
Joey Deluca is an ex-minor league baseball player working in his dad's sports bar. Since he left baseball, he's bounced from hobby to hobby, but hasn't stuck with anything long enough to find his new niche. Joey's brother, Rico, was a more successful and popular professional ball player. He owns the local Chevrolet dealership and coaches one of the town's little league baseball teams. When their father, Al, learns that the league needs one more coach, he insists that Joey tak... (Full plot summary below)
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Joey Deluca is an ex-minor league baseball player working in his dad's sports bar. Since he left baseball, he's bounced from hobby to hobby, but hasn't stuck with anything long enough to find his new niche. Joey's brother, Rico, was a more successful and popular professional ball player. He owns the local Chevrolet dealership and coaches one of the town's little league baseball teams. When their father, Al, learns that the league needs one more coach, he insists that Joey take the job. The heart and soul of Joey's team, the Cubs, is a new kid in town named Lori. His mother died, and his father is in prison. Lori's goal is to take the field shagging balls at the upcoming Home Run Showdown. He desperately wants to be on television so his dad can see him from jail. However, only the league's top three teams can participate. He works diligently to ensure the Cubs' success, but Joey isn't as motivated. Al soon sweetens the deal for Joey by proposing that he'll leave his bar to the son whose team collects the most balls at the Home Run Showdown. Game on!
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| Common Sense MediaTracy MooreMostly family-friendly sports flick dabbles in stereotypes. |
| Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenA pleasant if somewhat by-the-numbers family film that lacks any real crack-of-the-bat energy. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongAn 8-year-old brain will probably think it's fine. All other brains, pass. |
| VarietyBill EdelsteinHome Run Showdown serves up an uninspiring premise — a competition among little-leaguers to catch the most outs at a home run derby — and goes downhill from there. |
| User ReviewAdam RIt follows the standard sports drama formula and uses all the cliches, but I didn't mind it. The main kid was kind of obnoxious. Otherwise, it was decent for a low budget direct-to-video movie. (First and only viewing - 7/10/2015) |
| User ReviewGirl-Melody LThought this was a family movie. Lots of cursing by all. Bad flow but descent acting |