Crying Foul


60m 2003

Brief Synopsis

Documentary covering the heated courtroom battle that ensued over the ownership of Barry Bonds' record-setting 73rd home run in 2001. San Francisco Giants' slugger Bonds crushed the home run into the right field bleachers of Pac Bell Park in San Francisco on Oct. 7, 2001. Alex Popov, the owner of a

Film Details

Also Known As
System, The
Genre
Documentary
Legal
Sports
Release Date
2003
Production Company
Kurz/Murray Productions

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

Synopsis

Documentary covering the heated courtroom battle that ensued over the ownership of Barry Bonds' record-setting 73rd home run in 2001. San Francisco Giants' slugger Bonds crushed the home run into the right field bleachers of Pac Bell Park in San Francisco on Oct. 7, 2001. Alex Popov, the owner of a Berkeley, Calif., health food restaurant, was the first to get a glove on the ball. But Popov claimed in an Oct. 24, 2001, lawsuit that the ball was torn from his mitt by Patrick Hayashi, who emerged from a sea of fans with the ball in hand.

Film Details

Also Known As
System, The
Genre
Documentary
Legal
Sports
Release Date
2003
Production Company
Kurz/Murray Productions

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

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