I just saw Sugar, a film about a young dominican playing in the low minor leagues. I highly recommend the film, it's an interesting sports film about something sports films aren't usually about and without the arc sports films usually have, leading to a grand triumph at whatever sport they are featuring - it's instead all about dealing with the isolation of someone away from his own home, and the frustrations of not always being successful.

I write not to talk about that however, but rather a small part of the movie. At one point, main character Miguel "Sugar" Santos strikes up a minor friendship with big time prospect Brad Johnson when they are both in single A ball in Iowa. Santos barely speaks any english. On the bus, they manage through the language barrier to ask each other their favorite players. Santos says his is Robinson Cano, and Johnson says that his is Roberto Clemente. Johnson is stunned when Santos has no idea who Roberto Clemente is. (Johnson then asks Santos is he knows who Babe Ruth is - Santos responds something like, "the chocolate" and I honestly have no idea if he's supposed to be joking or just doesn't know who Babe Ruth is). Johnson then asks Santos if he listens to TV on the Radio. Miguel Santos has barely been in America a month or two, doesn't speak english, doesn't know who Roberto Clemente is and possibly who Babe Ruth is. What on earth could possibly give Johnson the slightest idea that Santos might know who TV on the Radio are? A vast majority of Americans would not know who TV on the Radio is. What were the chances Santos would? Anyway, I'm pretty sure it was just a weird way to make a logical transition into using a TV on the Radio Song (Blues From Down Here) into a montage sequence of Santos' early baseball life in Iowa.