Yankee Irving is a 10-year-old baseball fan but is picked on by the other kids for his poor athletic skills. On that day, he finds a talking baseball and he names him Screwie. Yankee’s father, Stanley, works as a custodian at Yankee Stadium. While the two are on the premises, a thief disguised as a security guard steals Babe Ruth’s “lucky” bat, Darlin’. Stanley is falsely accused of the crime and is temporarily fired until Darlin’ can be found. After being wrongly blamed for the crime and being sent to his room by his father, Yankee learns that the real thief is Chicago Cubs pitcher Lefty Maginnis.
Lefty works for the Cubs’ general manager Napoleon Cross, who desires to see the Cubs defeat the New York Yankees during the World Series. Determined to reclaim the bat and save his family from being evicted and out on the street, Yankee goes to the train station and takes it from Lefty, but fails to get off the train before it takes them to another stop. Darlin’ also has the ability to talk and urges Yankee to take her back to Babe Ruth in Chicago, where the next World Series game will be played. During the trip, Lefty attempts to steal the bat from Yankee during a wild chase.
Yankee decides to return Darlin’ to Babe Ruth, thereby clearing his father’s name and saving his job. Meanwhile, Stanley and Emily start searching for Yankee after discovering that he left home. Meanwhile, Yankee meets others who help him in his quest, such as hobos Andy, Louis and Jack, a girl named Marti Brewster, her father, a Negro league pitcher named Lonnie Brewster, who helps him drive to Chicago and teaches Yankee to set his feet right while batting, and Babe Ruth himself. Lefty steals Darlin’ and gives her to Cross, who kidnaps Yankee.
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Director: Colin Brady, Christopher Reeve, Daniel St. Pierre
Writers: Robert Kurtz, Jeff Hand, Howard Jonas
Stars: Jake T. Austin, Brian Dennehy, Whoopi Goldberg
Budget: $35,000,000.00
Revenue: $16,627,188.00
Categories: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
