The Legend of Pinky Deras: The Greatest Little-Leaguer There Ever Was

Synopsis

Since Little League Baseball was founded in 1939, about 40 million kids have played the sport. The list includes future Hall of Famers like Carl Yastrzemski, Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan, and hundreds of other future Major Leaguers. But of all the kids who ever played Little League, the best of the best was a boy you’ve probably never heard of: Art “Pinky” Deras. In the summer of 1959, he led the team from Hamtramck, Mich., to the Little League World Series title, and in the process, he put together a Little League season the likes of which we might never see again. His amazing story comes to life in “The Legend of Pinky Deras: The Greatest Little-Leaguer There Ever Was,” a new film from Blue Hammer Films. Pinky received a ton of national publicity back in 1959, but then he fell off the map. In the half-century since he lit the Little League world on fire, there have been no films about him, no magazine stories, not even a single newspaper article.

Main Cast

Art "Pinky" Deras

Self

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Oliver Darrow

Self - Narrator

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Adam Deras

Self

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Mark Modich

Self

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Stan Nalepa

Self

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Tom Paciorek

Self

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Greg Pniewski

Self

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Scott Underwood

Self

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Oliver Darrow
Directing	Director	Brian Kruger Buddy Morehouse
Crew	Cinematography	Brian Kruger Jay Kruger
Production	Co-Producer	Brian Kruger Buddy Morehouse
Writing	Writer	Buddy Morehouse
Department	Role	Name

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