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A young boy sets off on a cross-country quest to help his hero Babe Ruth and rest of the New York Yankees win the World Series and become a baseball hero himself with the help of a talking baseball and bat.
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- Alan Smithee: Robin Williams requested to remain uncredited out of respect for his friend Christopher Reeve.
- All-Star Cast
- Anachronism Stew: The film is set in 1932, yet at one point Screwie mentions Superman, a character that wouldn't be created until 1938.
- Marti's father is a member of the Cincinnati Tigers, a team that wouldn't be founded until 1934.
- Animate Inanimate Object
- I Call Her "Vera": Ruth calls his bat Darlin'. Yankee names the ball he found Screwie.
- Politically-Correct History