Product Details

• Actors: Nomar Garciaparra, Todd Helton, Frank Thomas
• Directors: Jim Carroll
• Format: Color, Director's Cut, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Fields of Vision, Eye Candy Cinema
• DVD Release Date: July 14, 2004
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002US54G
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,736 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

There is no amateur baseball league more prestigious and more storied than the Cape Cod Baseball League. Now for the first time, the story of the league is told in a feature-length documentary complete with interviews from current and past players, coaches, fans and others who make Cape Cod the place to be for a true summer experience. The documentary crew spent the entire summer of 2003 following the Cape League. The result is a unique view of the transition from college baseball player to professional player. There are currently over 200 Major League baseball players that have spent time in the Cape League, many of whom appear in this film. The Cape Cod Baseball League is baseball in its purest form. This film is for those who not only love baseball, but people who have spent a summer on the Cape "Touching the Game." View the trailer Culled from over 80 hours of footage, the film explores the extraordinary, long standing story of the Cape Cod Baseball League through the eyes of all of its participants, including over forty of the two hundred or so current major leaguers like Nomar Garciaparra, Jeff Bagwell, and Frank Thomas, who played in the Cape League. With compelling human-interest threads and beautiful photography, the best amateur baseball in the country is brought to life in "Touching the Game." 2 DVD Set Disc 1 - Extended Director's Cut of "Touching the Game" (approx. 1hr 45min.) Disc 2 - Over one hour of Extras including: - In depth look at 6 different CCBL youth baseball clinics. - Extended MLB Player interviews on their Cape Cod Jobs - Tour of the Barnstable Bat Company - A look at 2003 annual CCBL game on Nantucket - Video montage of Cape Cod in the summer (including aerials) - Music section featuring local artists heard in "Touching the Game"

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Documentary!, August 31, 2004

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Aussie Liz (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Touching The Game, The Story of The Cape Cod Baseball League (DVD)

Touching the Game goes where that other Cape Cod League movie, "Summer Catch" didn't - right to the heart of this sporting tradition, giving the viewer an insightful and first hand look at the history of this talent producing league.
The doco features interviews with everyone from fans and officials to major league players (Nomar Garciaparra, Mo Vaughn and Darin Erstad, to name a few), whose careers began with the Cape Cod Summer League. It goes behind the scenes to show that a player's summer is more than an on the field experience.
The aerial shots of the Cape coastline and ball parks are amazing! You don't have to be from New England, or even love or know a lot about baseball, to appreciate this film and the story it has to tell.

Highly recommend it!

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Touching the Game touches all the bases, November 2, 2004

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Lee Roberts (St. Paul, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Touching The Game, The Story of The Cape Cod Baseball League (DVD)

I grew up summers on the Cape and remember seeing guys like Will Clark and Jeff Reardon playing down there. The Cape League was pretty big back then, but has climbed to new levels today, and Touching The Game gets it right. I loved the human interest stories from the summer of 2003, and look forward to seeing if any of these players make it to the Major Leagues. And the stories from such baseball luminaries as Nomar Garciaparra, Todd Helton, Frank Thomas, Buck Showalter and Jeff Bagwell are classic! But the film is more than just baseball, it accurately portrays what summer is like on Cape Cod, especially for the kids. If you are familiar with the Cape Cod Baseball League this film will be a terrific depiction of what you remember. If you just love baseball, and want to learn more about this great league, Touching The Game covers all the bases.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great league, great dvd, July 19, 2005

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Justin M. Charle - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Touching The Game, The Story of The Cape Cod Baseball League (DVD)

It's just a great dvd, you can have no knowledge of the cape league and still enjoy this dvd.