Rookie of the Year - Nostalgia Critic

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Have the Cubs gotten so bad they're hiring kids to pitch? Apparently they did in the 90s. Nostalgia Critic gives his thoughts on the nostalgic baseball comedy, Rookie of the Year.
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Rookie of the Year is a 1993 American sports comedy film starring Thomas Ian Nicholas and Gary Busey as players for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball. The cast also includes Albert Hall, Dan Hedaya, Eddie Bracken, Amy Morton, Bruce Altman, John Gegenhuber, Neil Flynn, Daniel Stern (who also directed in his feature film directorial debut), and John Candy in an uncredited role.
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[@havdroid9769]

PRETTY PLEASE, IT IS THE DAY 353 WAITING FOR THE ,,G-force " MOVIE REVIEW BY THE ,,Nostalgia Critic" HIMSELF! PLEASE SEE THIS Doug!

[@havdroid9769]

I'm first, so my movie review comes next! Pretty please!

[@air03man]

Gary Busey have a few stinker films but "rookie of the year" hit a homer!

[@M0b1us_118]

It’s a toss-up between Remember The Titans and Major League.

[@Sharingan1230]

Still waiting for: * Norbit (long awaited request) * The Benchwarmers * The Spy Next Door (for Nostalgia-ween thats around the corner in 2 weeks) * The New Guy * Without a Paddle * A Night at the Roxbury * Planet 51 * Big Momma’s House trilogy (as a all 3 in 1 full review) * Date Night * Rush Hour trilogy (as a all 3 in 1 full review & the 4th movie is greenlit) * Bad Boys trilogy (as a all 3 in 1 full review & the celebration of 4th movie’s release) * Gay Purr-ee * Hey Arnold the movie * The Wild Thornberrys Movie * Looney Tunes Back in Action * Death at a Funeral (2010) * Wild Hogs * Dude Wheres My Car * Babe (1995) * Charlotte’s Web (1973) a *SEQUEL MONTH 3.0* featuring: * Balto 3: Wings of Change (you reviewed 1 & 2 but not the 3rd one to complete the trilogy) * Rugrats in Paris * Rugrats Go Wild (after doing Rugrats in Paris and The Wild Thornberrys Movie, and since you reviewed the 1st Rugrats movie, you gotta do the sequels) * Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 & 3 (you reviewed the 1st one and now you gotta do the sequels) * Babe Pig in the City * Charlotte’s Web 2: Wilbur’s Great Adventure and a *Re-visit review month* featuring: * Space Jam 1 * Rock a Doodle * Bebe’s Kids * Tom & Jerry (1993) * Neverending Story * other 2000s episode reviews

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

A Inspired Fact: Daniel Stern was inspired to direct this movie because it deals with kids who have to deal with fame and being controlled by adults as managers who make all of their decisions for them. He experienced that a lot on the set of Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York observing how his co-star Macaulay Culkin was dictated by his domineering father and wanted to direct a movie that paralleled his real life observances.

[@HandsomeSteveJacobson]

Rather sad

[@avatarmikephantom153]

Very tragic, but good on him. He is a pretty good actor for his roles and honestly hearing this tells me he gives a shit about those he works with.

[@TrueRiderFan]

Daniel Stern just got more respectful in my mind.

[@charliecomer6001]

Sad for Culkin, but good for stern. +5 respect

[@c0mpu73rguy]

My respect for this actor went up.

[@trinaq]

If you're used to seeing Gary Busey as an evil, crazy villain, then seeing him as an affable father figure could be a shock. But then again, he DID start off his career by exclusively playing nice guys.

[@chasehedges6775]

Loved him in Point Break(1991) with Keanu Reeves.

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY.... Actually earned an Oscar nomination for portraying the tragic 50's singer!❤

[@kdusel1991]

​@@chasehedges6775 he's great in predator 2 as well!

