‘Situations and Tendencies’: The Minnesota Twins, the Hero’s Journey, and the Unsung Magic of ‘Little Big League’
Twelve-year-old Billy Heywood has a dream job in Little Big League. Or so he thinks. Billy’s grandfather, Thomas Heywood, owns the Minnesota Twins in this 1994 film. When Thomas dies, Billy inherits the team, fires the volatile manager, persuades the Twins front office to let him take the job, confronts disrespect from players who […]