Fastball
The game is played in the blink of an eye.
Genres
Overview
Since 1912, baseball has been a game obsessed with statistics and speed. Thrown at upwards of 100 miles per hour, a fastball moves too quickly for human cognition and accelerates into the realm of intuition. Fastball is a look at how the game at its highest levels of achievement transcends logic and even skill, becoming the primal struggle for man to control the uncontrollable.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
87 min
Release Date
2016-03-25
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
50
Vote Average
7.15
Kevin Costner
Narrator
Hank Aaron
Self (archive footage)
Nolan Ryan
Self (archive footage)
Derek Jeter
Self
Denard Span
Self
Craig Kimbrel
Self (archive footage)
Justin Verlander
Self (archive footage)
Bryce Harper
Self (archive footage)
Chris Cooper
Clifford Blankenship (voice)
George Brett
Self (archive footage)
Joe Morgan
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Bench
Self (archive footage)
Tony Gwynn
Self (archive footage)
Ernie Banks
Self (archive footage)
Rich Gossage
Self (archive footage)
Mike Schmidt
Self (archive footage)
Arnoldis Chapman
Self (archive footage)
Al Kaline
Self (archive footage)
David Price
Self (archive footage)
Bob Gibson
Self (archive footage)
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