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how in the world is this un realistic

posted 13 years ago by actionmanrandell
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i have heard and seen people say that this movie is simply not realistic.

but my question is. how is it not realistic?

lets say your grandpa owns the twins.
and when he dies he leaves you the twins in his will.
so eventually you fire the manager of team. but no one wants to take that position over lets say you know everything there is to know about baseball.
so you take over.
that is all this movie is
how is that unrealistic
if its your team you can pretty much do anything you want to do

[–] ralpmg 12 years ago

I dont think you could manage the team you own .
But i like the movie anyway

[–] thorg23 12 years ago

Because if you inherit a mult-million dollar business when you are 11 years old, an adult will be appointed to make the decisions. A child simply isn't given decision-making powers, let alone the job as manager. Simply could not happen.

[–] staticline1 12 years ago

Also, MLB has a rule that owners cannot name themselves as manager.

[–] riccibilotta-167-829847 11 years ago

Child labor laws. This couldn't happen. I mean come on, the kid goes on road games too. Can't happen. Think DCF.

[–] patrickbohn 10 years ago

How about a player (Lou Collins) being so wholesome that he's totally fine with being benched by a petulant 11-year old for dating the manager's mom? And no one else seems to care that one of the team's best players isn't playing during a playoff race?

[–] member-id 10 years ago

What are you talking about? Billy is asked several times why lou isn't starting, so people do care. The only unrealistic thing in the movie is the owner being a manager, but there is a conversation with the commissioner that we don't hear all of it, and for all we know an amendment was made to allow him to manage(no one else would work for him). And there are ways around child labor laws, just look a child actors. This movie is definitely one of the most realistic sports movies ever(and my personal favorite).

[–] patrickbohn 9 years ago

What are you talking about? Billy is asked several times why lou isn't starting, so people do care.

You're telling me that if a manager benched his team's best player in the middle of a playoff race, the fans and media would be okay with the response Billy gave? He'd be getting killed in the press. And what professional player would be okay with not playing because he wants to indulge an 11-year old's temper tantrum?

This was a smart baseball movie in a lot of ways. Much better than say, Rookie of the Year. But they simply did not handle that well at all.

[–] ryan0422 9 years ago

This movie is definitely one of the most realistic sports movies eve

now that's just silly

[–] mloessel 10 years ago

As a former high school counselor I approved work permits for students. this would be a special circumstance and the kid could sign a contract with his mom co-signing as the adult. The conflict would come when Billy takes the job as the manager. I'm sure MLB has rules that address that issue. The scene w/John Ashton role playing an 8th inning situation/scenario w/Billy was priceless.

[–] beancrisp (1418) 4 years ago

No more un realistic that Doogie Howser MD.

[–] redban (5179) 2 years ago

I think, realistically, a child could be an owner, without other people running the day to day operations.

But there is no way a child would be a manager. Even if there wasn’t a rule that an owner couldn’t be manager, people wouldn’t tolerate a child going on road games with adults for 6 months