"Daddy Ball," the story of a little league baseball rivalry between two passionate fathers, is currently being adapted by Jason Bateman into a dark comedy limited series. The story, by writer David Gauvey Herbert, appeared in a 2021 issue of Esquire and focused on an unbelievable dad-on-dad feud involving the Long Island Inferno and a ballpark aptly titled Baseball Heaven. For the two fathers, Bobby Sanfilippo and John Reardon, the rivalry extended way past little league ball. "When a father's anger about 'daddy ball' didn't erupt in the stands, or at a hotel bar on a tournament trip, it found its way to an online message board, Called Strike Three, the emotional sewer for Long Island baseball families," Herbert wrote. "Sons grow up, and one day dads must leave Baseball Heaven, too. But Sanfilippo hasn't moved on." |
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