Bill Kirk, left, a former York White Roses coach, looks on as Curly Holtzapple, center, greets Brooks Robinson before the York Revolution's first home game at Sovereign Bank Stadim in June 2007. Filmmaker Brian Plow tells the story of how the stadium came into being in "Home." Background posts: Will Sovereign Bank of York stadium name fame lose its crown?, Map explains York, Pa.'s $50 million redevelopment area and Phillies in York via 30-ft. TV: 'Isn't going to the ballpark the best part about a baseball game?' .
The title of Brian Plow's documentary film "Home: The American Dream, the American Pastime and Urban Renewal in York, Pennsylvania" is long but its exploration of the return of baseball to York is far from ponderous, moving quickly.
But if viewers want an even quicker version of this full-length documentary, the filmmaker prepared a condensed version for the York Daily Record/Sunday News Web site, www.inyork.com/ydr:
A York Daily Record/Sunday News story about the film (9/13/08) follows:
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