I love this movie, but it's like the person that wrote the script never watched a baseball game.
In the top of the 9th, Taylor gives away pitches, which would never happen.
In the bottom of the 9th, Tomlinson almost hits a division winning walk off home run, but the Yankees RF scales the wall to take it away...and no one loses their minds.
Then The Duke throws at Taylor's head, twice which would never happen in the 9th or in any inning of a playoff game.
In the top of the 9th, Taylor gives away pitches, which would never happen.
Then The Duke throws at Taylor's head, twice which would never happen in the 9th or in any inning of a playoff game.
For Baseball movies this film was expertly crafted and you can tell whoever made it really knew and loved the game of baseball. The accuracy of the Baseball Play is largely due to 4 former MLB Players that worked as the films Baseball Experts and played 4 big roles in the movie itself.
Pete Vuckovich who played "Hayward" the Yankee that kept hitting HR's on Ricky Vaughn. IRL Vuckovich was a great Pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers lead them to their first World Series in 1982.
Another MLB Player was Willie Muller who played "The Duke" Simpson the Yankee Pitcher in the film. IRL he was a pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers for a Couple years.
The third MLB Player in the film was Steve Yeager that played 3rd base coach. Yeager told the Director a Real Life story about his son getting cocky during a Father/Son Baseball game so he threw the ball at his son while he was pitching. The director liked the story so much they had Bob Uecker tell the story and attribute it to Yankee's Pitcher "The Duke".
Bob Uecker former MLB Player and Milwaukee Brewers Radio Commentator for over 54 years also helped to bring the Baseball authenticity.
Okay...but again, in the 9th inning of a do or die playoff game the catcher gave away pitches to the batter and the closer threw at a guy's head twice and a division winning HR was taken away over the fence to an aw shucks reaction... It's just not realistic to me.
And I didn't even bring up the messy batting order but I don't think that's that big of a deal.
It's a movie, not a documentary. The plot required the scene be played out that way.
The golf game in Caddyshack is wrong, too.
Did you ever play baseball? If a catcher told me a fastball was coming I'm thinking "he's going to throw a slider, or a curve, or a changeup, or maybe... he's fucking with me and is really going to throw a fastball - maybe he wants me to think he's going to throw a fastball and then throw an off speed pitch - or maybe..."
So now the pitcher throws a fastball, and I take or miss it. Catcher tells me another one is coming.. "this time I'll be ready for the fastball - wait, maybe because the first one was, maybe they think I'll believe him this time. It must be an off speed pitch. Wait, what if it is another fastball?"
I would love if a pitcher tipped his pitches and I knew what was coming, but I would never want a catcher to "tell" me what was coming but I wouldn't know if he was screwing with me or not.
True story - Mickey Mantle was at the end of his long injury filled but legendary career. Everybody loved The Mick, including opposing players. Mickey Lolich was pitching for Detroit and they had already clinched the pennant, so Lolich told Mantle he would throw him nothing but fastballs. Mantle ignored the batting practice fastballs. The catcher told Mantle he was getting another one and they were on the level, and Mantle hit one of the last home runs of his career.
It wasnt a playoff game
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