Champions of Faith: Baseball Edition serves to humanize some of the most celebrated and accomplished ballplayers of our time and restore the “sports hero” to its proper place in the American culture: personal stories captured in interviews and game highlights provided by Major League Baseball Productions. Some of the biggest names in our national pastime discuss faith, family, teamwork, sacrifice, leadership, humility and the many virtues and spiritual lessons they have learned from the game. The players, coaches, and managers interviewed for this project and featured in this film include Mike Piazza, David Eckstein, Mike Sweeney, Jeff Suppan, Jack McKeon, Tom Glavine, Craig Biggio, Sean Casey, Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez, Jim Leyland, Mike Scioscia, Lance Berkman, Tim Salmon, Juan Pierre, Mark Prior, Carlos Beltran, Ozzie Guillen, A.J. Pierzynski, Chris Speier, Rich Donnelly, Sandy Alomar, Sr., Sandy Alomar Jr., Mark Teahen, and former players Darrell Miller and Sal Bando. A glimpse into what makes a baseball player - and a human being - great. Chicago television and radio sportscaster John Morales narrates this film. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.1/10 | |
Released: | March 25, 2007 | |
Runtime: | 60 min | |
Genres: | Documentary Family Sport | |
Companies: | Invincible Pictures | |
Cast: | Sean Casey Mike Piazza David Eckstein Jeff Suppan | |
Crew: | Tom Allen | |
deimos737 : Yes... well, some of it. I read the first 3 or 4 books, but it's been years since then.