Product Description

Baseball's a funny and fun game when a 12-year-old becomes manager of the Minnesota Twins and inspires them to play with the joy of youngsters.Running Time: 120 min.System Requirements:Running Time 119 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 053939251227

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9683 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2002-09-03
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 119 minutes

Amazon.com
When the owner of the hapless Minnesota Twins (talk about art imitating life) dies and leaves his grandson (Luke Edwards) the team in his will, the 12-year-old decides to manage the team himself. Aside from the obvious headline value of his move, no one seems to like the idea and the kid finds himself battling for his fledgling managerial career. Eventually, however, he wins the confidence of his favorite player (Timothy Busfield) and before long has the team playing like kids: for the fun of it, rather than the money. (Now there's a concept.) Though billed as a family movie, the saccharine level is high enough to scare off most adults. But kids, particularly baseball fans, will eat it up, as much for the appearances of baseball stars like Ken Griffey Jr. and Paul O'Neill as for the plot itself. --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews

Wonderful baseball movie
Little Big League is the story of Billy Heywood, a kid born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and a grandfather who owns the Minnnesota Twins. He's constantly around his grandfather because he has a single mother, and as a result, he lives, breaths, eats, and sleeps baseball. Unfortunately for Billy, his grandfather dies. On the bright side, little Billy inherits the Twins.

With his first major decision as an owner, after briefly trying out a hard-nosed manager currently with the team, Billy names himself manager and coach. The move is met with justified criticism and skepticism. After all, he's a teenager who has shown nothing, and has not moved up the coaching chain. And, at first, the nay-sayers appear to be correct, as Billy has difficulty balancing time between popping zits, playing Nintendo, and MANAGING A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM. The concept is so ridiculous that it's not even worth mentioning; just go with it because it's fun.

Well, the team sucks, sucked before Billy became manager, and nothing has changed. The team blames their new precocious manager. Afterall, how can a team relate to a kid who has never had a beer, chased a woman, or driven a car?

Billy's infectious attitude eventually wins the team over, getting the team to play for fun and love of the game - a novel concept for today's athletes who think anything under 10million per year is an insult. Naturally, the hijinks and winning ensues, and the team makes a run for the playoffs. Along the way, Billy learns how to manage a baseball team, as well as the responsibilities of growing up.

This is a great movie, very fun and entertaining. Perfect for a father-son movie night.

Gramdpa's Will
His grandpa pass away, leave him with Twins. He has trouble in school with some of math. Great Baseball movie.

I just love this one
Grampa dies and leaves you the Ballclub?How bittersweet is that? You're 12 years old and totally in charge (if Mom lets you).This is just a fun fun movie. I watch the darn thing every time it comes on.It is great that you can watch it withe kids and everyone enjoys it.