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Soul of the Game

1996 television film directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan

Soul of the Game (released as Field of Honour in the United Kingdom) is a 1996 television film about Negro league baseball.

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The film stars Blair Underwood as Jackie Robinson, Delroy Lindo as Satchel Paige, Mykelti Williamson as Josh Gibson, and Harvey Williams as "Cat" Mays, the father of Willie Mays. The film depicts Paige and Gibson as the pitching and hitting stars, respectively, of the Negro leagues in the period immediately following World War II. Robinson is an up-and-coming player on Paige's team, the Kansas City Monarchs.

Plot

Branch Rickey is the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers who is determined to integrate Major League Baseball. He begins sending his scouts to Negro league games to find the best players. Rickey directs his scouts to look not only at playing ability but also at the players' maturity and capacity to withstand the hostility that is sure to be directed

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Reception

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 67% rating based on 6 reviews.[1] Audiences gave the film a 67% rating based on 114 reviews.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Soul of the Game". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
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