(Fielding Dreams: A Celebration of Baseball Scouts)
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Original Title : Fielding Dreams: A Celebration of Baseball Scouts
Time : 88 Min
Genre : Documentary
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2024
Director : H. James Gilmore
Writer : No data available
Producer : Tracy Halcomb
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English
About : Fielding Dreams: A Celebration of Baseball Scouts documents up close the men and women searching for the ballplayers of tomorrow. Director H. James Gilmore goes beyond the "Moneyball mindset" and features dozens of interviews with some of ...See moreFielding Dreams: A Celebration of Baseball Scouts documents up close the men and women searching for the ballplayers of tomorrow. Director H. James Gilmore goes beyond the "Moneyball mindset" and features dozens of interviews with some of the scouting legends of the game, including five who helped build the 2023 World Series Champion Texas Rangers. Traveling from Michigan to Florida, Illinois to Texas, and Georgia to Puerto Rico, Gilmore and producer Tracy Halcomb interview scouts over a four-year period against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic. What follows is an intimate profile of a uniquely American profession - a profession now under threat from bio-metrics, analytics and the big business that rules the game. Narrated by former MLB pitcher Jerry Blevins. See less Read more: Plot summary