Историята на бейзболен отбор от Северна Каролина и неговата грижлива, интелигентна фенка, която смята за своя мисия да живее с по един млад играч всеки сезон и да му помага да съзрее.
Охранителят Дъг Глат (Шон Уилям Скот), чийто обикновен живот бива променен след като по време на приятелски двубой по хокей на лед, той разкрива своя неподозиран талант. Въпреки че бива затрупан от съблазнителни оферти, той решава да се присъедини към един невзрачен отбор с тежки финансови проблеми. А целта е една – да се стигне до върха. “Goon” е свободна адаптация на книгата "Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey", дело на авторите Дъглас Смит и Адам Фратасио.
Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel "Sugar" Santos dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar's dream sour.
Mike Veeck, son of MLB franchise owner Bill Veeck, blows up his father's career. Exiled from the game he loves, the younger Veeck spends the next few decades clawing his way up from rock bottom, determined to redeem himself.
In the fall of 1993, in his prime and at the summit of the sports world, Michael Jordan walked away from pro basketball. After leading the Dream Team to an Olympic gold medal in 1992 and taking the Bulls to their third consecutive NBA championship the following year, Jordan was jolted by the murder of his father. Was it the brutal loss of such an anchor in his life that caused the world’s most famous athlete to rekindle a childhood ambition by playing baseball? Or some feeling that he had nothing left to prove or conquer in basketball? Or something deeper and perhaps not yet understood?
Поредната бейзболна история от 90-те, като този път на преден план не е бейзболният шампионат и големите звезди в него, а отбор от неудачници, пътуващ в обикновен автобус, в който всеки споделя своите големи мечти. Действието се развива в средата на 50-те. Уилям Рос вече гони 40-те, но продължава да се състезава, защото не може да се раздели с любимата си игра. Филмът е приет много добре от американската публика, като печели наградата на зрителите от фестивала "Сънданс" и е с 4 номинации за "Независим дух", три от които за невероятната актьорска игра.
Two top baseball prospects in the Dominican Republic face fierce competition and corruption as they chase their big league dreams.
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.
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.
This documents Spokane's love affair with baseball over the past 100 years, tracing the team's historic legacy back to its origins in 1890 and continuing through the decades to the Indians' present day management by Brett Sports.