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Synopsis: By 2008, more than 25 percent of major league baseball players were born in Latin America. At 19, Miguel "Sugar" Santos, a serious kid from the Dominican Republic, signs with Kansas City. He flies to Phoenix for tryouts and is sent to the Class A team "The Swing" in the fictional town of Bridgetown, Iowa, where he lives with a farm family. Thus begins his odyssey: leaving his mom and girlfriend; living in an alien culture; learning English; overcoming jitters; working hard; achieving early success; navigating friendships, occasional racism, and a woman's mixed signals; dealing with an injury; trying performance-enhancing drugs; and, searching for his place in the world. Will he make it to the Majors; will he play in New York?
Genre: Drama, Sport
Director(s): Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Production: Sony Classics
  2 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
R
Year:
2008
114 min
$1,037,595
Website
284 Views


Well, I'm sweet with the ladies.

But mostly I've got

the sweetest knuckle curve there is.

Bullshit! You just learned

that the other day.

They call him Sugar because

he eats so much dessert!

He's just jealous.

Dude, we got you

a little going away present.

You should go to the Dodgers.

I heard they're looking

for first basemen.

To hell with that sh*t.

The coaches are

even tougher over there.

No more curfews.

No more trainers telling me

what to do and how to do it.

I feel good like this, man.

Forget about it.

"No hats inside the building, son!"

"Cut your meat with the knife,

but eat it with the fork!"

"Never put the meat

in your mouth with the knife!"

"Or you'll chop off your tongue!"

"Ten o'clock! Lights out!"

Line drive.

-Line drive.

-Line drive.

Fly ball.

-Fly ball.

-Fly ball.

Home run.

-Home run.

-Home run.

I got it. I got it.

-I got it. I got it.

-I got it. I got it.

Take me out to the ball game

Take me out to the crowd

Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack

I don't care if I never get back

Let me root, root, root for the home team

If they don't win it's a shame

For it's one, two...

Have fun last night?

Feel better now?

Let's go.

Okay, okay.

Here we go, here we go!

Okay, Sugar, let's do this!

Strike one.

Strike two.

Three. Strike three.

Strike three.

Hey, wipe that smile off your face.

Salvador, warm up.

You're pitching the next inning.

Let's go.

Just when I was

starting to like you.

You go and do something stupid.

What have you got to say

for yourselves?

Alfonso was with us too.

Don't give me excuses.

Your behavior is unacceptable.

You need to understand.

You've still got a long way to go.

First, you've got to make it

to the minor leagues.

Rookie ball.

Single-A, Double-A...

Triple-A.

All that before you

even set foot in the majors.

So you had better watch what you do.

Because nobody's going

to take this sh*t...

from a pair of Dominican rookies...

when you get to the U.S.

You've been invited to spring training.

Congratulations.

You've got a call.

He says it's important.

This was your father's.

I want you to take it with you.

God has given you

a marvelous gift.

And God willing,

you'll do great things with it.

Miguelito! Don't ever forget

your Uncle Angel.

Lupe! Your cousin Lupe!

I'm Omayra.

Your cousin. Lupe.

Lola! Your Aunt Lola!

Remember we went skinny-dipping

at the Malecon...

When?

You were like eight

and terrified of goats.

My nephew.

Your neighbor Ana.

You cried and cried...

You were such a baby, man.

What's your name again?

I'm Omayra. Your cousin.

Your Uncle Jefe!

Uncle Angel.

I grew up around here.

Don't give me any sh*t. I taught you

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Anna Boden

Anna Boden is an American film director, cinematographer, editor, and screenwriter best known as the co-writer of the 2006 film Half Nelson. She is known for her collaborations with fellow filmmaker Ryan Fleck. more…

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