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Sugar is a 2008 sports drama film written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.It follows the story of Miguel Santos, also known as Sugar (Algenis Perez Soto), a Dominican pitcher from San Pedro de Macorís, struggling to make it to the big leagues and pull himself and his family out of poverty.
Ballplayer: Pelotero is a 2011 documentary film directed by Jonathan Paley, Ross Finkel and Trevor Martin. The film follows two teenage Dominican Republic baseball prospects, Miguel Angel Sanó (nicknamed Bocatón) and Jean Carlos Batista, and their journey to be signed by a Major League Baseball team.
A story of Dominican baseball players trying to make it to the Major Leagues. [14] Road to the Big Leagues: Jared Goodman: David Ortiz, Vladimir Guerrero, and Jesús Alou: Documentary: This film follows children from the Dominican Republic who rely on baseball as a way out of poverty. The film has been recognized at the Independent Film ...
Most true story baseball movies follow the lives of baseball players, but the plot of “The Rookie'' centers around a coach, played by Dennis Quaid. Between the small-time team getting a shot at ...
Ozzie Virgil Sr., the first player native to the Dominican Republic to play Major League Baseball, died at the age of 92. He played nine seasons in the majors.
José Armando Castillo (José Armando Cipriano Castillo, born 2 April 1950 in Villa González, Dominican Republic) also known as El Mago (the magician), is a retired baseball and fastpitch softball pitcher [1] of the Dominican Republic National Team.
An all-star cast, including Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor, feature in director Doug Liman’s take on the 80s action movie that was originally set in Missouri and shot across California.
Pedro Guerrero was born on June 29, 1956, in San Pedro de Macorís, on the east coast of the Dominican Republic. During his early teenage years, he left school to support his family by working in the island's rum industry, earning less than US$3 a week from cutting cane. Guerrero supported his divorced mother and siblings during the day.