It’s easy to forget precisely how awesome— and aspirational— the ’90s Seattle Mariners were, even to people outside of Seattle. Case in point: Before they ever made the playoffs, the M’s became Hollywood supervillains.
All thanks to Little Big League, the 1994 baseball cult classic movie about the Minnesota Twins and its 12-year-old owner/manager Billy Heywood—who collide with the iconic real-life Mariners in the film’s climactic final scene, a 12-inning, winner-take-all wild card game epic.
Shot over multiple days immediately following the 1993 season at Minnesota’s Metrodome, the film has stood the test of nearly three decades. Despite grossing only about $12 million, it received
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