When a team of young baseball players from Fort Worth, Texas, is chosen to go to the Little League World Series, their manager, Jon Kelly (Greg Kinnear) doesn't want to go for it. But when their coach, his good friend Bobby Ratliffe (Luke Wilson), who is thrilled for the boys but can't coach due to a brain cancer diagnosis, Jon decides to coach them himself for Bobby's sake.

The entire team dedicates the series to Bobby, whose son Robert (Michael Cash) is one of the players. With the help of some expert trainers, this team of friends, who would do anything for each other and for Bobby, begins winning games on their way to the top of the 2002 Little League World Series—culminating in a record-breaking showdown.