Before CC Sabathia was a Yankees legend, he was a kid from a dying city with everything to lose.
Chronicles the extraordinary journey of the 1989 North Vallejo Little League All-Stars, navigating the challenges of growing up in a crumbling city. At its heart, the film tells the inspiring true story of World Series champion and New York Yankees icon Sabathia, long before his rise to Major League Baseball stardom.
Direction
Coodie & Chike bring their documentary eye to narrative drama
Acting
LaRussell's debut promises raw, authentic Vallejo energy
Production
Painstaking 1989 period detail in a forgotten California
Director
Coodie Simmons
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Coodie and Chike previously directed 'jeen-yuhs' about Kanye West—both films explore genius emerging from overlooked Black spaces.
Vallejo's 1989 Little League team came from a city so fiscally devastated it declared bankruptcy twice—this team literally played on condemned fields.
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