War on the Diamond
Year: 2021
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Run Time:
75 minutes
Plenty of baseball fans around the country love to hate the New York Yankees, but Cleveland’s contempt for the team runs deep. Directed by Ohio native and “Believeland” (CIFF40) director Andy Billman, WAR ON THE DIAMOND examines the lethal pitch that set off a historic rivalry. In 1920, Cleveland Indians (now Guardians) star player Ray Chapman went to bat against the already-controversial Yankees pitcher Carl Mays. Chapman didn’t even see Mays’ pitch before it fatally struck him in the head. To this day, Chapman is the only baseball player to die from on-field injuries. Chapman was upheld as a martyr, while Mays went down in infamy. By delving into the lives of both men, Billman reminds viewers they were more than the tragic accident that has come to define them. Over a century later, the bad blood between the teams continues. Utilizing archival materials, reenactments, and interviews with key players and sports writers, this intriguing documentary traces the feud from that fateful day through decades of intense competition, betrayal, and pettiness. —D.O.
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Andy Billman
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Art Horan, Andy Billman, Danielle Alberico, Pamela Lynn Sullivan
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Jonathan Taylor Hurley
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Paul Carruthers
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Jim Abbott, Sandy Alomar Jr, Senator Sherrod Brown, Terry Francona, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, Mike Sowell, Lesley Visser
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