go along with it. See through the eyes of local kids playing with pebbles to the perspective of Dominican major league stars David Ortiz and Vladimir Guerrero. (2008)
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Stars: David Ortiz, Vladimir Guerrero, Jesus Alou
Runtime: 60 minutes. |
Roogie's Bump
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A young boy who loves baseball develops a strange bump on his arm. The bump has such an effect on his pitching arm that he soon finds himself playing for a major league baseball team. (1954) |
Stars: Ruth Warrick, Olive Blakeney, William Harrigan.
Runtime: 71 minutes. |
The Rookie
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A great story about the game's oldest rookie, Jim Morris, the former Tampa Bay hurler, and his small town story that turned into a big league reality. (2002)
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Stars: Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths & Brian Cox
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 127 minutes |
Rookie of the Year
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Family fantasy about a young boy who plays with the Cubs had its target audience cheering. This movie is fun, funny, and your kids'll love it. (1993) |
Stars: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Gary Busey
Rated PG
Runtime: 100 minutes |
Rounding Home
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Justin Mills wants to play professional baseball and earns a spot on a minor league team. Justin also meets Katey, the cutest girl in town. His best friend, Wes, visits Justin at the ball field to congratulate him, but Wes is struck by a car and killed. This horrific event sends Justin into an emotional coma. Justin attempts to cope with this and additional life hurdles, but his detachment causes him to make all the wrong decisions. (2006) |
Stars: Michael Wallace, Kathryn Michelle, Nic d'Avirro.
Runtime: 83 minutes. |
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Safe at Home
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A kid lies his way into a bind when he claims to be pals with baseball greats Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. (1962)
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Stars: Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris
Rated PG
Runtime: 84 minutes |
The Sandlot
 
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Nostalgic, sentimental drama about 60s neighborhood baseball team. Light entertainment for all ages, and especially survivors of Little League. (1993) |
Stars: Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar
Rated PG
Runtime: 101 minutes |
The Sandlot 2
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In the 12-years-since comedic sequel to 1993's The Sandlot, a new group of kids have moved into the sandlot. (2005)
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Stars: Max Lloyd-Jone, James Wilson, Samantha Burton, Brett Kelly, Cole Evan Weiss, Neilen Benvegnu, Sean Berdy
Rated PG
Runtime: 97 minutes |
The Sandlot 3
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Sucessful, arrogant baseball superstar Tommy "Santa" Santorelli travels back in time to 1976 and relives his boyhood days on the sandlot baseball team, this time choosing friendship over glory and ultimately earing both.
(2007) |
Stars: Danny Nucci, Luke Perry, Sarah Deakins |
The Scout
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Mood-swinging baseball movie about talent scout discovering teen phenomenon starts out as light comedy, abruptly becomes deeply sentimental drama. Best reserved for true baseball fans, due to its abundant baseball cameos. (1994)
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Stars: Albert Brooks, Brendan Fraser
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 101 minutes |
Signs Of The Time
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Baseball of the 19th century was America's most popular spectator sport. There were no signals for strike, safe, out or foul and no announcer to interpret the game. Prior to the invention of baseball signs, the only signal was the umpire's voice, consumed by the roar of thousands of excited fans. Where did the signs of baseball originate? Who invented them? Signs of the Time explores the origins of this pivotal innovation and the baseball pioneers that changed the course of the game and history. (2008) |
Narrator: Richard Dreyfuss
Interviewed: Brooks Robinson, Bob Feller, Earl Weaver, Larry Barnett, Jim Evans.
Rated NR
Runtime: 60 minutes |
Silly Little Game
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Fantasy Sports is estimated to be a $4 billion industry that boasts over 30 million participants and a league for almost every sport imaginable. But for all this success, the story of the game’s inception is little known. The modern fantasy leagues can be traced back to a group of writers and academics who met at La Rotisserie Francaise in New York City to form a baseball league of their own: The Rotisserie League. The game quickly grew in popularity, and with the growing use and attractiveness of the Internet, the “founding fathers” never foresaw how their creation would take off and ultimately leave them behind. An ESPN 30 For 30 Film. (2010) |
Narrator: Dan Okrent, Lee Eisenberg, Geln Waggoner, Valerie Salembier, Peter Gethers, Rob Fleder.
