Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey

Sep 26, 2006

1h 10m

★ 0.0

Even though the game gave him up, he never gave up the game.

Overview

A documentary about former Major League Baseball player, Bill "The Spaceman" Lee. Lee was the ultimate gonzo player, a brilliant left handed pitcher who defied every manager or front office executive who tried to control him. The fans loved him and so did sportswriters who delighted in asking the usual baseball questions, only to get philosophical responses involving the relationship between existentialism and the curveball or the effects of karma on a pitcher's rotator cuff.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Connected Films

Podium Pictures

Rapdaddy Productions

Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey Trailers

Cast

Self

Bill Lee

Self

Fred Lynn

Self

Dan Shaughnessy

Self

Paul Francis Sullivan

Self

Luis Tiant

Self

Dick Williams

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Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey

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