I thought getting into steroids wouldn't work. I thought hard about the Sosa images in the end. If I got into it, it would have been in full force. I didn't skirt anything.

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It's a story about pride and love. Pride for your country and love for this game.

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Following mediation, both Alison and Howard, who care for each other very much, have amicably separated, ... They have come to an agreement and settled all of their concerns.

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It was much worse than the so-called negro. It's about a triple form of discrimination -race, language and culture.

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This was more difficult, ... because with Griffith, there was a story line. This was a piece of nonfiction information that I had to weave together.

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[Perez is a wonderful storyteller in the piece showing a rare openness.] People had told me 'Tony Perez was private. He's not controversial. He won't say too much,' ... But he was so unbelievably open. It's the subject. They (Latin ballplayers) all want to talk about this.

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I've tried to make a film about love and pride. Baseball became the love for these young men, and therefore we feel all of their ups and downs.

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To bring it up now, as an attempt to gain leverage and a better settlement during the divorce, is just reprehensible.

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