Little Big League

Little Big League is a 1994 family sports film about a 12yearold who suddenly becomes the owner and then manager of the Minnesota Twins baseball team. It stars Luke Edwards, Timothy Busfield, and Dennis Farina.

They are a lastplace team though in real life they were World Series champions just three years prior, but Billy and his grandfather love each other, the Twins, and the game of baseball. When the grandfather dies, it is revealed that he wants Billy to inherit the franchise. He has specified that if Billy is still a minor, Thomas Heywoods aides are to help him along until Billy is old enough to run the team by himself.Billy quickly runs afoul of the teams manager, George OFarrell Dennis Farina. Billy believes he is too hard on the players. OFarrell despises the idea of working for a kid and balks at a potential signing of superstar player Rickey Henderson much to Billys frustration. After OFarrell insults Billy and tells him to butt out of the teams business, Billy fires him. ........

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