Jan 22 2009
Rookie Of The Year
One of my favorite movies as a kid growing up in the 90’s was rookie of the year starring Thomas Ian Nicholas. The movie centers around a kid Henry Roengartner who breaks his arm and after the arm heals is able to throw a baseball 90 mph. It is a movie that has funny little messages. The message Henry finds out that even though it is a dream to play professional baseball, a true childhood dream is to hang out with your friends and spend time with the ones you care about the most. This was sadly one of John Candy’s last movies. He played the announcer for the cubs. Dan Hedya is also in the movie as well as the hilarious Daniel Stern. He plays the pitching coach with odd techniques that are borderline stupid. The movie was made in 1993 and was very successful. Also this movie shows us how older veteran pitchers in the majors are sometimes left out. Gary Busey was great in the movie as Chet Steadman a crowd favorite who is having a less than subpar season. The team after gaining Henry goes on a streak and wind up making the playoffs will they win the world series, will henry be a major leauger for the next 30 years check out the movie and find out.
Also cameo’s by Bobby Bonilla, Barry Bonds, and Pedro Guerreo
I say it’s only 28 days til Pitchers and Cathers report to training camp
LETS GO MET’S