Runtime: 51 minutes |
61*
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Emotional, nostalgic baseball drama about the friendship and professional competition between the NY Yankees' beloved-but-troubled Mickey Mantle and loathed but steadfast Roger Maris. A first-rate portrait for sports lovers and character-drama fans. (2001) |
Stars: Barry Pepper, Thomas Jane
MPAA Rating: NR
Runtime: 129 minutes |
Slide, Babe, Slide
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Babe Ruth gets off a train, and joins in a baseball game with some kids who refuse to believe he is the Babe until one of them produces a newspaper. (1932) |
Stars: Babe Ruth.
Runtime: 10 minutes. |
Slide, Kelly, Slide
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Jim Kelly is a self-styled baseball whiz who talks himself into a job with the New York Yankees. Though his boundless braggadocio is backed up by his talent on the baseball field, Kelly soon alienates himself from the rest of his teammates. Veteran Yankee catcher Tom Munson -- also the father of Kelly's sweetheart Mary -- tries to set the young upstart straight, but Kelly isn't interested. (1927) |
Stars: William Haines, Sally O'Neil, Harry Carey.
Runtime: 80 minutes. |
Slow Moe
 
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A young boy dreams of becoming a great baseball players but no matter how hard he tries, he can't improve... Until he finds a pair of glasses that turn him into the greatest player ever! But the glasses disappear and he learns that winning doesn't mean anything if you aren't proud of how you play. (2009) |
Stars: Scotty Leavenworth, Emily Philips, Marc John Jeffries
Rated PG
Runtime: 98 minutes |
The Slugger's Wife
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Critics were scathing toward this slow-paced, episodic romantic comedy about an obnoxious baseball player who falls for a singer. Only for die-hard, desperate romantics seeking quick fix. (1985) |
Stars: Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca DeMornay
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 105 minutes |
Somewhere In Georgia
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The film casts Cobb as himself, a bank clerk with a talent for baseball. When he's signed to play with the Detroit Tigers, Cobb is forced to leave his sweetheart behind, whereupon a crooked bank cashier sets his sights on the girl. The cashier arranges for Cobb to be kidnapped. Breaking loose from his bonds, Cobb beats up each each and every one of his captors and shows up at the ballfield, just in time to win the game. (1916) |
Stars: Ty Cobb, Elsie MacLeod, William Corbett.
Rated NR
Runtime: 30 minutes. |
Soul of the Game
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Black baseball greats, Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson, vie to be the first afro-American major leaguer, only to see the outspoken rookie, Jackie Robinson, be chosen. (1996) |
Stars: Delroy Lindo, Mykelti Williamson, Blair Underwood
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 94 minutes |
Speedy
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Speedy loses his job as a soda-jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, where he stays to see the game. (1928) |
Stars: Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Brooks Benedict, Babe Ruth.
Runtime: 85 minutes. |
Squeeze Play
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Lowbrow, sleazy baseball farce from Troma Films. Filled with gratuitous sex and skin, this smut-fest won't disappoint. Troma fans will be thrilled by shameless humor. (1980)
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Starring: Jim Harris, Jenni Hetrick
Rated: R
Runtime: 92 minutes |
Stealing Home
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A washed-up baseball player is called back home to deal with his childhood sweatheart who had committed suicide. There, he remembers the past and the relationship they had, and finds himself again. (1988) |
Stars: Mark Harmon, Jodie Foster
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 98 minutes |
Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie
 
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Paul Doyle Jr.'s documentary about Red Sox Nation and the long-suffering team chronicles the 2003 season that ended for the Red Sox when Aaron Boone's home run cleared the wall at Yankee Stadium in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series. Little did Doyle know how soon his subject would reverse its "curse." (2004) |
Stars: Paul Constine
Rated PG |
The Stratton Story
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Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms. (1949) |
Starring: James Stewart, June Allyson
Rated: NR
Runtime: 102 minutes |
Sugar
 
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Dominican baseball star Miguel "Sugar" Santos is recruited to play in the U.S. minor-leagues. (2008)
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Starring: Algenis Perez Soto, Jorge Ramirez
Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 120 minutes |
Summer Catch
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Romantic comedy about a young Cape Cod baseball player who falls for the young daughter of a local wealthy family. As the season progresses, they grow ever closer and her parents grow ever more irritated. (2001) |
Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr., Jessica Biel
Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 108 minutes |
