Widower Tripp Spence goes on the run from the IRS with his 12-year-old baseball-phenomenon son Derrick. They assume new identities and flee to Las Vegas, where Derrick, now known as Mickey, joins a team that makes it to the Little League World Series. But will fame give away his true identity?
Acting
Harry Connick Jr. brings jazz-crooner charm to tax evasion.
Practical Effects
Actual Little League World Series location shooting, rare for the era.
Director
Hugh Wilson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Hugh Wilson also made Police Academy and The First Wives Club, making this his most inexplicable career pivot.
Filmed during the real 2004 Little League World Series, with actual ESPN broadcast integration—unprecedented access that wouldn't happen today.
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