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Title:

Ballplayer [videorecording] = Pelotero / Guagua Productions ; Makuhari Media ; produced and directed by Ross Finkel, Trevor Martin, Jonathan Paley ; Isaac Solotaroff (Producer).

Format:

[videorecording] =

Publisher:

Strand Releasing Home Video,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

1 videodisc (77 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Major League Baseball (Organization)--Corrupt practices.
Baseball players--Recruiting--Dominican Republic.
Baseball players--Abuse of--Dominican Republic.
Baseball--Dominican Republic.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
DVD-Video discs.

Other Authors:

Finkel, Ross.
Martin, Trevor.
Paley, Jonathan.
Solotaroff, Isaac.
Leguizamo, John.
Guagua Productions.
Makhhari Media.
Strand Releasing Home Video (Firm)

Notes:

Release date: Sep. 4, 2012. Bonus features: Photo gallery; original theatrical trailer; other Strand Releasing trailers. John Leguizamo.

Summary:

A compelling documentary narrated by John Leguizamo that is a gritty and rare look inside the recruitment of top talent baseball players from the Dominican Republic. Miguel Angel Sano and Jean Carlos Batista are among 100,000 teenagers vying for a handful of coveted contracts with baseball teams. As they turn sixteen years old and become eligible to sign, each must navigate the fiercely competitive and frequently corrupt system if they are to lift their families out of poverty.

UPC:

712267320523

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)