[@dastvan8002]

I can't tell if you mean nice guys or _nice guys_

[@katyornot]

My favorite performance of his is Uncle Red in Silver Bullet because he's kind of both? The family considers him a wacko, he has a serious drinking problem, but when push comes to shove he takes care of the people around him and shifts into hero mode.

[@BraedenStern]

This is classic Nostalgia Critic. The jokes and humor. I love that he brought back "I am acting" when the guy said he is my client. Made me miss the old days of the critic.

[@dolphincrescent54]

80s: Fighting and Boxing Movies 90s: Baseball Movies 2000s: "Inspirational" Sport Bios and Basketball Movies 2010s-2020s: Video Game Movies (God save us from the Minecraft movie)

[@chasehedges6775]

Man, how we have evolved

[@KaseyKay92]

Lol 2000s Basketball movies makes me like of Like Mike

[@ScofieldStudios]

2010s is superhero movies, 70s is ganster/crime flicks, 60s and earlier are westerns.

[@spinlok3943]

I’d say early 90s was baseball but late 90s had basketball take over with Space Jam and Air Bud.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@chasehedges6775 and yet it still won't make the Minecraft movie or Borderlands any good. Side note I hope Doug reviews the sandlot at some point

[@hellboyrp6115]

I found myself going "Didn't he do this one?" But then went, "Oh, i'm thinking of Kid in King Arthur's Court

[@kdusel1991]

Even the classic NC review of that movie is better than the actual movie

[@bearfan3417]

@@hellboyrp6115 A cat in Bea Arthur’s cooch!

[@theoguncleslappy9150]

Not that movie💀

[@hellboyrp6115]

@@theoguncleslappy9150 It's mainly due to the fact that Thomas Ian Nicholas stars in both, i even went back and watched NC's review.

[@marinerman]

Don’t you mean “A bat in Bea Arthur’s cooch?”

[@Memelord2020]

Two weeks until Nostalgiaween

[@chasehedges6775]

I hope he reviews Maleficent 2 at some point. Loved Elle Fanning as Aurora in that movie

[@shioq.]

silver shamrock

[@kdusel1991]

​@@shioq. I can't wait for nostalgiaween! And cinemassacre's monster madness!!

[@scottylewis8124]

The Nostalgiaween opening should reference Beyond Belief.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

LFG

[@johnnysparkle]

John Candy as Cubs announcer Cliff Murdoch. He did the role as a favor to Stern (who was struggling to cast the role) and because he wanted to appear in the movie.

[@GaryTongue-zn5di]

...and because they were gay for each other. Secretly dated for at least 3 years.

[@TheWinstonSlip]

@@GaryTongue-zn5dishut your face

[@MrBird2007]

​@@GaryTongue-zn5diThat escalated quickly

[@BroncoKnight34]

Ha! You were wrong again, Ernie!

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: Following the film's release, Thomas Ian Nicholas threw out the first pitch at multiple Cubs games and was also invited to sing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" multiple times during the customary 7th-inning stretch at Wrigley Field. During the 2015 National League Championship Series where the Cubs faced the Mets as they did in the movie, he attended Game 4 in a Rowengartner #1 jersey similar to what he wore during the film unfortunately the Cubs lost 8-3 knocking them out of the postseason.

[@Sonicandlaytonfan]

Me and my dad met him at a con several years ago to get a autograph for his World Series Dvd. He had mentioned he went to some of the games sadly not the ones they had won though. He also said filming at Wrigley was his fav moment of being part of the film. 😁

[@KarazolaX]

I was at that game. It rained so hard towards the end.

[@YairYakobson]

Believe it or not, the late movie critic Roger Ebert gave this movie 3 out of 4 stars and describe it like so: I was absolutely lousy in Little League. I was a sub for one season, screwing up every play I was involved in. I stopped out there in the middle of right field, squinting into the sun, hoping desperately that the ball would not come my way. If it did, I didn't use my glove to catch it. I used the glove for protection. I was, in fact, a lot like Henry Rowengartner, the 12-year-old hero of "Rookie of the Year." It seemed like the other kids had always known how to play baseball, and that I would never know. When I was a kid, I think I might have liked "Rookie of the Year" a lot. I am no longer a kid, and this movie is not likely to make my list of the year's best, but I can remember those miserable Little League games and so in a modest way I'm grateful for this film. It is pure wish-fulfillment, 40 years after I needed it.

