The Yankles is a 2009 film about a fictitious college-level baseball team made up of students from an Orthodox Yeshiva.
Elliot (Michael Buster), one of the students with a background in minor league baseball, is able to convince Charlie Jones (Brian Wimmer), a former major league player who had been imprisoned as a result of DUI convictions—and now has to perform almost 200 hours of community service—to coach the team.
[4] An additional pun is reflected in the words painted on the school bus the yeshiva ball team uses: "In the Big Inning.
[6] Once the script was completed, the brothers established "DZB productions" and began seeking out investors to fund the film.
[1] The cast includes:[8] Brian Wimmer and Susanne Sutchy, two of the main stars of the movie, are married in real life.