Mutiny in the Dugout
Kent, Rod; Allen-Kent, Terry
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Add to basket Mutiny In The Dugout
A pro baseball player returns home to coach in a Little League World Series game for his dying father. He must choose between victory or supporting his players’ strike against a militarized rival coach.
Charlie, a fast-rising minor leaguer, returns home at his pastor brother Abe’s request to see their supposedly dying father, Gordon—only to realize they didn’t bring him back to say goodbye, but to take over.
Gordon can’t coach the Little League A’s anymore, and his “dying wish” is for Charlie to lead them through the playoffs and beat their rivals, the Giants. Charlie wants out, but guilt keeps him—his wild pitch years ago shattered Abe’s collarbone and ended Abe’s pro dream. Coaching is his chance to make it right, especially with Teri—his old flame—back in town and her son on the roster.
What Charlie doesn’t know is that Gordon isn’t dying at all. The whole performance is a desperate last play to bring his sons back together—and Gordon has already forgiven Charlie for the accident that derailed Abe’s future. Meanwhile, Teri is carrying a secret about her son that could change everything Charlie thinks he’s returning for.
Charlie swore he’d never return after Gordon cast him out, but coaching pulls him back into old wounds with Teri—and a showdown with Herbert, his former rival and the Giants’ hardline coach. Herbert wants more than wins: he’s exploiting the $40B youth-sports machine to push a militarized training program nationwide.
When the A’s face the Giants, the games are tight until the crooked board forces the A’s to bench their best player for a six-year-old, turning the league into chaos. As Herbert’s drill-sergeant tactics crush the kids’ joy, Charlie decides the real fight is saving the game itself.
In the finale, the A’s go off-script with wild, circus-like plays. The Giants catch on, and both teams unite—marching with protest signs in a dugout mutiny that calls out the adults’ win-at-all-costs madness. Charlie learns you don’t always win by beating your opponent—you win by refusing to play the wrong game.
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