[@Zimmy_1981]

Loved his several blockbuster flicks myself 😊

[@SamtheBravesFan]

It's not a bad movie. Silly, absolutely, but it's enjoyable.

[@cobrallama6236]

And he gave 3.5 stars to Little Big League!

[@Jeremy_theGent]

Back when a 12-year-old kid with a major league fastball was considered more likely than the Cubs winning the World Series. 2016 was cursed.

[@gothamlives4278]

@@Jeremy_theGent a lot of strange things started or happened in 2016. Harambee haunts us all ! Lol

[@KlaviceGavin]

They’re still only half as bad as the Yankees.

[@ellugerdelacruz2555]

9:14 BEST. LINE. EVER.😂🤣

[@nahor88]

Not only that, literally his only pitch was the heater with no movement. He wouldn't last more than one inning with today's hitters. Also, they were playing the Mets for the Pennant, not the World Series. The Mets and Cubs are both National League.

[@bobthebear1246]

HA!!

[@dancepiglover]

You forgot to show “pitcher’s got a big butt” when the kid was trying to psych out the other team. I remember that being in the commercials.

[@juliannagoodwin2875]

“We want a pitcher not an underwear snitcher!” That line will never not make me smile when I hear it.

[@ConspiracyOpossum]

@juliannagoodwin2875 for me it was funky butt lovin

[@fergalstackstreams]

I thought it was "underwear stitcher" as in he's so fat he has to stitch his underwear together when it rips.

[@PHSDM104]

I'm convinced Doug lived under a rock to not know of anyone who loved Rookie of the Year. Almost everyone I know can quote this movie!

[@FucTrump]

I have a theory that Doug's fascination with children's media stems from the fact that he never was one.

[@PHSDM104]

@@FucTrump I'm just saying. He and I are only a few years apart and he missed out on a LOT of shows and movies. Most of Disneycember, I'm sitting there scratching my head yelling, "HOW DID YOU NOT SEE THIS?"

[@Crasher1982]

Haven't seen them since the 90's but I do remember liking this one and Angels in the Outfield. (the remake.) Fun 90's baseball movies but obviously, I'm not able to quote them now.

[@blakeholland7640]

Thank you!!!!!

[@MrKurtykurt]

@@PHSDM104 “it can sometimes be a little *too* goofy” coming from Nostalgia Critic feels…off

[@andrewtickel6804]

When I broke my wrist in the 2nd grade, this was the movie my dad and I watched during what would have been my baseball game the following afternoon. This movie will always have a soft spot as one of my favorite memories with my dad!

[@SoranotRoxas]

Totally surprised he didn't do Sandlot considering recent events. RIP James Earl Jones 😔

[@batlrar]

Well you see Doug, angels aren't allowed to help in championship games. It's like their only rule other than not showing up if the team swears too much.

[@TheBandit025Nova]

@@batlrar yep I think they didn’t even do that in Touched By Angel

[@OctacleEdits]

Fun fact: Henry's played by the same kid from A Kid in King Arthur’s Court. Oh shoot, now I need to try to forget that movie exists again.

[@chasehedges6775]

OH Darn.

[@chasehedges6775]

At least this movie is better.

[@nocheckmarkgames]

Funner Fact: It's actually the Sequel.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@chasehedges6775 the review for that movie is better than the movie lol

[@kdusel1991]

​@@nocheckmarkgames there's a sequel?!

[@joshuariddensdale2126]

John Candy in a small role as the stadium announcer. I haven't seen this movie since I was a kid. It used to air a lot on Disney.

