Year : 2001
Country: USA
Genres: Drama,History,Sport
IMDB Rating: 7.8
Director: Billy Crystal
Actor: Jennifer Crystal,Bob Gunton,Anthony Michael Hall,Barry Pepper,Christopher McDonald,Joe Grifasi,Richard Masur,Donald Moffat,Thomas Jane,Robert Joy,Bruce McGill,Michael Nouri,Chris Bauer,Seymour Cassel,Peter Jacobson

Plot Summary

Summer, 1961: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle are on pace to break the most hallowed record in U.S. sports, Babe Ruth’s single-season 60 home runs. It’s a big story, and the intense, plain-spoken Maris is the bad guy: sports writers bait him and minimize his talent, fans cheer Mantle, the league’s golden boy, and baseball’s commissioner announces that Ruth’s record stands unless it’s broken within 154 games. Any record set after 154 games of the new 162-game schedule will have an asterisk. The film follows the boys of summer, on and off the field: their friendship, the stresses on Maris, his frustration with the negative attention, and his desire to play well, win, and go home.