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Take Me Out
to the Ball Game
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A tough woman takes over a turn-of-the-century baseball team, having problems with a couple of her prize players until she sings their troubles away. (1949) |
Stars: Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly
Rated PG
Runtime: 93 minutes |
Taking Care of Business
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A businessman on a trip loses his essential pocket organizer and his wallet. An escaped convict and Cubs fan finds the items and assumes the owner's identity. Of course, they end up at Wrigley Field. (1991) |
Stars: James Belushi, Charles Grodin
Rated R
Runtime: 108 minutes |
Talent for the Game
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An idealistic California Angels scout finds a phenomenal pitcher in a small Iowa town, but must contend with the slimy new billionaire team owner for the boy's future. (1991) |
Stars: Edward James Olmos, Lorraine Bracco
Rated PG
Runtime: 91 minutes |
This Old Cub
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This fun, nostalgic and sentimental documentary is a labor of love from a son to his father. Jeff Santo made the film about his father, Ron, the former Cubs star third baseman and broadcaster who has delighted fans throughout his long history with the team. (2004) |
Stars: Jeff Santo, Ron Santo
Rated NR
Runtime: 86 minutes |
Three Nights in August
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Based on the book by Buzz Bissinger, the movie focuses on manager Tony LaRussa as he guides the St. Louis Cardinals through a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs in 2003. (2011) |
Stars: Kevin Pollak, Billy Bob Thornton, Tony LaRussa |
Tiger Town
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A young Detroit Tigers fan's faith helps to put the spark back in an about-to-retire player's game. Only view this movie with children. (1983) |
Stars: Roy Scheider, Justin Henry
Rated G
Runtime: 76 minutes |
Time in the Minors
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The film presents the compelling story of two minor league baseball players through one season on their arduous journey in trying to make it to the major leagues. Follow each player from pre-season and beyond through the ups and downs of a life in professional baseball, and the dream that keeps their hopes alive. Note: The film also features an extensive interview with SF Giants' Cody Ross during his time in the Dodgers Organization in 2006. Learn more. (2008) |
Film by: Tony Okun
Runtime: 85 minutes |
Touching Home
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The true story about a father struggling to make amends with his twin sons as they pursue their dreams of professional baseball. (2008) |
Stars: Ed Harris, Brad Dourif, Robert Forster.
Runtime: 108 minutes |
Touching Home: Baseball In The Bushes
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A close-up look into the world of low level professional baseball. This film follows the team in preseason during tryouts and until the last pitch in September. The film goes everywhere - road trips, practices, games, homes, dugouts, locker rooms. It touches base with owners, general managers, managers, players, coaches, fans, radio broadcasters, host families, etc. It shows how much goes on behind the scenes in a baseball season. And the effort needed to keep a franchise alive in Independent Baseball. (2005) |
Stars: Documentary.
Rated: PG
Runtime: 55 minutes |
Touching The Game, Alaska
 
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Alaska is well known for its majestic scenery, captivating wildlife, and strong indigenous culture, but few know about its rich baseball tradition. America’s pastime has an amazing history in the 49th state spanning more than 100 years, and for the last forty years the Alaska Baseball League has been at it’s epicenter. (2009) |
Stars: Jim Carroll, Jacoby Ellsbury, Tom Seaver, Dave Winfield.
Rated NR
Runtime: 100 minutes |
Touching The Game, Cape Cod
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A unique and insightful documentary following the experiences of college baseball players as they compete in one of the most prestigious amateur leagues in the country, The Cape Cod Baseball League. (2004) |
Stars: Jim Carroll
Rated NR
Runtime: 105 minutes |
Trading Hearts
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A bright 11-year-old tries to get her lounge-singer mother to marry a beat-up middle-aged ball player in Florida in the 1950s. (1987) |
Stars: Raul Julia, Beverly D'Angelo
Rated PG
Runtime: 88 minutes |
Trouble With The Curve
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Gus is a baseball scout with eye problems. He can't see the baseball go over home plate. His daughter Mickey wants to help and so leaves her job to go on a recruiting trip, which might be his last if Gus can't make the right call. (2012)
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Stars: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, John Goodman
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 111 minutes. |
Two Mugs From Brooklyn
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A pair of cabdrivers recall in flashback how they built up their thriving taxi business. Tim was quite a baseball pitcher, and it was this skill that enabled him to collect a huge reward by subduing racketeer Glorio with a well-aimed monkey wrench. (1942) |
Stars: William Bendix, Grace Bradley, Joe Sawyer, Sheldon Leonard.
