Talvez por culpa de uma maldição que atinge os homens de sua família, o jovem Stanley Yelnats IV (Shia Labeouf) é condenado injustamente de ter roubado os tênis de Clyde Livingston (Rick Fox), um famoso atleta que os doara para um orfanato, para serem leiloados. Stanley precisa escolher entre ir para a prisão ou ir para o Acampamento do Lago Verde. Ele escolhe a 2ª opção, mas ao chegar lá vê que não há nenhum lago, pois o "acampamento" fica no deserto. Lá Stanley é forçado a cavar um enorme buraco todos os dias, assim como os outros jovens internos. A razão "oficial" deste esforço é que ajuda a moldar o caráter, mas a verdade é que a diretora Warden , juntamente com seus assistentes Mr. Sir (Jon Voight) e Dr. Pendanski , querem achar o tesouro ent pela pistoleira "Beijoqueira" Kate Barlow , que beijava os corpos de quem tinha matado.
As irmãs Dottie e Mae entram para o time da liga feminina de beisebol, fundada durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial para manter a moral da torcida, já que os homens estavam servindo no combate.
Uma visão provocante nas paixões pessoais e profissionais de Billy Chapel, um lendário lançador de baseball em fim de carreira, que se vê obrigado a reexaminar suas prioridades quando confrontado com circunstâncias inesperadas: uma troca de time após 20 anos defendendo o Detroit Tigers e a ameaça de Jane Aubrey, com quem vive há vários anos, de deixá-lo.
Como tacada de despedida, a recém demitida repórter Ann Mitchell faz matéria com uma carta falsa do desempregado "John Doe" ou Zé Ninguém, que ameaça o suicídio em protesto pelos males sociais. O jornal é forçado a recontratar Ann e a contratar John Willoughby para se fazer passar pelo Zé Ninguém "Doe". Ann e seus chefes cinicamente usam e abusam dessa história, extraem tudo que é possível, até que a filosofia do inventado "Zé Ninguém" faz surgir um movimento político inteiro.
Lee Hwan é um ex-jogador de beisebol. Ele estava envolvido em manipular jogos e perdeu tudo. Ha-Sang é um chefe sangue frio de uma organização ilegal e com a sua ajuda Hwan fica bem sucedido no crime.
Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ball-player ever,' in his words.
The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher who is far from the star player on the team and friend to all of his teammates. During the off-season, Bruce learns that he is terminally ill, and Henry, his only true friend, is determined to be the one person there for him during his last season with the club. Throughout the course of the season, Henry and his teammates attempt to deal with Bruce's impending illness, all the while attempting to make his last year a memorable one.
Quando seu namorado do colegial, um famoso jogador de beisebol, retorna à cidade, uma mãe solteira encontra a inspiração para reinventar seu restaurante... e revisita o passado para encontrar algo ainda melhor para o futuro.
In the world of Major League Baseball no one has created a mythology like Nolan Ryan. Told from the point of view of the hitters who faced him and the teammates who revered him, Facing Nolan is the definitive documentary of a Texas legend.
As its title implies, this video attempts to go beyond the public persona of one of major league baseball's greatest stars. Accepting Ruth as a larger-than-life figure, this 59-minute video doesn't attempt to rationalize, apologize, or analyze his behavior. Rather, it endeavors to present an unbiased account of the life of George Herman Ruth, contradictions and all.
Durante as décadas de 80 e 90, Bo Jackson fez home runs e atropelou linebackers, tornou-se um ícone cultural e um dos atletas mais famosos de todos os tempos. O diretor Michael Bonfiglio examina as verdades e os mitos que envolvem Jackson, e como suas façanhas aparentemente impossíveis capturaram nossa imaginação coletiva por um breve momento.
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to play in a big team and hopes to get more money for his inventions. But Joe's invited to present his invention to a fire extinguisher company at the same time when he is supposed to play. Will he be able to show the effectiveness of his invention and win the game?
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.
Casey is upset about having struck out his last chance at bat but his wife suggests they have a son to follow in their dad's footsteps. Eventually, a child is born but, to Casey's dismay, it's a girl, not a boy. His wife suggests they try again several more times but each time, it's still another girl. Casey is depressed but his pals tell him that in spite of everything, they still make a powerful baseball team. Casey likes the idea and accepts. However, the day of the big game, he is nervous that one of them will strike out and attempts to make the last home run himself disguised as one of his own daughters.
In this short film, Babe Ruth proposes to put a song about baseball on the radio.
This inspiring true story of four minor league baseball players charts the course of one season with the Indianapolis Indians, the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers.
Baseball player Terry McCall is a very good baseball player, who doesn't mind bragging about his skills on the baseball diamond and also his off-the-field skills at wooing and winning women. An accident causes his luck to turn bad and results in him turning blind, but he later regains his sight after being instrumental in saving the life of Mickey Malone, the team's young mascot. He then promises Mary Malone, Mickey's sister, for whose affection he has been competing with a teammate, that he is through showing off and bragging. But, in the end, he is still blowing smoke.
A biopic about Japanese baseball player, Tetsuharu Kawakami.
An experimental documentary exploring a sinister theory surrounding the death of Cleveland baseball player Ray Chapman in 1920 and the subsequent rise of the Yankee dynasty.
