Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane and D.B. Sweeney score in this uplifting story of triumph over adversity that "hits an emotional home run." Conor O'Neill (Reeves) is a down-on-his-luck gambler in debt to dangerous loan sharks. Desperate for cash, Conor reluctantly takes a job coaching a youth baseball team. The "team" turns out to be a ragtag group of tough-talking kids from Chicago's inner city. Secretly, Conor plans to desert the team after he wins a big bet. But the stakes are higher than Conor imagined: The kids need someone to believe in. As Conor wrestles with his past, the kids start to teach him some lessons that will forever change his future-that responsibility and trust must be earned and hope can appear in the most unlikely places.

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

July 3: Polls show that Americans are dissatisfied with government and the general state of the country. In Thursday s Hardball Big Number, guest host Michael Smerconish reminds Americans that they have the right to alter government.

July 3: When it comes to the economy, does it matter if Barack Obama or John McCain is elected in November? Democratic consultant Hilary Rosen and Republican consultant Todd Harris discuss.

July 3: Is Barack Obama moving from a tough anti-war stance to a more nuanced position on when and how our servicemen and women can come home? The Chicago Tribune s Jim Warren and Politico s Roger Simon discuss.

July 2: Despite recent polls showing John McCain ahead of Barack Obama in southern states, the Obama campaign believes it can win by increasing African-American voter turnout there. Republican consultant Ron Christie and Democratic media consultant Steve McMahon discuss.

July 2: In Thursday s Hardball Big Number, guest host Michael Smerconish reveals the $400 million that conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is reportedly receiving through his new contract to keep him on the air through 2016.