Runtime: 73 minutes. |
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Up For Grabs
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The absurd true story of the legal battle over the "Million-Dollar Baseball." Barry Bonds' record setting 73rd home run ball sparks a melee in the stands. One guy caught the ball, another guy ended up with it. Who is the rightful owner? The lawyers can't agree; the fans can't agree; even the wisened professors of property law can't agree. This is a story documenting the hilarious lengths to which someone will go for a baseball, and the few fans that will put their lives on hold for years, staking everything on one judge's decision. (2007)
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Stars: Marty Appel, Barry Bonds, Patrick Hayashi, Alex Popov
Rated NR
Runtime: 90 minutes |
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Wait Till This Year
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Follow the historic 2004 Boston Red Sox season through the eyes of a female fan! Monika loves her husband, Ges, and she loves her team, the Boston Red Sox, just not necessarily in that order! (2004) |
Cast: Monika Lahiri, Ges Selmont, Chris Kies, Stephen Kunken.
Rated: NR
Runtime: 68 minutes |
When it was a Game
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Baseball documentary is loaded with footage previously thought to be lost to time. Incorporates action from 1925-71, full of magical moments for sports fans as well as heritage historians. (1992, 1993, 1998) |
Cast: Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson, Billy Crystal, Bob Costas
Rated: NR
Runtime: 100 minutes |
Whistling In Brooklyn
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A radio sleuth infiltrates the Brooklyn Dodgers to solve a murder. [Trailer] (1943) |
Stars: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Rags Ragland, Jean Rogers.
Runtime: 87 minutes. |
Wide Awake
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Earnest, seriocomic coming-of-age tale details a nine-year-old's struggles with religious faith after his grandfather's death. Families may appreciate the film's sensitive, inspirational message, though some grown-ups find it cloyingly sentimental. (1998)
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Starring: Joseph Cross, Timothy Reifsnyder
Rated: PG
Runtime: 87 minutes |
A Winner Never Quits
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A one-armed outfielder plays baseball for the St. Louis Browns during WWII and is idolized by a handicapped youngster. (1986) |
Starring: Keith Carradine, Mare Winningham
Rated: PG
Runtime: 100 minutes |
The Winning Season
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When young Joe Soshack discovers an old ladies mint condition T206 Honus Wagner, he figures it's the ticket to getting his family out of their financial problems. However, the card then transports Joe back to the 1909 World Series where he is befriended by the real Honus Wagner and his fiancee. Honus attempts to teach Joe the importance of honor, family and love. (2004) |
Starring: Kristin Davis, Mark Rendall, Matthew Modine
Rated: PG
Runtime: 91 minutes |
The Winning Team
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Bio-pic of baseball legend Grover Cleveland Alexander, who became a star despite an early career handicap. (1952) |
Starring: Doris Day, Ronald Reagan, Frank Lovejoy, Eve Miller, James Millican
Rated: NR
Runtime: 98 minutes |
Workin' For Peanuts
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The daughter of a stadium owner and a young stadium vendor become romantically involved. Complications ensue because of the teenagers' diverse social class and economic backgrounds. His dad is out of work, she spends winters in Aspen and summers in Switzerland. Her parents and friends are against the relationship as well and then he begins to have thoughts too. (1985) |
Stars: Jessica Steen, Carl Marotte, Shawn David Thompson, August Schellenberg, John Hemphill, Elva Mai Hoover.
Runtime: 52 minutes. |
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Yankees West
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The story of the Pacific Coast League and also a love story - that of Earl, a PCL-favored player, and Emma, a Hollywood starlet - against the backdrop of gangsters, racism, nearly forgotten history, and the raw original game of baseball. Earl works his way through the PCL in hopes to be traded to a Major League Baseball team, only to be hampered by management greed and dirty ball playing. Emma, an actress, wants to be a star and is not willing to give up that dream. In the end, neither ends up with what they originally thought, yet their love does survive. (2008) |
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The Yankles
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About Charlie Jones, a washed up, ex-major league ballplayer, and how he gets a second chance at life and love by managing a Jewish, orthodox yeshiva baseball team. (2009) |
Stars: Brian Wimmer, Bart Johnson, Don Most.
Rated: PG
Runtime: 115 minutes. |
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