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Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
After Cesar's major league career is cut short, he returns to his native Monterey, Mexico. Once back home, a group of impoverished baseball-loving kids recruit him to coach their ragtag team. Together, they beat the odds and overcome hardships and bigotry to compete in the 1957 Little League World Series.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Grover Cleveland Alexander is the Hall of Fame pitcher whose baseball victories paralleled triumphs in his personal life. Suffering from double vision and fainting spells, Alexander sees his career bottom out. But, helped by his wife, he makes a successful return that reaches its peak in the 1926 Yankees/Cardinals World Series.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
History was made in 1947, when Jackie Robinson broke the professional baseball race barrier to become the first African American MLB player of the modern era. 42 tells the life story of Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.
7) Ed
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Ed the chimpanzee is left by Mickey Mantle to a minor league baseball team.
Language
English
Description
"Lured to a strange toy town by an eerie character named "Karl," children become strange versions of their former selves, and their dreams become nightmares. Three children, Jessica, Matthew and Todd, realize that they must ultimately destroy the town before others become victims of its charms. But can they?" --container.
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Young Calvin Fuller is pulled into King Arthur's court by Merlin. His mission: to save Camelot. To do this he must overcome the villain known as Lord Belascoe, train to become a knight, and rescue the Princess Katherine whom he has fallen in love with. Ultimately, He must help Arthur regain his confidence before he can go home.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
It's not easy managing a baseball team especially when your team has lost 900 games in a row. But when manager Charlie Brown has the opportunity to trade his worst player, Lucy, he thinks his luck may have finally changed. Will Lucy's replacement, Marcie, lead the team to victory? Or is Charlie Brown doomed to suffer through another losing season?
13) Bull Durham
Series
Criterion collection volume 936
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Baseball season gets off to a rocky start when the Durham Bulls' new catcher punches out the cocky young pitcher he's just been hired to train. The sexy Annie informs both men that each season she chooses one player to share her bed.
14) The natural
Publisher
Columbia Tri-Star Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
Nothing was going to stop Roy Hobbs from fulfilling his boyhood dream of baseball stardom. As a 14-year old he fashions a baseball bat from an oak tree. He soon impresses major league scouts with his ability. His talent also catches the eye of a sportswriter who eventually becomes instrumental in Hobbs' career. The appearance of a mysterious woman, however, shatters his dream. Years later Hobbs reappears as a rookie for the New York Knights and has...
15) The first of May
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Fighting loneliness, an orphan and an elderly woman join a traveling circus.
18) Meet John Doe
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"Gary Cooper portrays a former baseball player whose misfortunes have changed his life. Barbara Stanwyck, a news reporter, interviews "John Doe" (Cooper). Her report falls into the hands of a crooked politician who exploits "John Doe" by making him a good will ambassador in a phony political drive, leaving Cooper on the brink of suicide. This film represents director Frank Capra at his best."--container.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
An uplifting film about a legendary baseball player's struggle to choose between the love of his life and his love of the game. In the film, baseball fanatic Joe Soshack finds a Honus Wagner card that magically takes him back to the 1909 World Series.
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Buddy shows he's a natural baseball player with major league talent. In the midst of the season, however, a terrible discovery is made: Buddy's now-grown pups have mysteriously begun to disappear from their new homes! Now it's up to Buddy to stop the dog-nappings and find his pups before it's too late.
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