[@GaryTongue-zn5di]

Small Role my ass. He has like 20 minutes of screentime.

[@TheWinstonSlip]

@@GaryTongue-zn5diand he’s uncredited

[@taylorwatts9391]

0:31 That’s why baseball has been called ‘America’s Favorite Pastime’

[@jakejusten9065]

The Cubs being desperate enough to sign a 12 year old wasn't even the most unbelievable part of the movie. Anyway, go Cubs

[@otakubullfrog1665]

I wonder if the writers realized that "funky butt loving" was the only line that most people would remember from this movie thirty years later. Memes have always been with us, even before they had a name.

[@DAK4Blizzard]

"Hot ice! I heat up the ice cubes. It's the best of both worlds."

[@michaelschreiner9719]

"WINDERMERE!!!"

[@dragondaveltd1992]

2:59 Hello George... Hello Clark. *We all didn't like what she said that, Critic*

[@theoguncleslappy9150]

Clark found out the meaning of a *"cougar"* that day.

[@OzymandiasWasRight]

This is Blank Check all over again.

[@TheBandit025Nova]

@@dragondaveltd1992 She just prefers Clark over George because he’s shy

[@OmnicidalClown1992]

So, now that you reviewed a baseball movie, is it possible to review The Sandlot as a means to honor the recent passing of James Earl Jones?

[@chasehedges6775]

“Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.” - The Ghost of Babe Ruth

[@johnnysparkle]

Or Field of Dreams

[@kdusel1991]

​@@chasehedges6775don't make me cry 😭😭😭

[@TheBandit025Nova]

@@chasehedges6775Yep That’s an quote for the ages

[@timtimmonsmusic]

"i heat up the ice cubes, it's the best of both worlds!" still lives rent free in my head all these years later.

[@stephenm8725]

hot ice

[@johnhart8856]

2:59 I just felt bad for poor George because of the disdain in the mother's voice when she said hello to him

[@47Cartoonguy]

Sounded more uncomfortably sultry than disdain

[@LawfulNugget]

Yeah that was more sexual than it should have been 🤢

[@HisVirusness]

I forgot Jan Itor dabbled in baseball for a bit.

[@danatkinson6698]

@@HisVirusness Chicago was the setting for a couple of his dabbles.

[@M.C.ThomasReviews]

To this day, my nephews and I still quote: “Funky buttloving!” “Did he just say funky buttloving??”

[@scottieman2]

It's a 90s kids movie. Nothing more. Nothing less.

[@joefitz531]

Think I heard somewhere Stern kept getting Rickma stuck in places so he could have an excuse to keep him out of scenes so he could focus on directing. Also for 90s baseball movies, the real-life son of the mother in Little Big League plays for the Cubs

[@LvlGenesis]

One step closer to a Nostalgia Critic review of Little Big League.

[@jackhageman9983]

Or Little Giants, I want him to review that so bad

[@huntercoleman460]

@@jackhageman9983 that’s one of Rick Moranis’s last movies right?

[@bryanrizzo9377]

​@@huntercoleman460yeah and Honey We Shrunk Ourselves which is the third installment in the Honey series was the last movie he did before he stopped acting.

[@huntercoleman460]

@@bryanrizzo9377 ever see Big Bully?

[@johnhart8856]

7:20 Wow, the first Zuul reference since Critic's review of Ghostbusters... which ironically was only a week ago

[@themann1086]

This, Sandlot, and Angels in the Outfield came out when I was 6-7 years old, and I loved all three of them. I hadn't seen this one since I was younger, so I enjoyed this look back at it!

[@Fro5tyRevenge]

Oh come on you pick a baseball film from 1993 and it’s not The Sandlot what’s wrong with you?! Especially in memory of James Earl Jones

[@fergalstackstreams]

Probably not as much to pick on since the Sandlot is the better film and isn't quite as goofy.

