NEW MOVIE PORTRAYS LATIN MINOR LEAGUE PROSPECT

A new movie slated for release this weekend depicts a Dominican baseball prospect making his debut in American minor league baseball. “Sugar” was to be shown Friday at theaters in New York and Los Angeles, with a nationwide release date of April 24.


“Sugar” is a fiction about 19-year-old pitcher Miguel “Sugar” Santos, who comes from the Dominican Republic to play for the Bridgeport Swing of the Class A Midwest League. It is his first trip outside his native country, and the film focuses on the cultural adjustments Latin prospects are expected to make when they come to America. While the film is about life in the minors, it is not a comedy like “Bull Durham” and there are no Annie Savoys in it. Thank God.