Yes, this is based on a true story but no it does not quite connect with reality. It does connect with a political view and it does have a standard Hollywood G rated love story.
This movie begins with a strong relationship for US viewers - Jon Hamm making a sales pitch worthy of Don Draper on Mad Men. Then it concedes to a clean version of a real story.
It admits at long last one glaring fact, even though Baseball is a sport that named it's championship a "World Series" it is far from really known in the entire world. The second most populated country in the world knows little to nothing about it.
This story has been done in Baseball before. The sport reaches out where it has never been before and finds out there is more talent out there than has ever been imagined. The actual World Series champion is only representative of the talent that has been reached and networked into the American System.
Pretty much in a way US Football is the same way but the NFL is not as assuming as Baseball and the World Cup to call their sport a World Champion. No sport ever has a World Champion unless they become truly democratic and reach out to all the best talent in the world and puts the best of it on the field.
Even the Olympics do not reach that noble goal. Despite the World getting smaller, that can not happen. Politics and agendas and lack of exploration always prevents that.
This movie is a good depiction of greed trying to reach out and find more talent and expand a sport and it does illustrate that. It is a great reminder that the human spirit can go only where it imagines it can be. That is truly s Disney type of story. Baseball takes a back seat to that here.
This movie begins with a strong relationship for US viewers - Jon Hamm making a sales pitch worthy of Don Draper on Mad Men. Then it concedes to a clean version of a real story.
It admits at long last one glaring fact, even though Baseball is a sport that named it's championship a "World Series" it is far from really known in the entire world. The second most populated country in the world knows little to nothing about it.
This story has been done in Baseball before. The sport reaches out where it has never been before and finds out there is more talent out there than has ever been imagined. The actual World Series champion is only representative of the talent that has been reached and networked into the American System.
Pretty much in a way US Football is the same way but the NFL is not as assuming as Baseball and the World Cup to call their sport a World Champion. No sport ever has a World Champion unless they become truly democratic and reach out to all the best talent in the world and puts the best of it on the field.
Even the Olympics do not reach that noble goal. Despite the World getting smaller, that can not happen. Politics and agendas and lack of exploration always prevents that.
This movie is a good depiction of greed trying to reach out and find more talent and expand a sport and it does illustrate that. It is a great reminder that the human spirit can go only where it imagines it can be. That is truly s Disney type of story. Baseball takes a back seat to that here.