One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
True story of Ron LeFlore, a troubled Detroit youth who rose from Michigan prisons to star in Major League Baseball.
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"LeVar Burton stars in this TV movie about the real-life LeFlore. LeFlore was a real-life convict doing hard time when he played baseball for the first time in prison....and was picked up by the Detroit Tigers. It could have been a rather sappy if-he-can-do-it-so-can-you sort of affair, but cast, crew and CBS went with a more daunting approach, from the intimidating title, to the resistance he faces from fans, to his brother dying from an overdose. Several baseball people, like Billy Martin and Al Kaline play themselves. The real Leflore is still around. His actual baseball career lasted eigh..."
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The "game" that was filmed where Ron LeFlore makes his home debut in Tiger Stadium was filmed before an actual game between the Tigers and the Red Sox, on Saturday, May 20, 1978. Those are fans in the stands, not extras. The centerfield scoreboard has NYY @ TOR, CAL @ MILW, TEX @ SEA, BALT @ CLEV.
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True story of Ron LeFlore, a troubled Detroit youth who rose from Michigan prisons to star in Major League Baseball.