It's a documentary film that embodies the story of Fastball, the classic confrontation between pitcher and batter. In this movie, Hank Aaron and Derek Jeter Doll lead this tournament with a group of baseball legends and scientists exploring magic within 396 milliseconds. In a short period, everyone tries to know how to get to the main board, and decipher who cast the fastest stadium in these matches.
I've seen lots of baseball clips but there are clips in this film I've never seen, including some fine clips of the legendary Walter Johnson. But there's a lot more to it than that.This is a film that no baseball fan should miss.
The irony of the push to speed up the game of baseball - the amount of time between pitches, between commercial breaks, between anything that might actually appeal to the iGeneration - is that speed has always been at the heart of the game.
The lively MLB-produced doc's choice archival material and full roster of new interviews will delight fans, both as a warm-up to the 2016 season and beyond.
If you are not familiar with this level of baseball nerdiness, then Fastball will be a revelation, and hopefully an entertaining one. If you are familiar, then Fastball will satisfy on a deep and extremely specific level.