[@dabatman5187]

And it’s sequels, including the one where an adult version of our lead gets stuck in a child body. Yeah that was weird

[@wariodude128]

If I had a nickel for every time Daniel Stern got stuck between two doors in a movie, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice, right?

[@johnnysparkle]

When Henry's mom celebrates Henry scoring his first run, she smacks her head on an overhead light. This was unplanned; Amy Morton legitimately smacked her head on it. You can see her start to mouth "Oh, shit" as the scene begins to cut, which is funny because that scene also contained the film's actual precision "Shit"-strike".

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: 23 years after the film's release, the Chicago Cubs would go on to win the 2016 World Series in seven games against the Cleveland Indians, coming back from a 3-1 series deficit to win the series 4-3 (including a 8-7 win in 10 innings in Game 7 at Progressive Field in Cleveland). It marked the Cubs' first World Series championship in 108 years. Thomas Ian Nicholas celebrated the win on Twitter by posting the final shot from the film, showing Henry holding up his Cubs World Series ring to the camera.

[@fergalstackstreams]

I wonder if he's always been a Cubs fan or if he feels like they're his team since he portrayed one of the players.

[@joeblankenship377]

I loved this movie as a kid. I played baseball so I was a big fan of all the kid baseball movies--Sandlot, this, Little Big League, and Angels in the Outfield.

[@fistofbuuda]

is that the "fuck you lucky charms" kid from leprechaun?

[@Teeam231]

Yes

[@louishart6725]

Slight correction. That wasn’t the World Series but the NL Championship. They implied that they went on to win the series with the ring he is wearing at the end. I also hate myself that I know that lol

[@MrBird2007]

I also hate myself in that regard as well.

[@Wildcat_Media]

I watched this movie ALL THE TIME growing up. Somehow, we had both this and Angels in the Outfield on VHS. Seeing as it took our family longer than most to get cable (growing up in BFE will do that), videotapes were our pop culture lifeline. This was always a fun one to watch.

[@fergalstackstreams]

I swear HBO played this movie every six hours when they got the broadcast rights for it. It was on ALL THE TIME.

[@lookdoug1516]

We need a Little Big League review too!

[@kdusel1991]

I also suggest the sandlot and little giants with Rick Moranis!

[@domvillarreal01]

@@kdusel1991i would love a little giants one

[@jadedheartsz]

Also Ed and The Scout

[@Iamhungey]

The final game wasn't the WS, it was a game to decide who goes to the playoffs.

[@NathanDav42]

It was the NLCS, not the World Series. The Cubs can’t play the Mets in the World Series. We saw them GET to the World Series by winning the National League Pennant. I have been wondering since I was 8-years-old how the Cubs won the World Series without their 2 best pitchers.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

A Door Fact: When Henry first goes to Wrigley Field as a pitcher, he goes to the players entrance. When he knocks on the door to be let in, an old man pokes his head through a hole in the door. At first he doesn't let Henry in, then Henry reveals who he is, and the old man says, "Well that's a horse of a different color," which is the same thing that was said in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy and the gang get to Oz.

[@ChrisOnStage2]

That was SOOOOOOO obvious ya think Doug would have caught that!!

[@mentaya11]

@@ChrisOnStage2 What makes you think he didn't? No one says everything they thought or realized during this. Probably just wasn't something he thought he could make an insightful comment or a joke about.

[@mychaeljones7526]

Watch the video again to that moment. Doug makes the connection.

[@fergalstackstreams]

That was probably my favorite gag in the movie.

[@eeveestar6826]

I want a Cool Runnings review so badly. I don't like sports movies, but Cool Runnings is the only exception

[@chasehedges6775]

Cool Runnings is GOLD. John Candy is great

[@chasehedges6775]

No problem, man.

[@masterknife8423]

I really hope he'll do the Babe films one day

[@kdusel1991]

​@@chasehedges6775 Cool Runnings is awesome!! Love that movie!!

[@kdusel1991]

​@@masterknife8423me too! Babe Pig in the City is honestly a great film!

