Production Companies

Serie 23 Productions, Gowanus Projections, HBO Films

Overview

"For Miguel "Sugar" Santos, his curveball was his ticket out."

Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel "Sugar" Santos dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar's dream sour.