La star de Chicago

Original title: Rookie of the Year

1993
PG
1h 43m

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6.1/10

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Baseball Comedy Family Fantasy Sport

When an accident miraculously gives a boy an incredibly powerful pitching arm, he becomes a major league pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.When an accident miraculously gives a boy an incredibly powerful pitching arm, he becomes a major league pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.When an accident miraculously gives a boy an incredibly powerful pitching arm, he becomes a major league pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

32K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,336

553

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Storyline

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Trivia
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).

Goofs
When Henry is called from the dugout for the first time, the "Rocket" is pitching and everyone seems to act like he had a horrible game. However, after the game, the announcer, says that Henry got the save with a 5-4 win. Henry gave up a Home Run, so the worst that the "Rocket" could have done was throw 7 innings giving up only 3 runs, which is pretty good by anyone's standards.

Quotes
[once taken out of the cast, Henry's arm snaps around and hits Dr. Kersten in the nose]
Dr. Kersten: [muffled, with hands over his face] Funky, buttloving...!
George: Did he say "funky buttloving?"

Crazy credits
Special thanks are given to "The people of Chicago who never give up"

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: In the Line of Fire/Son in Law/Rookie of the Year/Free Willy/Jacquot (1993)

Soundtracks
The Second Time Around
Written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen (as James Van Heusen)
Performed by Tony Bennett
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User reviews56

Featured review

7/10

Childhood fantasies

It seems kind of cheesy as a grown up but it was very fun for me as a kid watching this. In a way re-watching it all these years later reminds me of when sports were fun and not all heavily analytical based. Heck even in almost 30 years baseball has become way more corporate.

The story goes Henry devoted Chicago Cubs fan despite how lousy the team is and how much slack he gets for it still loves his Cubs. He's not the best little league ball player but one day a freak accident gives him the ability to throw a baseball at 100mph. The struggling Cubs catch wind if this throwing a home run back and give him a deal to play.

I still remember seeing this movie with my aunt and uncle in the theaters. I think ironically I am now around their age when I went to see it with them. The whole nostalgia of it increases the ratings for me.