[@takeshikujo2909]

Personally, after Henry’s arm got fixed I would have added that line in Fairly Oddparent’s Foul Balled where the New York Bankee’s member said “Let’s make a small boy cry.”

[@lostmediadetective2590]

7:46 missed a marvel vs capcom 2 joke

[@MNSportsJunkie101]

This movie also served as the only way the Chicago Cubs could win the World Series, up until 2016 that is.

[@jasonmiller8207]

My best friend and I LOVED this movie as kids and watched it on VHS all the time. We still reference one of John Candy's lines in regards to present day sports. "And the Cubs have their longest winning streak of the season..... 2...."

[@jessedellross3245]

Honestly if Doug does anymore advertisements for Legacybox, he should bring back the talking box. That was freaking genius

[@caughtashot]

How did they win the World Series if he lost his powers and the veteran pitcher threw his arm out in the NLCS? That's always bothered me!

[@Videogamelover58]

They probably fought the Cleveland Indians lol

[@SayMy_User_Name]

The funniest thing about this movie is having the Mets and the cubs play each other in the World Series ! 😂😂 something that can quite literally never happen

[@jackhageman9983]

This movie is the reason the Cubs lost the NLCS 10 years later, it wasn’t Steve Bartman’s fault, it was Rookie of the Year

[@Enocent1]

OMG i have been DYING for you to review this one! I'm so excited! :D I've been thinking about this movie a lot recently and I was thinking of the good writing surrounding the kid and his relationship with his single mom. Like when she started dating that guy, he had good points "he's moving too fast". He was concerned for her. It was a good take! Him holding back that he knew about his dad for her feelings, very sweet. He could have easily been bitter, but he appreciated her. I thought it was very sweet and it could've easily been so bad.

[@averymerrick]

Following the Cubs win over the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series to win their first championship since 1908, Nicholas (in celebration) tweeted the final shot from the movie of Henry showing his Cubs World Series ring. Furthermore, director Daniel Stern briefly reprised his role of Brickma following the win.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: When Henry's mother (Amy Morton) is celebrating Henry scoring a run after being walked, she hits her head on the lamp hanging above her (at around 57:45 mins). Morton obviously didn't mean to do this: she is visibly hurt and after sitting down mutters "oh... shit" (at 57:49, which is dubbed out on the audio, you have to lip-read).

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

To quote the late great Norm McDonald and something I’m sure Daniel Stern might be thinking about is “I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical”

[@marshallhuffer4713]

6:43 - Cinema Snob: "There will be no whacking in this movie!"

[@digital_pocket_watch]

>Baseball movie review >Making fun of the Cubs two minutes in >Immediate respect ensues

[@dustinnelson8817]

Gary busey is actually quite charming in the scenes with the mom

[@jongon0848]

"Hello George. 😐" Hello Clark.😍" Even as a kid I always thought it was weird the way she said that.

[@travisdelafuente1150]

Wait a minute is that the kid from Disney's A Kid in King Arthur's Court? Wow Doug reviewed that one a long time ago!

[@nsasupporter7557]

It’s Kevin from American Pie!!

[@RebelCityEejit]

Damn, you went the whole review without doing an American Pie gag?

[@Windyyyyyyyyy]

One of my favorite non-baseball movies with a baseball cameo was in men in black, where Bernard Gilkey was hit by a fly ball as the flying saucer was leaving queens.

[@robertlee9602]

I broke my arm once, it itched. One of my favorite movies!

[@childofwelp]

OHH I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS MOVIE TOO the kid that got the super arm after breaking it then lost the super arm after it got hit again then he won the movie with a flyball that his mom taught him to do his dad was fake or smth as well idr very well lmao

[@CactusJackIV]

As a kid playing baseball at this time, I wanted this to happen to one of my team mates(becoming a good pitcher) I was the catcher, and they were all a little “wild” with their pitchers.

