When a washed-up major leaguer is forced to coach the Russian National Team, he soon discovers that Ivanov, Ilyanovich and Dobrunzki ain't exactly Mays, Musial, and Mantle!
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Joe Mantegna Natalya Negoda Mark Rolston John Fleck Eric Allan Kramer Ian Tracey Michael Lerner Jay Brazeau Dwight Koss David Berner Garry Chalk Roark Critchlow Mitchell Davies Todd Duckworth Grant Forster Jano Frandsen John Gilbert David L. Gordon Doc Harris Ken Kirzinger Kim Kondrashoff Jim Lampley Michael Levykh David James Lewis David Lovgren Celia-Louise Martin Sharlene Martin Gary Moten Gerry Nairn Gerry Bean Laurie Paton Roman Podhora Wren Roberts Raimund Stamm Don Thompson Ken Tremblett Lloyd T. Williams
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