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Worst Baseball film ever made?

posted 15 years ago by SNYanks3162000
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I'm sure these have all been mentioned, but I couldn't help it. This movie must drive baseball purists crazy. I mean, the goofs and inaccuracies are so obvious it's beyond belief. Just some I can remember:

-A baseball GM has just as much say in signing a prospect than a scout. If a player does poorly (or vomits on a mound) it's on the GM.

-The pitcher in the beginning who makes it to yankee stadium, vomits. He signs and pitches immediately for an mlb team. This is almost unheard of. Baseball is the one sport where the road to the bigs is long and hard in the minors. Nobody signs, and then pitches a game just like that.

-It's physically and humanly impossible to throw a baseball faster than 104 mph, let alone 109.

-He hit the ball off the yankee facade in left center field. That's about a 700-800 foot home run.

-This movie sucks balls.

[–] stanleybix-1 15 years ago

Inaccuracies?? This is a fictional baseball movie! Like the fictional "It Happens Every Spring" (1949), it is one of the best baseball movies ever!

[–] nicmackey10 11 years ago

You must be brenden frasier

[–] ZeoRangerFive 15 years ago

Really? Those are your reasons why the movie sucks? Granted the 2 things about the GM and not getting into a game right away are probably correct, the 2nd two were plot devices to show that Steve is the BEST player ever. Is it possible? Probably not. Last time I checked it's not possible for dinosaurs to be cloned for an amusement park and transforming robots don't exist. It's a movie, get over it.

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[–] afitzgerald88 14 years ago

It's physically and humanly impossible to throw a baseball faster than 104 mph, let alone 109.
---uhhh, "Aroldis Chapman Throws 105 MPH Pitch, Breaks MLB Record"...not humanly or physically impossible.

The one real issue that I have with this travesty is the fact that he threw 81 strikes. Are you telling me that not batter in 81 pitches took a slider or curveball that didnt go over the plate? You dont just throw the ball over the plate for strikes..you need people to swing and miss at balls.

[–] michaelward15 12 years ago

Not only was the 81 strike completely idiotic, it didn't add anything to the film. Just have him pitch a perfect came. Or heck, I could stand it if he struck out 27 batters in a row. But to do it on 81 consecutive strikes!!!

[–] kinnyhova 14 years ago

agreed.

possibly the worst film ever made.

Hell is my natural habitat

[–] michaelward15 12 years ago

I think it's got to be the worst baseball movie ever made. It's easily the worst I've seen, and it's hard to imagine how one could be worse.

[–] nicmackey10 11 years ago

Agreed

[–] patrickbohn 10 years ago

It's certainly not the worst baseball movie I've seen, but the ending is beyond absurd.

I mean, come on. 81 pitches, 81 strikes? Not one single batter makes contact? Not one single pitch is a ball? Come on.

We're not given any indication that he can actually pitch. The movie relies on the trope of "He throws it so fast, no one can hit it." But what about command, control, having some off-speed stuff? All that stuff matters when it comes to being a pitcher. You don't just throw it as hard as you can and hope for the best

[–] HowYaLikeDemApplesWill 9 years ago

True, but the premise is he throws with unprecedented velocity, and thus nobody can touch him.

But after the first, ohh say 8 Ks, the other team would start bunting, slapping the ball for contact, etc...and I don't care how hard you throw, MLB players would not miss every ball.

Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?

[–] dvanpat 9 years ago

I'm late to the party, but Aroldis Chapman has been clocked at over 105.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 5 years ago

Well I guess by your logic Angels in the Outfield is even worse because literal Angels don't play baseball.

I'm a runner and believe me watching the Brad Pitt movie Across the Tracks had levels beyond absurdity coming from someone who knows how track meets work.

Overall I kind of liked the premise of this but Brendan Fraser just ruined it, Albert Brooks was great though.