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201084 minGdocumentary

Holy Land Hardball

201084 minGdocumentary

Larry Baras hires former Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette to help him bring professional baseball to Israel.

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Larry Baras hires former Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette to help him bring professional baseball to Israel.

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Brett Rapkindirector

Erik Kestendirector

Brett Rapkinwriter

Erik Kestenwriter

Larry Barascast

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Larry Baras, a bakery owner from Massachusetts, envisions a professional baseball league in Israel. He enlists former Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette to turn this dream into reality. The documentary follows their efforts to establish baseball in a country where the sport has little presence. The film runs for 84 minutes and was directed by Brett Rapkin.

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