<P> In 1932 , during the Great Depression , Yankee Irving ( Jake T. Austin ) is young baseball fan , whose father Stanley ( Mandy Patinkin ) works as a janitor for Yankee Stadium . While the two are on the premises , a thief steals Babe Ruth 's famous bat Darlin ' ( Whoopi Goldberg ) , with the result that Yankee 's father is blamed and fired , who blamed Yankee for stealing it and framing his own father . The true thief is Lefty Maginnis ( William H. Macy ) , a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs . Lefty works for Cubs owner Napoleon Cross ( Robin Williams ) , who desires to see the Cubs defeat the Yankees during the 1932 World Series . </P>
<P> In 1932 , during the Great Depression , Yankee Irving ( Jake T. Austin ) is young baseball fan , whose father Stanley ( Mandy Patinkin ) works as a janitor for Yankee Stadium . While the two are on the premises , a thief steals Babe Ruth 's famous bat Darlin ' ( Whoopi Goldberg ) , with the result that Yankee 's father is blamed and fired , who blamed Yankee for stealing it and framing his own father . The true thief is Lefty Maginnis ( William H. Macy ) , a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs . Lefty works for Cubs owner Napoleon Cross ( Robin Williams ) , who desires to see the Cubs defeat the Yankees during the 1932 World Series . </P>
who plays mr cross in everyone 's hero
who plays mr cross in everyone 's hero
Robin Williams
Robin Williams