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81) El soñador
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Héctor es un joven campesino cubano que sueña con ser un campeón. En su camino encuentra dificultades que parecen imposible de vencer, envidia, odio, y el más intenso amor que hacen de su vida un verdadero reto dentro y fuera del diamante de baseball.
Hector is a young Cuban farmer with an unbreakable determination to become a champion. On his way, Hector discovers the bitterness of hate and envy, as well as the power and passion of love--turning...
82) You're out!
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A former minor league pitcher projects his major league aspirations on his 17-year-old son, taking him on a desperate cross-country road trip to get him recruited by a college baseball team.
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A day at the ballpark is transformed into a topsy-turvy nocturnal adventure that includes flying vendors selling mothdogs and Cricket Jack, a stirring bat version of Take Me Out to the Ballgame, and a home team winning play in the last inning. A great American pastime is celebrated from a completely different and breathtaking perspective. Features a conversation with the author, plus discussion guides for schools and libraries.
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Angels in the outfield (1994, 103 min., widescreen): The California Angels are a struggling baseball team praying to win a pennant. Their luck changes as their biggest fan, 11-year-old Roger, begins giving the coach tips from a real live angel. The team not only climbs back into the pennant race, but learns to believe in themselves.
Angels in the endzone (1997, 90 min., full screen): Al, the angel from Angels in the outfield, is back. He touches...
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Minor league pitcher Gus Cantrell is about to be put out to pasture when he is given the opportunity to do the next best thing: manage the South Carolina Buzz. The ailing baseball team is full of terrible players, but owner Roger Dorn is banking on Cantrell to make a top-notch franchise out of them. While trying to work miracles on the wacky lineup, Cantrell butts heads with the uppity manager of the Minnesota Twins, resolving their conflict on the...
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Major League baseball scout, Virgil, lives for the coming of spring. But this spring his career is threatened when the team's new owner decides to eliminate the scouting program ... including Virgil. His only hope lies in finding a gifted prospect to save the struggling team and his job.
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Most guys can't wait for baseball to start. But not Mihashi. For this kid, the crack of the bat is the sound of failure. Every summer he gets caught in a pickle between wanting to stay on the mound and watching his pitches get blasted out of the park. But each spring brings a fresh start, and this year, Mihashi's at a new school with teammates that don't know how bad he used to be. Most importantly, he's got Abe - a real superstar behind the...
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A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
The miracle: The inspiring true story behind one of the greatest moments in American sports history - the 1980 United States ice hockey team's Olympic victory against the Soviet Union.
Remember the Titans: A drama of forced high school integration in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. After leading his team to fifteen winning seasons, white football coach Bill Yoast...
93) Baseketball
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Unemployed losers Joe Cooper and Doug Remer are pitted against two basketball jocks in a game of two-on-two at an upscale party. In self-defense, they create a new game that mixes up baseball and basketball and make up the rules as they play. When the game becomes a driveway sensation, sports entrepreneur Ted Denslow approaches the boys to buy the game and Cooper and Remer become involved in the high stakes world of sports business.
94) Bad News Bears
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A grizzled former minor league baseball player is recruited to coach a woefully inept Little League team to a championship against their hated rivals, the Yankees.
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Little big league: An inspiring family comedy adventure about a boy's determination to put the fun back into baseball after inheriting the Minnesota Twins.
Little Giants: A tale of brotherly love on trial and fatherly love in action, as the brother of an ex-football star coaches a team of misfits that includes his daughter.
Hometown legend: Athens is a small town on its last legs. The town's high school is about to be closed down and their once...
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Angles in the outfield: The California Angels are a struggling baseball team praying to win a pennant. Their luck changes as their biggest fan, 11-year-old Roger, begins giving the coach tips from a real live angel. The team not only climbs back into the pennant race, but learns to believe in themselves.
Field of dreams: A Iowa farmer hears a voice that instructs him to plow down his crops and construct a baseball field. After doing so, the field...
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Two biographical sports films. The Joe Louis story is the story of a boy who traded his violin for a pair of boxing gloves and went on to become the world's heavyweight champion. Includes original fight footage. The Lou Gehrig story is the story of the great baseball player chiefly remembered for his prowess as a hitter, his consecutive games-played record and its subsequent longevity, and the pathos of his farewell from baseball at age 36, when he...
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The contractor : Retired marksman James Dial is haunted by his failure to assassinate one of the world's most notorious terrorists. He is approached by his old employers to finish the job in London, where the terrorist leader has been captured and is under heavy protection. The routine mission for the sniper turns into a nightmare as Dial is forced into hiding and relentlessly pursued by the British police and their lead investigator, Windsor. But...
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"Spring training is over and it's time for the real fun to start. Mihashi's confidence got a huge boost from beating his old school, and now he's more determined than ever to become his team's ace. With Abe calling the pitches, the once shell-shocked hurler feels like he can strike out the world. But things won't be easy for the Nishiura nine in the big summer tournament. They play the defending champs in the first round, and Mihashi comes down with...
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Eight men out: Based on the real-life Chicago White Sox scandal of 1919, the film tells the story of eight baseball players who plan to throw games for money, and the scorn and anger the scheme earned them.
Hoosiers: Based on the real-life story of a small-town basketball team in 1951 Indiana and its inspiring coach who led them to victory over much larger adversaries.
Raging bull: A biographical film widely hailed as the greatest film of the 1980s,...
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