2024 LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL FILM & SCREENWRITING FESTIVAL

Fielding Dreams: A Celebration of Baseball Scouts

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This film 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.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    1 hour 27 minutes 45 seconds
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Genre
    Documentary
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  • Director
    H. James Gilmore
  • Producer
    Tracy Halcomb
  • Cast
    Jerry Blevins
  • Cinematographer
    H. James Gilmore
  • Editor
    H. James Gilmore
  • Sound Design
    Tracy Halcomb
  • Music
    Rick Morrone, Garret Schmittling