Z někdejší baseballové naděje Morrise Buttermakera (Walter Matthau) se stal opilec, co si na živobytí vydělává čištěním bazénů. Proto uvítá nabídku trénovat Medvědy, partu malých nešiků, kteří jsou svým soupeřům leda tak pro smích. Aby zvýšil jejich šanci na úspěch v oblastním šampionátu, naverbuje nový kouč do týmu i místního výtržníka (Jackie Earle Haley) a dceru své bývalé přítelkyně (Tatum O'Neal). Medvědi brzo získají sebedůvěru a mají našlápnuto do finále. Je ale výhra opravdu to nejdůležitější?
Bývalý profesionální hráč baseballu Morris Buttermaker (Billy Bob Thorton) je vyzván k trénování neúspěšného baseballového družstva Medvědů. Snaží se dvanáct nešikovných kluků připravit na utkání s jejich největšími rivaly Yankees a jejich arogantním trenérem (Greg Kinnear). Podaří se mu připravit Medvědy na jejich klíčový zápas? Komedie plná břitkého humoru od režiséra filmu Škola Ro(c)ku (School of Rock).
A troubled, rebellious teen drives his rambunctious baseball team out to Houston where they play an exhibition game and the boy meets his estranged father, and hires him as the teams coach.
In this third film version of the Bad News Bears series, Tony Curtis plays a small time promotor/hustler who takes the pint-sized baseball team to Japan for a match against the country's best little league baseball team which sparks off a series of adventures and mishaps the boys come into.
"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.
John Zbikowski je bookmaker z malého města, který se potýká s vymáháním obrovských dluhů. Po noci strávené s bývalou přítelkyní se John nečekaně spřátelí s jejím dvanáctiletým synem Brianem a vymyslí plán, jak získat své peníze zpět. Rozhodne se, že bude přijímat sázky na Brianovy zápasy mládežnické baseballové ligy.
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.
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.
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.
A Little League baseball team of misfits dedicate their season to a player's dying father. In doing so, they accomplish the impossible by reaching the World Series finals in a game that became an ESPN instant classic.
Dying doctor Jonathan Lyle's last wish is granted, to be young again and play baseball, but only for five days.
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.