Soul of the Game (released as Field of Honour in the United Kingdom) is a 1996 television film about Negro league baseball.
The film stars Blair Underwood as Jackie Robinson, Delroy Lindo as Satchel Paige, Mykelti Williamson as Josh Gibson, and Harvey Williams as "Cat" Mays, the father of Willie Mays.
The film depicts Paige and Gibson as the pitching and hitting stars, respectively, of the Negro leagues in the period immediately following World War II.
Branch Rickey is the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers who is determined to integrate Major League Baseball.
He begins sending his scouts to Negro league games to find the best players.