Gift of the Game
Genres
Overview
Acclaimed Florida novelist Randy Wayne White travels to Cuba with former pitchers Bill "Spaceman" Lee (Boston Red Sox) and Jon Warden (Detroit Tigers), and a band of baseball enthusiasts to find and revive the children's baseball league founded by American writer Ernest Hemingway in the days before Fidel Castro came to power.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
57 min
Release Date
2002-08-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
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Vote Average
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Randy Wayne White
Self
Bill Lee
Self
Jon Warden
Self
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