[@williamdixon-gk2sk]

Less than 24 hours ago, i was joking about how you gotta heat up the ice cubes after i sprained my ankle hiking.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Cubs Fact: 22 years after this film was released, the Cubs faced the Mets in the 2015 NLCS, as portrayed in the final scenes of the movie. Unfortunately, the Cubs lost the series four games to zero. However, the very next year, the Cubs would go on to finally win the World Series, their first since 1908, ending an MLB record 108-year drought.

[@jamesburke4358]

Worked on set for 1/2 of this when I was 19, mostly Wrigley & Oak Park, IL. Fun set. Can't believe it's still talked about.

[@M-David-Hakoh]

I was waiting for you to do this one. Next should be the sandlot

[@chrislodico]

I can’t believe I never realized this kid grew up to be in American Pie

[@juliav.mcclelland2415]

This was one of my families FAVORITE movies as a kid. You know, the one where everyone says lines in unison and laughs for no reason, having way more fun than you logically should.

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

When a what-if video on KZbin some 25+ years later ends up being the best thing to come from this film. A Mets hitter, an effus pitch, and... SEEEEE YAAAAA!😂❤

[@JoeFpoc]

I was in the stands as a little kid when they filmed this. Pretty sure it was filmed at the white Sox stadium. I just remember when they gave us notice that they were filming a movie that still like half the people went home and we had to keep moving seats, like move from the outfield to behind homeplate depending on what they were shooting so the place looked full . Always thought it would be cool to get a high definition Blu-ray to see if it can see myself in the stands.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: When Henry gets called into his first game, the catcher that tells him he is up is played by W. Earl Brown. Brown would later go on to play a character, Warren, who is obsessed with finding his baseball in There's Something About Mary.

[@apollolux]

Back then, as a kid in the '90s Rookie of the Year and Angels in the Outfield were really competitive in which could deliver the most schmaltzy Major League-affiliated baseball movie involving wish fulfillment for hard-luck kids also targeted at kid audiences. XD

[@thecunninlynguist]

Pitchers got a big butt

[@Talongirl333]

Baseball also makes sense to focus on from a filming point of view. On average a scene will have 1-3 people in the frame. Having a single focus shot on 1 person hitting, catching or running is believable. Just having 1 person running down the field or court looks weird, where’s the rest of the players? There’s not too many team sports that allow this believable situation

[@1WolfFan]

Rookie of the Yeeaar!!! Now THAT's a callback to my younger days. LOL

[@OcpCommunications]

Finally Doug reviews this one. I have been waiting for years to see this one finally covered on the channel. This is a legitimate nostalgic kind of film for once.

[@nsasupporter7557]

The movie that I’ve been waiting on him to do is Star Kid… with Joseph Mazzello. He needs to do that movie

[@justinpullen1097]

Can't remember the last time you made the "I'm acting!" joke.

[@fergalstackstreams]

The boyfriend's overacting gives me Christopher Lloyd in Suburban Commando vibes. "He's my client! I was FROZEN TODAY!"

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: Actress Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine, who plays Becky aka Henry's love interest, is a native of Chicago IL. Additionally, her next two film roles after Rookie of the Year were in another popular sports film franchise as Julie "The Cat" Gaffney in D2 and D3: The Mighty Ducks.

[@GaryTongue-zn5di]

*Series, not franchise, dumbass. Learn the difference, and that wasn't her next two, idiot. She did several films in-between duck movies.

[@buickgnx88]

I was wondering why she looked familiar!

[@blakeholland7640]

I do love this movie. It’s great fun, very quotable, has the backing of Daniel Stern and John Candy, and is very rewatchable.

[@HystericallyEvil]

The Bad News Bears (1976) is not only the best baseball movie, but one of the best sports film of all time.

[@NJGuy1973]

If you don't like that film, you're a booger eating moron.

[@zachhibbard2376]

As a White Sox fan, I appreciate all the jabs at the cubs.

