The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)
They put balls back in the game.
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 20M
Director : Chapman Way, Maclain Way
Sinopsis
Hollywood veteran Bing Russell creates the only independent baseball team in the country—alarming the baseball establishment and sparking the meteoric rise of the 1970s Portland Mavericks.
Un atribulado y rebelde adolescente conduce a su equipo de béisbol hacia a Houston donde jugarán un partido de exhibición. Ahí el chico se encuentra con su padre, que está separado de su madre, y lo contrata como entrenador de su equipo.
Henry Rowegartner es un chico de doce años que sueña con jugar al béisbol en los Chicago Cubs. Un día, de manera fortuita, Henry se rompe un brazo y al quitarle la escayola, meses más tarde, el médico comprueba que sus ligamentos se han soldado de manera extraña y le han conferido a su brazo una fuerza descomunal.
While waiting for his date to get ready, a young man bonds with his date's father.
"Truth Be Told: Rick Ankiel" gives insight into Ankiel's personal journey of redemption - overcoming a troubled youth, high expectations, and psychological struggles to achieve success on the field.
The Story of one-handed baseball pitcher Jim Abbott.
From the Big Red Machine to the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks, Bill Plummer has seen and done all there is in baseball. His contributions to the game are endless but little known, until now.
The story of Irish baseball, from County Cork to Fenway Park.
Calvin es un niño huérfano de 14 años que encuentra unas zapatillas que pertenecieron a Michael Jordan. No son unas zapatillas cualquiera ya que poseen poderes mágicos que le convertirán en una estrella de la NBA. Una comedia fantástica dirigida al publico infantil y juvenil. A pesar de la ausencia de nombres conocidos en sus títulos de crédito, un filme patrocinado por la NBA que consiguió alcanzar los primeros puestos de la taquilla americana
"As soon as you hear the title to this new one, you know exactly what it's about and why it's likely to be good, especially if you were a sports fan growing up in the 1970s. Even to good boys all the way across the country in New Hampshire, the authority-flouting baseball A's and football Raiders were magical. Not only did they win championships, they did it amid clubhouse brawls, feuds with an owner and a general embrace of the 1960s aesthetic. Filmmakers Rick Bernstein and Ross Greenburg tell the stories of these turbulent, talented teams and show how they perfectly fit their city. Oakland was blue collar and home to hardcore hard-core 1960s rebellion, exemplified by the Black Panthers. Oakland, especially, was not San Francisco, the effete, world-class city across the bay."
Una mirada íntima a la vida y la carrera de la superestrella del béisbol. Cartsen Charles Sabathia Jr. repasa su legado como uno de los mejores pitchers y también los desafíos tan importantes que forjaron su carácter.
Dos miembros de un equipo de baseball junior se ven mezclados con la yakuza local. Después de que su entrenador sea herido por ellos, los dos chicos se van a Okinawa para hacerse con un arma y vengarse. Allí, los dos jóvenes se hacen amigos de un psicótico yakuza retirado llamado Uehara (Kitano), que tiene una deuda pendiente con la yakuza, por lo que no duda en acompañar a los dos chicos a Tokio y enfrentarse con la mafia japonesa. (FILMAFFINITY)
After his agent delivers devastating news, a struggling baseball player seeks to provide his unstable father a Thanksgiving Dinner... by any means necessary.
Maryann (Natasha Calis) se muda con sus abuelos cuando se queda huérfana. Desesperadamente sola, la preadolescente se quiere hacer amiga de un chico del vecindario enfermo terminal y que está encamado (Charlie Tahan), a pesar de la desaprobación de su madre (Samantha Morton). La persistencia de Maryann continúa, y en una serie de visitas secretas se va dando cuenta de que algo siniestro ocurre en la casa.
An obnoxious heckler at a baseball game infuriates everybody.
Alice attempts to umpire a big league baseball game where the animals begin to take exception to her bad calls.
A unique insight into Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver - a reclusive icon and his relationship with New York City.
Diane Ford, conductora de camiones de largo recorrido, ve limitado su libre estilo de vida y sus relaciones cuando, debido a una emergencia médica, debe cuidar de su hijo, al cual abandonó hace 11 años
In the late 80's/early 90's North America's favorite pastime was collecting baseball cards. People would invest millions, in this game of pirates treasure, by putting their mint condition gold in plastic sleeves, locking it away and hoping it's value would continue to rise year after year. Unfortunately, this house of cards would soon collapse, leaving the pieces of cardboard along with the hopes and dreams of fathers and sons worthless. Stu Stone was one of those sons, and his relationship with his father Jack, who was in the card business, would crumble with the industry. 25 years later, Stu is on a mission to discover why his beloved baseball cards are worth nothing more than the memories they hold of a happy childhood. What he didn't plan on finding though, was the most elusive card of them all, his father Jack.
A rampant, street level story of mentorship and everyday heroism in tough circumstances. An inner city coach's son, estranged in his youth from his father, spends five years on ball fields in inner city Oakland and Havana, following the lives of two extraordinary youth baseball coaches, Roscoe in Oakland and Nicolas in Havana. The coaches meet on videotape and two years of red tape later, Coach Roscoe and nine Oakland players travel to Havana to play Coach Nicolas' team. For one week, the players and coaches eat, dance, swim, argue and play baseball together. But when the parent of an Oakland player is murdered back home, it brings back the inescapable reality and challenges of life in an American inner city.