In the 1950s, an aspiring coach (Clifton Collin, Jr. ) gets cut by the St. Louis Cardinals and winds up back in Monterrey, Mexico. There, he winds up inspiring and coaching a team of loveable boys who long to make it to the World Series in the United States, under the watchful eye of the local padre (Cheech Marin), and leads the group to the titular game against the best Little League team from the United States.

Earnestly, and sometimes over-, acted, the movie will endear itself to fans of movies like Angels in the Outfield, Little Big League, and The Rookie. Collin and his gaggle of boys provide most of the dialogue, and the production flashes back the action from contemporary times to understanding what it was like to be dirt poor and discriminated against. Some of the moments like the breakthrough between the star pitcher and his father are cheesy, but this movie isn't designed to win an Oscar; it's trying to win your hearts.

While there have been a significant number of sports-related movies that espoused teamwork (Invincible, Coach Carter) over lots of world-expected values, and there have been a few more which battled through the racial discrimination leveled against African Americans (Pride, Remember the Titans), few of them have allowed for the opportunity to examine discrimination against Hispanics. One might say that the Little League win in the 1950s was significant for baseball, but it seems that the world of American society might still need some more nudges toward real equality in 2010.

I don't intend to give the impression that the movie is overly serious, though. What would you expect would happen when a bunch of kids aspire to something that no one says they can, even their parents, friends, and other loved ones? What would you expect to happen when they succeed and their triumph is the triumph of the community? Well, those interplays, those highs and lows, are the basis for the movie, about a group of Davids who refused to believe they couldn't take on the Goliaths. And they made their story picture perfect.