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Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
True story of Kent Stock, who in the early '90s gives up a job and ditches his wedding plans to take over as head coach of the Norway High School baseball team. Kent must win over his players and convince them and himself that he can fill their former coach's shoes and that they can go out winners. In the summer of 1991 Norway High's baseball tradition ended on a triumphant but sombre note.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes26%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
33 audience votes
Key crew
- David Mickey EvansDirector
- James GrayfordWriter
- Art D'AlessandroWriter
- Nathan WangOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sean AstinKent Stock
- Michael AngaranoMitch Akers
- Powers BootheJim Van Scoyoc
- Rachael Leigh CookPolly Hudson
- Tom ArnoldBurt Akers
- Larry MillerRoger Dempsey
- Mackenzie AstinChip Dolan
- Jesse HeneckePrincipal Halbestrom
- Lucinda JenneySheryl 'Chic' Van Scoyoc
- James GammonJared Akers
- Angela PatonAnne Akers