"They Came. They Prayed. They Played!"
About Charlie Jones, a washed up, ex major league ballplayer, and how he gets a second chance at life and love by managing a Jewish, orthodox yeshiva baseball team.
Social & External
The people behind it
Brian Wimmer
Charlie Jones
Bart Johnson
Sledge Dixon
Don Most
Frankie Dubs
Michael Buster
Elliot
Susanne Sutchy
Deborah
Kenneth F. Brown
Rabbi Meyer
Jesse Bennett
The Rebbe
Matt Whittaker
Eliezer
Gavin Bentley
Pinky
Tyler Johnson
Elimelech
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