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Sports Academy goes Hollywood in new baseball film
(HINSDALE, Mass.) -The Dan Duquette
Sports Academy will be featured in a new Hollywood film entitled "Holy
Land Hardball" that is set to be released.
"Holy Land Hardball" is a documentary about bringing baseball to the
land of Israel and the Sports Academy is the United States training spot
for the Israel Baseball League.
Dan Duquette was named the IBL Director of Baseball Operations and
offered to hold tryouts at the Sports Academy for players hoping to make
it.
Larry Baras, a Boston bagel man, attempted to create a six-team
professional baseball league from scratch and the entire process of
forming the IBL was taped by a video crew and formatted into the movie.
Brett Rapkin and Erik Kesten co-produced and directed "Holy Land
Hardball" and Matthew Hiltzik is the executive producer for a film that
is receiving great reviews.
Click on the links below for movie trailers, clips, and movie reviews.
MOVIE DESCRIPTION:
http://www.holylandhardball.com/
LEAGUE/MOVIE DESCRIPTION:
http://silverdocs.com/festival/films/2008/holy-land-hardball/
MOVIE REVIEW:
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937440.html?categoryid=31&cs=1
MOVIE TRAILER:
http://www.holylandhardball.com/trailer.html
Pittsfield has renovation plans for
Wahconah Park
The calls came ringing
in last week for 5 former Pittsfield Dukes
NECBL hosts Latino Series
First Known “Human Baseball”
The city of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the home of
baseball, now can be known as the “birthplace of the Human
Baseball.” More than 600 fans gathered on Saturday, July 14, at
historic Waconah Park, where Lou Gehrhig had hit home runs and
Casey Stengel and Jim Thorpe also played America’s pastime, to
create the first known “human baseball.” The festivities took
place before the regular New England Collegiate Baseball League
game between the Pittsfield Dukes and Holyoke Giants. The human
baseball project is part of Art Of The Game, a two-year
celebration of Pittsfield’s place in the evolution of baseball.
It all started in 2005, when a 1791 ordinance prohibiting the
playing of baseball within 80 yards of the town’s meeting house
was discovered in the local library. The ordinance preceded any
other printed record of baseball. (Photo by Lee Everett, Fine
Line).
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Dan,
I just wanted to let you know that Brendan really enjoyed being
Bat Boy at the game on Saturday!!!!!!!! All Brendan thinks about
is watching and playing Baseball!!!! It meant a lot to our whole
family to see him be part of something he really likes!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Again you made a 10 year old boy very very happy!!!!!!!
The Wincek Family
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