I've tried to make a film about love and pride. Baseball became the love for these young men, and therefore we feel all of their ups and downs.

It's a story about pride and love. Pride for your country and love for this game.

Viva Baseball.

[Perez is a wonderful storyteller in the piece showing a rare openness.] People had told me 'Tony Perez was private. He's not controversial. He won't say too much,' ... But he was so unbelievably open. It's the subject. They (Latin ballplayers) all want to talk about this.

It was much worse than the so-called negro. It's about a triple form of discrimination -race, language and culture.

To bring it up now, as an attempt to gain leverage and a better settlement during the divorce, is just reprehensible.