CinemaOSMovie · 2015 · 1h 30m · NR

Thunder and Lightning

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The best team never to win the College World Series? It might have been the 1985 Mississippi State Bulldogs, who produced four Major League Baseball All-Stars. Two of them, Bobby Thigpen and Jeff Brantley, became Relievers of the Year, while the other two, Will Clark and Rafael Palmeiro, formed the imposing one-two hitting punch known as "Thunder and Lightning." The brash and bold Clark was born in New Orleans, the son of a pool hustler, while the soft-spoken and shy Palmeiro was a son of Cuban immigrants who did his talking at the plate. As teammates at Mississippi State, they nearly propelled the Bulldogs to a College World Series title. Thirty years later, director Rory Karpf revisits those fabled Bulldogs, tracks the complicated relationship between Clark and Palmeiro, and brings closure to men who should be remembered for what they did, and not for what they didn't do.

Directed byRory Karpf

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
EN
Released
May 4, 2015
Studios
First Row FilmsESPNSEC Network Films

Featuring

Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring

Rafael Palmeiro

Self

Will Clark

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Rory Karpf

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