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Publisher
Distributed by ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Lane and Clint Winston, twin brothers from a working-class background, pursue professional baseball careers while trying to save their homeless, alcoholic father Charlie. A coming-of-age drama, an account of overcoming enormous odds, and a tale about family and the bonds that matter.
3) The phenom
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When a baseball pitcher's game turns erratic, he is sent to a sports psychologist to get to the root of his problem.
4) Curveball
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A star high school pitcher must overcome challenges in his life without the help of his mother or counselor.
6) Moneyball
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Tells how the Oakland Athletics general manager, Billy Beane, tried to use statistics to find better players without resorting to the larger budgets big-market teams were able to employ.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In 1946, Branch Rickey ... owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson ... to the team. The deal put both men in the crosshairs of the public, the press and even other players. Facing unabashed racism from every side, Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous courage and let his talent on the field win over fans and his teammates"--Container.
10) Sugar
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A nineteen-year-old pitcher from the Dominican Republic struggles to work his way from a minor league team in Iowa to the major leagues of American baseball.
Publisher
Pure Flix Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
After suffering a career-ending knee injury, pro-baseball superstar Jimmy Easton (Dave Stone) returns to a place he has not been in a very long time -- home. Here, Jimmy confronts dark memories from a tragic past as he tries to make peace with a life he once left behind. Things take an unexpected turn when he is forced back into the world of baseball as the coach of an underachieving college team. Coach Jimmy's rocky relationship with Brandon Elliot...
13) Where hope grows
Publisher
Roadside Attractions LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Former pro baseball player Calvin Campbell's faith in God is restored when he meets Produce, an inspirational man with Down syndrome. As their friendship develops, Calvin is reminded that hope grows in the most unlikely places.
Publisher
Catholic Exchange
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Major League baseball champions Mike Piazza, David Eckstein, Jeff Suppan, Mike Sweeney, Jack McKeon, Rich Donnelly and other leading players, managers, and coaches discuss how their faith guides and sustains their careers in baseball.
15) Mr. 3000
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A fourty-seven year old ex-baseball star called Mr. 3000 realizes his stats weren't quite as high as he had thought and tries to make a come back to remedy the fact.
16) The sandlot
Language
English
Description
The sandlot: In the early 1960s newcomer Scotty Smalls becomes part of a sandlot baseball team whose members share adventures, first kisses, and encounters with the dreaded beast and its owner who live behind the left field fence.
The sandlot 2: Ten years after the original story a new team tries to retrieve an irreplaceable model rocket that lands in Mr. Mertle's backyard behind left field.
The sandlot: heading home: An arrogant pro baseball player...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
MLB superstar Tommy Santorelli racks up great numbers at the plate, but his attitude drags the team down. When he gets knocked unconscious by a pitch, he wakes up as a 12-year-old boy on his childhood playing field and rediscovers his love for the game.
19) Babe Ruth
Series
Publisher
A & E Home
Pub. Date
[2005, 1994]
Language
English
Description
"From his early childhood in Baltimore to the infamous 1919 sale by the Boston Red Sox to his glory years with the New York Yankees, Biography takes an in-depth look at the immortal slugger who swatted his way into the hearts of baseball fans forever"--Container.
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Jessica's life is comprised of her diner, her friends, her son, and his baseball practice. When her high school sweetheart Chase, famed baseball player whose bad play pauses his career, returns to town to be the new Little League coach, Jessica finds she still has feelings for him.
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