Little Big League is a 1994 American family sports film about a 12-year-old who suddenly becomes the owner and then manager of the Minnesota Twins baseball team.

The players are very skeptical, but Billy promises that if he does not improve the team's last-place position in the standings within a few weeks, he will resign.

Unfortunately, not all is going smoothly for Billy, as his friend and star first baseman Lou Collins takes a romantic interest in his widowed mother Jenny.

Billy picks up bad habits on the road, especially when he gets ejected from a game and a one-game "suspension" by Jenny for swearing at an umpire because of a call he didn't like.

Billy later tells Jenny that he's tired of being a "grown-up" and decides to quit as manager after the end of the season, even reinstating Lou to starter on first base.

The players object to losing Billy, but he reminds the team that he will still be present as the owner, and says that he might come back as manager if junior high doesn't work out.

When being informed that none of the fans have left, Billy, along with the rest of the team, returns to the field to receive a standing ovation.

That had happened earlier, when Emil Fuchs owned the Boston Braves and tried to save money by managing the team himself, without any success.

[7] In his three-and-a-half star review, Roger Ebert gave the film praise for being a family movie that doesn't dumb down for its audience or feel predictable.