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You Gotta Believe (film)
''You Gotta Believe'' is a 2024 American family sports film directed by Ty Roberts and starring Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear about the Fort Worth, Texas team that played in the 2002 Little League World Series. Plot Bobby Ratliff and his best friend, lawyer Jon Kelly, co-coach a Little League Baseball team in Fort Worth, Texas, which their sons play on. The team is struggling and most of the players have little interest in the sport, wanting to get the season over with. While helping his son Robert practice, Bobby suddenly collapses. He is diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma, preventing him from coaching the team. Further compounding matters, they are invited to play in the 2002 Little League World Series. Jon takes over the team, feeling it would be the biggest opportunity of their lives so far for the boys, and invites local coach Mitch Belew to help train them. The team's performance improves and they win their qualifying games to advance to the LLWS in South Williamsport, Penn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lane Garrison
Lane Garrison is an American actor best known for the role of Tweener on the television series ''Prison Break''. He appeared in the pilot episode of the El Rey Network, El Rey network's series From Dusk till Dawn: The Series, ''From Dusk till Dawn''. He played Buck Barrow in the 2013 television miniseries ''Bonnie & Clyde (miniseries), Bonnie & Clyde''. He starred opposite Kristen Stewart in the 2012 film ''Camp X-Ray (film), Camp X-Ray''. Early life Garrison grew up in Richardson, Texas. Due to the troubled relationship with his mother, Garrison moved out at seventeen and turned to the family minister, Joe Simpson (manager), Joe Simpson, who is also the manager and father of pop stars Jessica Simpson, Jessica and Ashlee Simpson. Garrison lived with the Simpson family for a year. He graduated from J.J. Pearce High School in 1998, and at eighteen, he drove to Los Angeles with ambitions to become an actor. In 2005, he had a major break when he assumed the role of David "Tweener" Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Little League World Series Qualification
Qualification for the 2002 Little League World Series took place in sixteen different parts of the world during July and August 2002, with formats and number of teams varying by region. United States Great Lakes The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 1–10. Mid-Atlantic The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 3–13. Midwest The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 2–11. New England The tournament was held in Bristol, Connecticut from August 3–12. Northwest The tournament was held in San Bernardino, California from August 2–12. Southeast The tournament took place in St. Petersburg, Florida from August 3–10. Southwest The tournament took place in Waco, Texas from August 5–11. West The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California from August 2–13. International Asia The tournament took place in Manila, Philippines from July 28–August 4. Canada The tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Baseball Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Films Based On Actual Events
Sport is a physical activity or game, often Competition, competitive and organization, organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be Open (sport), open, allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to specific groups or those invited. Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Major League Baseball Season
The 1973 Major League Baseball season was the first season of the designated hitter rule in the American League."The Historical Evolution of the Designated Hitter Rule," Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), John Cronin, Fall 2016. American League umpires began wearing blazers with blue pants, a change from the navy blue coats and gray pants worn the previous five seasons (–). The burgundy blazers were worn through . |
Tug McGraw
Frank Edwin "Tug" McGraw Jr. (August 30, 1944 – January 5, 2004) was an American professional baseball relief pitcher. McGraw played in 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1965 to 1984, for the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, earning over $2 million. He is often remembered for coining the phrase "Ya Gotta Believe", which became the rallying cry for the 1973 New York Mets and has since become a popular slogan for the team and fans. McGraw struck out Willie Wilson to end the 1980 World Series against the Kansas City Royals, bringing the Philadelphia Phillies their first World Series championship in franchise history. McGraw was one of six Phillies players to die prematurely from glioblastoma, a brain cancer. Although it cannot be proven, a hypothesis links the cancer to toxic PFAS chemicals in the AstroTurf at Veterans Stadium. Early life Frank Edwin "Tug" McGraw Jr. was born August 30, 1944, in Martinez, California, the second of three sons of Frank Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Mets
The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League East, East Division. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City alongside the American League (AL)'s New York Yankees. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed NL teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants (baseball), New York Giants. The team's colors evoke the Dodger blue, blue of the Dodgers and the orange of the Giants. For the 1962 and 1963 seasons, the Mets played home games at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan before moving to Queens. From 1964 to 2008, the Mets played their home games at Shea Stadium, named after William Shea, the founder of the Continental League, a proposed third major league, the announcement of which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Renna
Patrick Maxwell Renna (born March 3, 1979) is an American actor and film producer best known for his role as Hamilton "Ham" Porter in the 1993 baseball film ''The Sandlot''. Some of his later projects include ''Bad Roomies'', his first film as a producer; a recurring role on Netflix's hit '' GLOW''; and the independent film '' Monster Summer'', which released in 2024. Personal life Renna was born on the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, on March 3, 1979. When he was three, Renna and his family moved to Watertown, Massachusetts and then to the neighborhood of Dorchester, where he primarily grew up. As a child, Renna played Little League baseball. He acted in a couple plays in the Boston area. Renna decided to become an actor after his mother moved to Los Angeles and he joined her. ''The Sandlot'' was his first audition, in which he was the last to be cast. Renna is married to Jasmin Renna, and they have two children. On February 18, 2025, they announced they are expecting a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pallbearer
A pallbearer is one of several participants who help carry the casket at a funeral. They may wear white gloves in order to prevent damaging the casket and to show respect to the deceased person. Some traditions distinguish between the roles of pallbearers and casket bearer. The former is a ceremonial position, carrying a tip of the pall or a cord attached to it. The latter do the actual heavy lifting and carrying. There may otherwise be pallbearers only in the symbolic sense if the casket is on an animal or vehicle. In Western cultures, the pallbearers are usually male family members, close friends, or colleagues of the deceased. A notable exception was the funeral of Lee Harvey Oswald, in which reporters, pressed into service to carry the coffin, outnumbered the mourners. In some African cultures, pallbearers are not family members but are staffs of professional funeral agencies who are paid for their services. The first duty of a pallbearer is to appear at least thirty mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Run
In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the Baseball (ball), ball is hit in such a way that the batting (baseball), batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safe (baseball), safely in one play without any error (baseball), errors being committed by the Defense (sports), defensive team. A home run is usually achieved by hitting the ball over the outfield fence between the foul poles (or hitting either foul pole) without the ball touching the Baseball field, field. Inside-the-park home runs where the batter reaches home safely while the baseball is in play on the field are infrequent. In very rare cases, a fielder attempting to catch a ball in flight may misplay it and knock it over the outfield fence, resulting in a home run. An official scorer will credit the batter with a hit (baseball), hit, a Run (baseball), run scored, and a run batted in (RBI), as well as an RBI for each Base running, runner on base. The pitcher is recorded as having given u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No-hitter
In baseball, a no-hitter or no-hit game is a game in which a team does not record a hit (baseball), hit through conventional methods. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in at least nine complete innings recorded no hits. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is thereby said to have "thrown a no-hitter". In most cases, no-hitters are recorded by a single pitcher who throws a complete game; one thrown by two or more pitchers is a combined no-hitter. A no-hitter is a rare accomplishment for a pitcher or pitching staff—only 326 have been thrown in MLB history since 1876, an average of about two per year. The most recent major league no-hitter and combined no-hitter was thrown by starter Shota Imanaga and relief pitchers Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge of the Chicago Cubs against the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 4, 2024, while the most recent no-hitter by a single pitcher was thrown by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
