Eight Men Out (1988)

Directors

John Sayles

Cast

John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, John Mahoney, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn, D.B. Sweeney

The story

In 1919, the Chicago White Sox have won the American League pennant and are considered among the greatest baseball teams ever assembled; however, the team's stingy owner, Charles Comiskey, shows little inclination to reward his players for a spectacular season. Gamblers "Sport" Sullivan, "Sleepy Bill" Burns, and Billy Maharg get wind of the players' discontent and ask player Chick Gandil to convince a select group of Sox—including, star knuckleball pitcher Eddie Cicotte, who led the Majors with a 29–7 win–loss record and an earned run average of 1.82, that they could earn more money by playing badly and throwing the series than they could…

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