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Fastball

  • 2016
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Fastball (2016)
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With Kevin Costner narrating, lead a cast of baseball legends and scientists who explore the magic within the 396 milliseconds it takes a fastball to reach home plate, and decipher who threw... Read allWith Kevin Costner narrating, lead a cast of baseball legends and scientists who explore the magic within the 396 milliseconds it takes a fastball to reach home plate, and decipher who threw the fastest pitch ever.With Kevin Costner narrating, lead a cast of baseball legends and scientists who explore the magic within the 396 milliseconds it takes a fastball to reach home plate, and decipher who threw the fastest pitch ever.

  • Director
    • Jonathan Hock
  • Stars
    • Kevin Costner
    • Derek Jeter
    • Denard Span
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    • Director
      • Jonathan Hock
    • Stars
      • Kevin Costner
      • Derek Jeter
      • Denard Span
    • 9User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
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    Derek Jeter
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    Denard Span
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    Craig Kimbrel
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    • (archive footage)
    Nolan Ryan
    Nolan Ryan
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    Justin Verlander
    Justin Verlander
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    Bryce Harper
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    Miguel Cabrera
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    Todd Frazier
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    Matt Harvey
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    Giancarlo Stanton
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    Yasiel Puig
    Yasiel Puig
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    • (archive footage)
    Andrew McCutchen
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    David Price
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Chris Cooper
    Chris Cooper
    • Clifford Blankenship
    • (voice)
    Steve Dalkowski
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      Nolan Ryan's actual first name is Lynn, named after his father. Nolan is his middle name.
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      Narrator: Baseball in the 21st Century. It is a game of specialists. A game molded by technology, driven by data and statistics. It's a game managers try to win by predicting what can only be guessed at, by controlling what can only be hoped for.

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    A Verbal & Scientific Analysis Of The Heater
    For baseball fans, the question that this documentary delves into is an age-old one: Which hurler threw the fastest pitch in the history of the game? Was it Walter Johnson nearly 100 years ago? Maybe Bob Feller? Nolan Ryan? Or how about contemporaries like Craig Kimbrel or Aroldis Chapman? "Fastball" interviews both baseball greats and scientists in order to find out the "answer".

    What this film does so well is that it knows the ultimate answer to its thesis query will be "we are not sure...but here are some fun guesses". There is no way to definitively prove anything. So, a large part of this documentary is spent talking with players who actually competed against the legends being debated. Guys like Joe Moran, George Brett, Tony Gwynn, Johnny Bench, Bob Gibson, Goose Gossage, and Nolan Ryan are given prominent interview footage in order to hear there opinion on the matter. This is much-needed for "Fastball", as the main question needs to be as much narratively-driven as scientific proved.

    That isn't to say, however, that "Fastball" is all fluff...far from it! It does its best to include as much scientific analysis as possible, such as showing the methodology of the crude devices that once test the speed of pitches from Johnson, Feller, and Gibson, as well as the much more refined radar guns of today. A good solid half of "Fastball" concentrates on the scientific aspect of things, trying to quantitatively discover the fastball ball ever thrown.

    Overall, baseball fans will really enjoy "Fastball" for a number of reasons (and I haven't even yet mentioned the great narration from Kevin Costner!). It tries its best to answer the question scientifically, but is also smart enough to realize that people's opinions have just as much weight in the discussion as due the numbers. This leads to a great melding of stats and stories that make "Fastball" multi-faceted enough to appeal to all crowds. Highly recommend as the start of another baseball campaign commences!
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    • Release date
      • March 25, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Major League Baseball
      • Legendary Entertainment
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      1 hour 27 minutes
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      • 1.78 : 1

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