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Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Wht the Arizona Diamondbacks have accomplished in their first 10 years is truly remarkable. They have delived ultimate joy to fans by capturing a World Series title faster than any expansion team. And they have since laid the groundwork to acquire and produce players that will give those same fans hope that a second championship might be just around the corner. 'Arizona Diamondbacks: The First 10 Seasons' celebrates a decade of excellence as Hall...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year old Henry Rowengartner is passionate about baseball but he's a terrible player. His chances of joining the team appear doomed when he breaks his arm, but when the cast is removed his arm is better than ever. So good, in fact, that it's better than any arm in major league baseball. Soon Henry, and his fast ball, are hired by the Chicago Cubs, a team that desperately needs a new arm.
3) The sandlot
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Scotty Smalls has just moved into town with his parents. The local kids call him a Dork because he can't even throw a baseball. That changes when the leader of the neighborhood gang recruits him to play on the nearby sandlot field. It's the beginning of a magical summer of baseball, wild adventures, first kisses, and fearsome confrontations with the dreaded Beast and its owner who live behind the left field fence. Soon nine boys have...
Series
Language
English
Description
Morris Buttermaker is an alcoholic pest removal worker and for a very short period of time a former professional baseball player, is recruited to coach and train a failing baseball team. All of these twelve-year-olds have been thrown out of the league. After losing every game they have played in so far, the kids force the coach to straighten up and teach them how to win before the season is over.
5) Moneyball
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
"A smart, intense and moving film that isn't so much about sports as about the war between intuition and statistics."--Roger Ebert.
"Moneyball is the perfect sports movie"--Chicago Tribune.
"Moneyball is a thinking person's baseball movie, and a baseball fan's thinking...
6) The Rookie
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
When a shoulder injury ended his minor league pitching career twelve years ago, Jim Morris resorted to the next best thing: coaching. But Jim's team, knowing their coach is a great ball player, makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, they want Jim to try out for a major-league organization. Going from worst to first, the team makes it to state, and Jim is forced to live up to his end of the deal. While there prove to be a lot...
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Language
English
Description
In 1943, a washed-up ballplayer is hired to coach in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League while the male pros are at war. Reluctant at first, he finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his team. Based on a true story.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
This collector's edition features all seven games of the 2001 World Series, which pitted the mighty New York Yankees, winners of 26 World Series Championships, against the upstart Arizona Diamondbacks, winners of 2 postseason series.
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.
13) Fastball
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Interviews of former players, from legendary Hall-of-Famers to up-and-coming All Stars.
14) Offensive drills
Series
Publisher
A Game Sports
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Covers key drills on batting and base running to help improve the baseball offensive game.
Series
Publisher
Inspired Corp
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Learn the basics: choosing, breaking in and caring for your glove; proper body position for fielding grounders and pop ups; good footwork; throwing to the bases; playing the poisitions; practice drills. Plus, get tips from major league pros.
16) Baseball
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
The definitive documentary of America's pastime, baseball. Through a skillful blend of still photographs, film footage, interviews and voice overs, the the history of "The Game" is brought to life. Covering the period from the 1840's to 1994 (just before the strike), the high and low moments, heroes and villains are explored and examined, providing an in-depth, informative, and enthralling look at this truly American passion.
Publisher
Youth Sports Club
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
An instructional baseball video that provides creative fielding drills and important defensive tactics for making a successful youth baseball season. Covers ground balls, backing up, fly balls, communication & teamwork, a breakdown of each position, creative drills, correcting common fielding mistakes and bonus tips.
18) Field of dreams
Language
English
Description
Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Annie, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.
