The down and out California Angels are so bad, one dysfunctional family even begins to compare their own tragedies with this baseball team. When 11-year-old foster child, Roger, hears his drifter Dad sardonically compare the two -- that the chances of reuniting the family are as good as the Angels winning the pennant -- Roger takes it as a promise and the truth. That night, he prays for the Angel's success, and in response, a star winks back at him with promises of baseballs faster than the speed of light and players able to leap tall buildings for a single catch.
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Danny Glover as George Knox
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Ranch Wilder: League rules specify that up until the first pitch is thrown the team roster can be altered although I don't ever remembering this happen so close to game time.
Wally: Neither can I.
Ranch Wilder: [Turns off both mics] Easy Wally, less is more.
HC: Hello, and welcome back to the ballpark. I'm your play-by-play announcer Harry Canary, and joining me in the broadcast booth for today's game is our guest color man, James Berardinelli. Can I call ya Jim?