The Zen of Bobby V

Tired of heading to the multiplex for yet another Hollywood Summer blockbuster - then check out this new interesting documentary ' The Zen of Bobby V' made by 3 students at NYU (New York University).


The film is about Bobby Valentine the celebrated, if not controversial baseball player and former manager of the NY Mets.

Valetine is currently the manager of Japan's Chiba Lotte Mariners (in 2005 he became the first foreigner to lead his team to win the Japanese equivalent of the Baseball World Series) and this film follows Valentine during the course of the baseball season sprinkled with intense highs and lows.

The film, over the course of 1 1/2 hours, showcases his deep love of Japanese culture, his intense efforts to rescue Japanese baseball, as well as doing such mundane things as riding his bike - offering the audience a glimpse into the charismatic manager as he works and plays in a place so different from anything he had previously known or experienced.

Surely no one can be credited more than he for trying to stop the mass exodus of premium Japanese players from leaving Japan to head to the USA for fame, glory and million dollar contracts.

Does his passion and enthusiasm for the game and his new home translate on the screen - I think so.

All the best....Mark