The Kid from Left Field (1953)

Coops an exballplayer is now a peanut vendor who takes too much of an interest in the game But hes passed on his craze for baseball to his son Christie When his dad gets fired Chris makes friends with the former team owners niece and her boyfriend Pete and not only gets his dads job back but a batboy position for himself With his dads help Christie begins to make a few suggestions here and there And as a publicity stunt the team makes him their youngest manager on record But when Chris gets sick Coop has to come to the rescue