Mickey (2004 film)

Mickey is a 2004 American baseball drama film that stars Harry Connick, Jr., directed by Hugh Wilson, and written by bestselling novelist John Grisham.

Tripp Spence Harry Connick, Jr. is a widowed Marylandbased lawyer who becomes the focus of an intensive IRS investigation regarding false bankruptcy claims he filed during his wifes fatal illness. Realizing his case against the inevitable criminal charges is hopeless, he takes his 13yearold son Derrick Shawn Salinas, who loves playing Little League baseball and is competing in his final year of eligibility due to age restrictions, and flees from the investigation, moving out west to Las Vegas, Nevada. Through a corporate connection, Tripp acquires new identities for the two of them, with Tripp becoming Glen Simon Ryan and Derrick becoming Michael Mickey Jacob Ryan, whose fictional backstory is that they recently moved into town from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Derricks new identity makes him a year younger, which enables him to play another year of Little League, an endeavor both of them look forward to since their spontaneous move forced Derrick to miss his AllStar teams participation in the official Little League qualifier tournaments. Tripp researches the local Little League operations and discovers that the most successful leagues top team is coached by Tony Mike Starr. Tripp contacts Tony and convinces him to give Mickey a private tryout session by reciting the Fort Lauderdale story Florida is known as a major hotzone for youth baseball. Tony is impressed with Mickeys pitching velocity and ultimately drafts Mickey once the real tryouts roll around. Glen also begins dating Patty, who works at Mickeys school. ........

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