Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey

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

Jul 12 2006 Not Rated 0h 7m
Documentary

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.

Plot

Throughout the 1970's, Bill Lee was the ultimate gonzo baseball player, a brilliant left-handed pitcher who flouted every manager or front office executive who tried to control him. The fans loved him and so did the sportswriters who delighted in asking the usual baseball questions, only to get philosophical responses involving the relationship between Camus and the curveball or the effects of karma on a pitcher's rotator cuff. Blacklisted from professional baseball in 1983, Lee was left to roam the world in search of a chance to play the game he loves. The film follows Lee, approaching sixty years young, on a road trip from his farm in Vermont to the impoverished baseball mecca of Cuba and his triumphant return to Fenway Park.

Written by

Brett Rapkin

Directed by

Brett Rapkin

Cast

Bill Lee, Fred Lynn, Dan Shaughnessy

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Connected Films, Podium Pictures, Rapdaddy Productions

Awards

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Trailers
Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey - Official Trailer
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