Champions of Faith: Baseball Edition is a documentary film that showcases the intersection of sports and faith in Major League Baseball by profiling many of the most accomplished and devout figures in the game. Major League baseball's Mike Piazza, David Eckstein, Jeff Suppan, Mike Sweeney, Jack McKeon and Rich Donnelly lead the cast in this sports special that tells the story of how their faith plays a role not only on the field but at home.
The actual members of the Hong Kong National Baseball Team appear in the film as themselves, in a story set in 2004. Their isolated existence leads them to take unconventional choices in both love and friendship, and to summon great courage in the face of their lonely and disconnected existence.
Une bande de jeunes garçons insouciants se retrouve quotidiennement sur un terrain vague pour s'entraîner au base-ball et surtout pour s'amuser, jusqu'au jour où la fusée de l'un d'entre eux atterrit dans le jardin de Mr. Mertle, le propriétaire d'un énorme chien plus connu sous le nom de "Peur bleue" ! Seule une alliance avec la bande des filles pourrait leur permettre de contourner la vigilance du chien monstrueux pour récupérer la fusée…
Boston bagel maker Larry Baras, who had no sports management experience, wanted to create a professional baseball league in Israel. He recruited former Jewish major leaguers Art Shamsky, Ken Holtzman, and Ron Blomberg as team managers in the Israel Baseball League.
Baseball of the 19th century was America's most popular spectator sport. Professional teams like the 1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms drew nearly a half a million fans per season. Thousands of fans attended some of the earliest known games, but without the benefit of the signals on the diamond to tell them what was happening on the field. There were no signals for strike, safe, out or foul and no announcer to interpret the game. Prior to the invention of baseball signs, the only signal was the umpire's voice, often drowned out by the roar of thousands of excited fans. Signs of the Time explores the origins of this innovation and the baseball pioneers that changed the course of the game and history.
La super star arrogante de baseball Tommy "Santa" Santorelli remonte le temps jusqu'en 1976; à l'époque où il jouait aux côtés de son équipe des "Sandlot". Mais cette fois-ci, il va choisir les valeurs de l'amitié sur la gloire, pour finalement hériter des deux...
The film was written by Pulitzer Prize winner Ira Berkow, and narrated by actor Dustin Hoffman. It was directed by Peter Miller, a documentary filmmaker known for his previous films A Class Apart, Sacco and Vanzetti, and The Internationale.
Enfant, le prodige du baseball Jubei Vakyu causa la mort de son père. Devenu l’un des délinquants juvéniles les plus redoutés du Japon, Jubei est jeté en prison et rejoint l’équipe de baseball locale pour vaincre les Black Dahlia, une équipe féminine s’étant juré de décimer chaque équipe adverse dans des torrents d’hémoglobine. Dans l’ombre, l’administration pénitentiaire concocte un plan machiavélique.
Bill Johnson (William Bendix) est un ancien joueur de baseball dont sa passion du jeu lui a coûté plusieurs emplois. Il reste fidèle à une chose : il déteste les arbitres. Mais après une période de chômage, son beau père Evans (Ray Collins), arbitre à la retraite, le force à s'inscrire dans une école d'arbitre.
Baseball "Super Fan" Dorf goes to the East-West all star game. While enjoying the game, Dorf daydreams about being on the diamond himself and inspiring a baseball team to greatness as their coach (ala General Patton). Alas, even in his daydreams he's not entirely successful. Between daydreams, Dorf has his hands full coping with a bratty kid, a smart aleck peanut vendor, and his uncooperative car.