Vor langer Zeit war Morris Buttermaker mal ein richtig guter Baseball-Spieler und die Hoffnung der Major League. Doch jetzt schlägt er sich stets leicht alkoholisiert und schlecht gelaunt durchs Leben. Weil er dringend Kohle braucht, lässt sich Morris auf einen Trainerjob ein. Doch die "Bären" sind eine absolute Gurkentruppe und ihr Coach ein Weiberheld und Großmaul, der seine besten Tage längst hinter sich hat. Als Buttermaker aber vom Coach Trainer eines rivalisierenden Teams beleidigt wird, packt den Grummel-Trainer der Ehrgeiz.
Aus Geldnot nimmt der frustrierte und deshalb eher ungemütliche Kammerjäger Morris Buttermaker einen Job als Baseballtrainer einer Jugendmannschaft an. Der ehemalige Profi-Baseballspieler bringt zwar das nötige Fachwissen mit, doch die jugendliche Chaostruppe erweist sich als echte Herausforderung. Es gelingt ihm das Verliererteam nach und nach in Richtung Tabellenspitze zu führen. Doch nicht nur die Spieler werden zu Gewinnern.
Eine jugendliche Baseball-Amateurliga-Mannschaft hat vor dem Spiel gegen eine gefürchtete texanische Mannschaft den Trainer vergrault und macht sich auf eigene Faust auf ins "feindliche Gebiet". Schließlich übernimmt der von seiner Familie getrennt lebende Vater eines Spielers das Training.
"All-Stars" is a hilarious commentary on the state of all youth sports today, fueled by the outrageous behavior of the desperate sports parent living vicariously through his or her child. In the vein of "Best in Show", where it's more about the dog owners than the dogs - "All-Stars" is about the adults involved in youth sports (parents, coaches, umpires, volunteers, board members, etc.) more than the kids. The end result is a funny, yet compelling spin on fast pitch softball as well as a unique state of affairs on the outlandish antics of a few crazed parents.
Das Baseball-Team der "Bären" hat einen großen Durchbruch errungen. Sie sollen gegen die führende japanische Mannschaft spielen - und zwar in deren Heimat. Um das Geld für die Reise zu beschaffen, benötigen die Spieler einen Sponsor. Doch es erweist sich als nicht gerade einfach, an die notwendige Finanzspritze zu gelangen.
A down-on-his-luck bookie befriends an ex-girlfriend’s son and gets the bright idea to take bets on his youth league baseball games; only to realize he’s killed what’s pure about the sport as the games turn ugly when money is on the line.
Chuck Murdock, a 12-year-old boy from Montana and son of a military jet pilot, becomes anxious after seeing a Minuteman missile on a school field trip. He protests the existence of nuclear weapons by refusing to play baseball, which results in the forfeit of a Little League game by his team. "Amazing Grace" Smith, a fictional Boston Celtics player, played by NBA star Alex English, decides to join the boy in his protest by resigning from professional basketball. This gives it nationwide coverage, inspiring more pro athletes to join the protest against nuclear weapons. The film reaches a climax when the President of the United States personally meets with Chuck, admiring his resolve but at the same time explaining the practical difficulties of disarmament. Sinister forces, meanwhile, threaten the lives of Amazing Grace and his agent, Lynn.
Dying doctor Jonathan Lyle's last wish is granted, to be young again and play baseball, but only for five days.
After taking a job managing a little league team, a homeless man inspires the kids to reach for it all and they inspire him to reclaim his life.
Based on a true story, an overlooked Fort Worth youth baseball team dedicates its season to a teammate’s ailing father and subsequently takes its Cinderella season all the way to the 2002 Little League World Series.
Bruce Hallerton becomes coach of the Panthers, a little league baseball team. The fact that an attractive widow has her son in the team causes problems with his wife.
When an 11 year old boy gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team.
In 1982, Cody Webster and a small group of friends from Kirkland, Washington, sat anxiously in a dugout waiting to take the field for the championship game of the Little League World Series. Their focus was just about what you’d expect from any 12-year-old: hit the ball, throw strikes, cross your fingers and then maybe – maybe – you’ll win. Adults in the stands and watching from home saw a much broader field of play. The memories of American hostages and a crippling oil crisis were still fresh; the economic malaise of the late 1970s still lingered; and the new President was recovering from an assassination attempt even while confronting new threats from the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, back on that tiny baseball field in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, no American team had won a true international Little League World Series Championship in more than a decade. When the Kirkland players rushed from their dugout that day, they stepped onto a much bigger field than the one they saw.
Since Little League Baseball was founded in 1939, about 40 million kids have played the sport. The list includes future Hall of Famers like Carl Yastrzemski, Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan, and hundreds of other future Major Leaguers. But of all the kids who ever played Little League, the best of the best was a boy you’ve probably never heard of: Art “Pinky” Deras. In the summer of 1959, he led the team from Hamtramck, Mich., to the Little League World Series title, and in the process, he put together a Little League season the likes of which we might never see again. His amazing story comes to life in “The Legend of Pinky Deras: The Greatest Little-Leaguer There Ever Was,” a new film from Blue Hammer Films. Pinky received a ton of national publicity back in 1959, but then he fell off the map. In the half-century since he lit the Little League world on fire, there have been no films about him, no magazine stories, not even a single newspaper article.