In the movie Hardball , Conor is coaching a team of tweens .
He stops gambling ; his relationship with Wilkes grows ; he gets new uniforms for the players ( sponsored by one of his bookies ) ; and he assumes a fatherly role in leading the team to the championship game ( called , `` going to the ship '' by the boys ) .Just after Conor drops the kids at home after winning the pre-championship game , G-Baby is struck and killed by a stray bullet in a gang fight which leads Conor to want to forfeit the championship game .
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