The Last Out

➤ Not rated (contains bad language)
➤ Theaters

Happy Oliveros, Carlos González, and Victor Baró proved themselves in Cuban baseball, but can their abilities win them huge paydays in America? The Last Out follows the three young Cuban baseball players as they chase their dream of playing in the major leagues, but directors Sami Khan and Michael Gassert also highlight what they leave behind.

They join a training academy in Costa Rica organized by controversial Cuban American agent Gustavo Dominguez. The academy covers their expenses and trains them, in exchange for a healthy cut of potential signing bonuses. A bidding war seems imminent for this fresh crop of talent, as scouts descend on the camp, but after two years, nothing materializes.

Things begin to fall apart for the trio. Carlos González is “dropped like a potato,” and he cuts off all contact with his former friends. Happy Oliveros also gets cut, but he goes to America on his own, making the long and dangerous journey north through Central America.

We next catch up with Victor Baró. His offer for the majors has disappeared, but he has not given up, joining another academy in the Dominican Republic. Baró eventually signs a contract with a Dominican team. Finally, the filmmakers find González, who made a home in Laredo, Texas, with his family. The film is not rated but includes some rough language in its rawer moments.

The journeys of these three young men were long and arduous and did not end in the glory for which they had hoped. The Last Out shows viewers that sometimes chasing a dream only results in sorrow and bitterness.