[JJJ]

Watched “Twelve” and was pleasantly surprised. Cute family film that brought back many memories of son’s baseball weekends. No spoiler alert but watch until the end. 

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt7033498/

Thanks for trailer - will have to check it out.

Coached several (head a couple times; assistant a couple more times) LL All Star Teams.  Thought I was a good coach; however, I was not prepared for the cheating that went on in both my sons' 12 year old year All Star Tourneys, which ended up being their last LL games.  I still smh in looking back at that thinking that adults - who were specifically advised not to cheat (namely, by relaying pitches to the batter) by the tourney organizers, still did so.  It literally never crossed my mind . . . until it was too late.

And when I finally figured it out (once with help of another PALL coach who was in the stands) and once when I tried to convince myself "nah, he wouldn't do that, I'm imagining things," the damage was done.  Team fell behind and never able to tie the game back up.  Still bothers me.

And btw, it's also why I find Astros (and Red Sox?) cheating to be especially bad.  It makes an enormous difference - even at Little League level - when the batter knows what pitch is coming.

Just to manage expectations, this was a cute family movie, nothing more. It's no Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, or even Bad News Bears. No one will win an Oscar. But I definitely did not feel like I wasted my time.

[JJJ]

Watched “Twelve” and was pleasantly surprised. Cute family film that brought back many memories of son’s baseball weekends. No spoiler alert but watch until the end. 

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt7033498/

Thanks for trailer - will have to check it out.

Coached several (head a couple times; assistant a couple more times) LL All Star Teams.  Thought I was a good coach; however, I was not prepared for the cheating that went on in both my sons' 12 year old year All Star Tourneys, which ended up being their last LL games.  I still smh in looking back at that thinking that adults - who were specifically advised not to cheat (namely, by relaying pitches to the batter) by the tourney organizers, still did so.  It literally never crossed my mind . . . until it was too late.

And when I finally figured it out (once with help of another PALL coach who was in the stands) and once when I tried to convince myself "nah, he wouldn't do that, I'm imagining things," the damage was done.  Team fell behind and never able to tie the game back up.  Still bothers me.

And btw, it's also why I find Astros (and Red Sox?) cheating to be especially bad.  It makes an enormous difference - even at Little League level - when the batter knows what pitch is coming.

Just to manage expectations, this was a cute family movie, nothing more. It's no Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, or even Bad News Bears. No one will win an Oscar. But I definitely did not feel like I wasted my time.