Duane McLaughlin, Ernie Banks, Megan Bower

Baseball aficionado Jason Ross (Michael Schiffman) feels dejected when he gets bumped from his Little League squad. Determined to succeed, Jason joins an expansion club. Problem is, the team lacks a c...( read more  read more... )oach, so Jason recruits school custodian -- and baseball maven -- Mack Henry (Ossie Davis) as skipper. Then a trip to a baseball-card shop evokes a question: Is Mack really Negro League superstar pitcher Buck McHenry, who vanished in 1950?

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Directed by: Charles Burnett

Release Date: April 16, 2000

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DVD Release Date: August 21, 2001

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  • December 21, 2008
    Very moving and Great moral thoughts.

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