Cricket out of Water: The Sport Behind Disney’s Million Dollar Arm

It’s a story that seems tailor-made for film: the surprise twist is that it’s true. Million Dollar Arm, the latest feel-good sports flick from Disney, tells the tale of a down and out sports agent (Jon Hamm) who turned two Indian cricket players into Major League pitchers. Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel were both seventeen ...

By  |  May 14, 2014