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42 [a] is a 2013 American biographical sports drama film produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.Written and directed by Brian Helgeland, 42 is based on baseball player Jackie Robinson, the first black athlete to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the modern era.
Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr. (April 17, 1820 – July 12, 1892) was a founding member of the New York Knickerbockers Base Ball Club in the 1840s. Although he was an inductee of the Baseball Hall of Fame and he was sometimes referred to as a "father of baseball", the importance of his role in the development of the game has been disputed.
The Ball Game: 1898 Documentary Short film depicting an 1898 baseball game between Reading Phillies and Newark Bears. Baseball and Bloomers: 1911 Short An all-girl baseball team uses two Harvard boys in disguise. Right Off the Bat: 1915 Drama A bio-pic of sorts starring professional baseball player Mike Donlin: Casey at the Bat: 1916 Drama
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William Arthur "Candy" Cummings (October 18, 1848 – May 17, 1924) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a pitcher in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, and National League.
The Oakland Athletics (A's) of Major League Baseball have difficulty fielding competitive teams due to low revenue and owners who are reluctant to spend money. General manager Billy Beane drafts and develops cheap, young, and talented players, [a] but the A's lose the 2001 American League Division Series (ALDS) to the New York Yankees, baseball's richest and most successful team.
In the late 1880s, Stevens traveled to Columbus, Ohio, and attended a baseball game. [2] He found the scorecard he was sold to be deficient, and quickly made his mark by designing and selling a version with a illustration on the cover, player names and positions listed inside, and an advertisement on the back, a design still in use. [ 2 ]
Tale on the Twelve Points (Hungarian: Mese a 12 találatról) is a 1957 Hungarian sports comedy film directed by Károly Makk and starring Klári Tolnay, Ferenc Zenthe and István Somló. [1] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mátyás Varga. It was one of the most popular films of ...