Is baseball more than just a game? This documentary looks at baseball from the inside - inside California's San Quentin State Prison, where baseball is played as a way to teach life lessons. Audiences meet the Tri-Valley All-Stars, a recreational team that enters San Quentin throughout the summer to play against the inmates. Inmates share stories and talk about how baseball has helped them deal with their problems. The prison chaplain - a former gang member - discusses the challenges of managing an all-inmate team. And former MLB All-Star Ron LeFlore reflects upon how baseball helped him reform. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers while serving a 15-year sentence for armed robbery in Michigan State Prison. The half-hour documentary also highlights the 100-year-old history of prison baseball, and asks tough political questions such as: Should citizens'tax dollars pay for convicts to enjoy America's Pastime? Winner of the Rochester Film Festival "Best Documentary," it's an emotional story about the San Quentin Giants, the all-inmate baseball team at San Quentin.

Tuesday, 8/7/07 from 4:30-5 a.m. ET

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