After Jackie celebrates the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s integration into Major League Baseball. Robinson opened the door for other African Americans to join the league and this documentary taps into key people and events in the aftermath.
In exclusive new interviews, stars and legends across the sports and entertainment landscape discuss Ken Griffey Jr.’s generational talent, which transcended baseball and made him one of sports’ most famous athletes. Narrated by Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actor Sterling K. Brown, the 90-minute documentary chronicles Griffey Jr.’s journey from growing up in clubhouses alongside his father Ken Griffey, Sr. to becoming the face of baseball throughout the 1990s. From his picturesque swing to his unforgettable swagger, Griffey Jr. opens up about his life’s seminal moments, which propelled him to 630 home runs and a first-ballot induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016.
Chronicling the Mariners' memorable run to their first-ever AL West title in 1995, when a team led by Ken Griffey Jr. and Randy Johnson helped keep baseball in the Pacific Northwest and punctuated the season with a stirring ALDS win over the Yankees.
This documentary showcases basketball player Michael Jordan's awe-inspiring moves, providing behind-the-scenes and on-the-court action, including footage of Jordan and the Chicago Bulls going head-to-head against the Utah Jazz in the 1997 NBA Finals. Phil Jackson and Bob Costas are interviewed (among others), and the awesome soundtrack includes songs by Earth, Wind and Fire, Fatboy Slim and Freddie King.
Babe Ruth set a record in 1927 by hitting 60 home runs in one season. 34 years later, Roger Maris broke that record. Another 37 years passed before that record was broken by Mark McGwire. Five days after McGwire's feat, Sammy Sosa broke the brand new record. And the race was on! Fans watched breathlessly as the record passed between the two men and time left in the season dwindled. Relive it all, from Ruth, to Maris, to the final days of the 1998 Sosa/McGwire slug-fest.
12살 소년 빌리 헤이우드는 말그대로 야구광. 그는 모든 시합의 역사, 통계자료, 선수 개개인의 신상에 대해 훤히 알고 있다. 한마디로 걸어다니는 백과사전. 더구나 그에게는 누구라도 부러워 할 멋진 할아버지가 있다. 미네소타 트윈스팀의 구단주, 토마스 헤이우드가 바로 그의 할아버지인 것이다. 그런데 어느날, 뜻밖의 일이 생긴다. 아버지가 없는 그에게 친구이자 인생의 스승이었던 할아버지가 그만 세상을 떠난다. 슬픔에 빠진 빌리에게 할아버지는 너무나 멋진 선물을 남긴다. 빌리가 누구보다도 야구를 사랑하고, 야구에 대해 잘 안다고 생각한 할아버지는 빌리에게 미네소타 트윈스를 남긴다. 미네소타 트윈스의 구단주. 그건 꿈이다. 그러나 미네소타 트윈스는 부진한 성적을 면치 못하고 감독과 선수들의 불화마저 겹쳐 있는 상태다. 팀을 살려야겠다는 생각에 빌리가 감독을 자처하고 나서자 그와 친했던 선수들마저 꼬마를 감독으로 받아 들이는데는 동의하지 않는데.
