Re-watching Rookie of the Year
Rookie of the Year is a good comedy about a 12 year old boy named Henry who gains the ability to pitch like a big league pitcher. He joins the Chicago Cubs. Thomas Ian Nicholas stars as Henry (this was in his pre-American Pie days). It is odd to see some of the guys from American Pie as parents in later movies but it is also at least interesting seeing some of the American Pie guys in their pre-American Pie work. Yes this is silly but the Major League movies were silly too.This might on par with those films. The movie loves baseball but I don't think it overly romanticizes the game. There is a scene when a character tells Henry not to take the game too seriously because one day your talent will be gone. For a silly kids movie, I thought was a bit of a surprise. The performances are good and the movie is corny. Gary Busey played an older pitcher recovering from surgery. John Candy has a role as a sportscaster. It was nice to see him. There was another movie about a k...