Morris Buttermaker is an alcoholic pest removal worker and for a very short period of time a former professional baseball player, is recruited to coach and train a failing baseball team. All of these twelve-year-olds have been thrown out of the league. After losing every game they have played in so far, the kids force the coach to straighten up and teach them how to win before the season is over

When widowed attorney Tripp Spence finds himself wanted by the IRS, he and his young pitching sensation son Derrick change their appearance, assume new identities and flee to Las Vegas. Here Derrick becomes "Mickey" and Tripp enrolls him in a second final year of Little League. But as the nation, the government and a nervous Tripp watch, "Mickey" leads his team from the city championship all the way to the controversial final game of the Little League...

Story of a boy who believed he could make a difference. Chuck is a star on his little league team, but when he decides to make a stand, to quit playing baseball until nuclear weapons disarmament is achieved, he angers some, and inspires others. This unusual and heartwarming tale asks: can one kid make a difference? If he gets the attention of the President, enough big name celebrities, and reporters, he just might.