Gift of the Game

Nan
0h 57m
2002

Overview

Acclaimed Florida novelist Randy Wayne White travels to Cuba with former pitchers Bill "Spaceman" Lee (Boston Red Sox) and Jon Warden (Detroit Tigers), and a band of baseball enthusiasts to find and revive the children's baseball league founded by American writer Ernest Hemingway in the days before Fidel Castro came to power.

Country : United States of America
Languages : Not Available
Released Date: 2002-08-01

Top Billed Cast

Randy Wayne White

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Bill Lee

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Jon Warden

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