Kid Danny

2014
6.5| 0h18m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 13 August 2014 Released
Producted By: ESPN Films
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Official Website: http://grantland.com/features/30-for-30-shorts-danny-almonte-little-league/
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In the summer of 2001, a controversy unlike any other led to the disqualification of the Bronx baseball team from the Little League World Series. At the center of the bizarre story was a quiet, unassuming 14-year-old kid named Danny Almonte. Nicknamed "The Little Unit," the hard-throwing left-hander was exposed by Sports Illustrated as being too old to have competed in the tournament. The story instantly caught national and even international attention, as Danny was pushed into the spotlight and accused of cheating in the most sacred of all amateur sports. Twelve years later, the reclusive Almonte finally tells the truth about one of the strangest chapters in youth sports history: a hoax that would forever change the way people view amateur athletics in America.

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Andrew Cohn

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Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Michael_Elliott 30 for 30 Shorts: Kid Danny (2014) If you were aware of sports in the summer of 2001 then the name Danny Almonte was all over SportsCenter and countless other news programs. At the Little League World Series in his first game, Danny threw a perfect game and struck out sixteen of the eighteen batters that he faced. He ended up piling up one record after another but shortly after the end of the tournament word began to get out that he was actually fourteen-years-old, which was two years older than you were allowed to be. KID DANNY is another excellent entry in the ESPN series that gives one a clear idea of what it was like going through this period. We learn that Danny's father and his best friend were the ones behind the lie to get Danny in the spotlight and you can't help but feel sorry for the kid since he was pretty much here without any family and no one looking after his welfare. You also can't help but hate the media a little more when you see how they were hounding a 14-year-old kid. Danny gets the tell his story and it's a very interesting one to say the least.Episode: A-