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What If: The Unlikely Story of Toronto's Baseball Giants

2014
1h
Documentary
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Cast

Director

Dale Heslip

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Synopsis

In 1975, an executive from Labatt's Brewery, a lawyer and a local politician set out to bring Major League Baseball to the City of Toronto. Their journey led them to purchase the San Francisco Giants, and face-off against a liberal first-time mayor who desperately wanted to save a team no one wanted. Through a series of fortunate and unfortunate circumstances, including a broken promise to Expos owner Charles Bronfman, this group managed to bring an American League franchise to the city, but this was completely unexpected.

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