Nyckelord Baseball Pitcher

En fyrtioårig basebollpitcher får reda på att hans flickvän tänker lämna honom och de nya ägarna av laget tänker göra sig av med honom - ikväll han har inget att förlora och allt att vinna.

När San Francisco Giants betalar centerfieldern Bobby Rayburn (spelad av Wesley Snipes) 40 miljoner dollar för att leda laget till seger i World Series blir ingen gladare än hans största supporter, Gil Renard (spelad av Robert De Niro). Så när Rayburn plötsligt börjar spela sitt sämsta spel under hela sin karriär, skyr den besatte Renard inga medel för att hjälpa sin idol att komma tillbaka i gammal god form. Allt är tillåtet för att hjälpa honom, till och med mord?

Dokumentär om basebollspelarna Liván och Orlando 'El Duque' Hernández, halvbröder från Kuba som under dramatiska former flytt till USA för en dröm om spel i högsta serien Major League Baseball.

Years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach phys ed at his old middle school.

Ren Mihashi was the ace of his middle school's baseball team, but due to his poor pitching, they could never win. Constant losses eventually lead to his teammates bullying him and reached the point where his teammates no longer tried to win, causing Mihashi to graduate with little self-esteem. As a result, Mihashi decides to go to a high school in a different prefecture where he has no intention of playing baseball. Unfortunately, upon his arrival at Nishiura High, he is dragged into joining their new team as the starting pitcher. Although unwilling at first, Mihashi realizes that this is a place where he will be accepted for who he is; with help from the catcher Takaya Abe, he starts to have more confidence in his own abilities. Abe, seeing the potential in Mihashi, makes it a goal to help him become a pitcher worthy of being called an ace.