[@invidatauro8922]

Considering your season this year, you deserve a win

[@zachhibbard2376]

@@invidatauro8922 true. And I live in Cincinnati. It’s rough

[@adamandanna]

@@invidatauro8922 yeah as a fellow soxs fan, our biggest joke is our owner

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: When Henry has to take his first AB (against the L.A. Dodgers), the pitcher in that scene (Tregoraw) is Tim Stoddard. Stoddard was a technical adviser for the baseball scenes in the movie. Coincidentally, Stoddard was actually a pitcher for the Cubs in real life, he pitched on the '84 Cubs team that won the NL East title (and eventually lost to the San Diego Padres in the NLCS).

[@EarthwormShandy]

Thank you, Google.

[@NJGuy1973]

Stoddard is the only person who has a World Series ring (1983 Orioles) and who played for an NCAA basketball championship (1974 NC State.)

[@gm-le6fy]

The Cubs really are the rookies of the year.

[@VicHD]

7:14 What viewers might not have picked up was that the coach kept calling him different names throuroughout the film: Gardenhoser, Studebaker, Weisenheimer,etc. until Henry heard him say "Rowengartner" nearing the World Series run and he reacted saying "what did he call me?", as if Henry finally earned the coach's respect. It's the little things.

[@classic.cameras]

My Wife and I just watched this movie and she asked "Why did thy make so many sports kids movies in the 1990s?" And me being older then her I said back "Because in the 90s'(and 80s) kids could do anything!" and she rolled her eyes and said "You got one more shot" so I played Angels in the Outfield and she loved it. But seriously this movie was nuts!

[@bensherinian3599]

How much do you wanna bet Doug is actually a Chicago White Sox fan and trash talking The Cubs is just him coping with the actual worse baseball team in Chicago. Go O's.

[@TheBandit025Nova]

To be honest if he was he would have to cry during Eight men out where minus Shoeless Joe Jackson didn’t take the money but got screwed

[@bensherinian3599]

@@TheBandit025Nova Yeah, fair point. That whole Black Sox scandal is both tragic as well as infuriating.

[@JoeyHubbard89]

It was really awesome to finally get a chance to meet you at Days of the Dead Chicago this weekend and thank you for signing my badge. I meant to tell you that I liked your take on this baseball classic here, which is one of my most favorite childhood movies, and I’m curious about what you might do if you ever review the Sandlot. I’m curious to see how you review that excellent classic, same thing with Little Big League. As a man from Chicago, this is a standard movie to view around my household. And I have met Thomas Nicholas six times and counting. He’s a really awesome guy and a great singer and musician. I’ve seen him play gigs and he’s awesome. I give this baseball family movie a perfect 10.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

A Moved Fact: A year after the film's release, the Chicago Cubs moved from the National League's East Dvision to the newly formed Central Division that saw the implementation of an expanded playoffs that added a Wild Card team, along with the three divisional champions. The new format was delayed until 1995 due to the player's strike.

[@TheBandit025Nova]

The Montreal Expos got screwed

[@njdevilku1340]

@@koneheadcokehead4981 Then the cubs couldn't have played the Mets for the NCLS. When it was 2 divisions, the winner of the east played the west champion.

[@frozenaorta]

Thank you, Doug, for doing actual nostalgic movies from the youth of people our age. I miss it. I know we've grown older and nostalgia is different for the younger generations. But you built your brand on this, and I love seeing you do more of it. Recommendation? D2 - The Mighty Ducks.

[@nsasupporter7557]

He needs to review Star Kid, do you remember that movie?

[@nocheckmarkgames]

Finally, something Nostalgic!

[@deshawnedwards6412]

Review Coming to America (1988).

[@mas8705]

For some bizzare reason, I didn't know that Gary Busey and Daniel Stern were in this film. Then again I was only six at the time and it wasn't like I could connect faces to the actor at that time.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Your videos are always are a Home run Doug! ⚾

[@chasehedges6775]

He always hits the goal, you could say.