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Rooted for the Mariners at the end

posted 18 years ago by MisterKyle
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As a long time Mariner fan, this movie takes me back to the good old days. When we had Lou Pinella as our somewhat competent manager and Griffey hitting home runs left and right while making catches that made the offended hitters have mental outbursts. Oh, great film made all the more sweeter seeing my hometown team represented in a movie and winning.

Was that Bret Boone at second base robbing Corning of that line drive?

Luckily this film is not pipe dream for me, the very next year we won the American League West for the first time. Still its sad how we still don't have a world series victory here in seattle.

Cheers!!

[–] bakicksass_21 18 years ago

I'm with ya man. Born and raised in Seattle I was rooting for them the second i saw Dave Magaden ground into that double play. This is all we have left of Griffey, but what a solid reminder, a 450 ft plus homerun, and robbing a Lou Collins (left handed Edgar Martinez) homer to send us to the playoffs for the first time. Still brings tears to my eyes. But this is a great film, My favorite baseball movie of all time, better even then Rookie of the Year

[–] mloessel 10 years ago

Yes the movie had a lot of heart and Edwards (aka Billy) did credible work as the precocious 11 year old. I liked the ending because Billy acknowledged the loss but knew better days would come. And as he was talking to the players the on field security guard let him know the fans wanted a curtain call.

[–] jblickness 18 years ago

BOOOOOOO!!!! I hate the Marainers!!!!! Just kidding, guys. I just had to say that. Born and raised in Minnesota, I'm a lifelog Twins fan, and to see a movie centered around the Twins was great. Also cool to see John Gordon in this movie and to hear his catch phrase, "Touch 'em all" Definitly, my favorite baseball movie.

[–] mercy_angel_09 18 years ago

Yeah, I know! Too bad the only real Mariners were Griffy, Johnson and Lou. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, I love my Mariners. Usually the Mariners get the short end of the stick in movies. Remember Angels in the Outfield? As the Angels climbed, the Mariners went straight to the bottom of the list. I mean, I know we've been bad in the past, but that's just crazy! When it doubt, but the RANGERS at the bottom of the list!

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[–] korines 18 years ago

Figures Griffey would leave for a big PayDay in Cincy and never earn the money

[–] nmk537 18 years ago

Too bad the only real Mariners were Griffy, Johnson and Lou.

Didn't they have Magadan too?

And yeah, I know what you M's fans mean, rooting against the good guys...in "Eddie" when they told Whoopi that they were going to move the Knicks to St. Louis if they didn't win, I started rooting against them.

[–] mercy_angel_09 18 years ago

Not that I could tell. The ones that I clearly remember are Griffy, Johnson and Lou.

I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest (and still live here!) and maybe there were others, but the ones that they made a big deal about was Griffy, Johson and Lou. "What the hell kind of play was that?!" Ah, classic Lou.

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[–] nmk537 18 years ago

Just saw it, they did have Mags.

I knew he grounded into the game-ending DP that forced the tiebreaker ("Mags, I know you're a decent human being, but die like a dog..."), but it turns out they did have a shot or two of him in the playoff game.

[–] JackTorrance1990 17 years ago

I'm from Missouri, where the Hawks got taken away for no apparent reason. Around the fourth or fifth time my sister watched Eddie, my sister mentioned the Knicks in St. Louis would have been cool. Maybe not now, with Isiah Thomas making them suck at three things- playing, coaching and getting good players.

As for the film, I've always enjoyed it for its in-depthness and realism. Rarely do you see a film where you see everything around baseball. Now if Carl Pohlad were a Billy Haywood (That's his name, right?), the Twins' dark era would have never happened.

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[–] jana-robertson 18 years ago

Saw this movie again last night - it's been a loooong loooong time. It was fun to see Lou, The Big Unit, and Junior in Mariner uniforms again. We're also in the Seattle area. My son was six when this movie came out and our family was firmly established as Mariner fans so this movie was a favorite.
I seem to recall the actor that played "Billy Heywood" threw out a first pitch at a Mariner game that year wearing a white blazer!

[–] Lipcancerchimp 17 years ago

Its on right now

and im with you also, I was rooting for the Mariners myself haa. Ken Griffey Jr. is my favorite player and I loved when he and randy johnson were playing for Seattle. Was once my favorite team..brings me back to the good ole days

[–] jobethca 17 years ago

I don't really like the Mariners. I'm from Minnesota, but I don't like the Twins as much as I like the Yankees and Mets...

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[–] nmk537 17 years ago

And the irony is, he was kinda depicted as one in the movie.

[–] mmyer2 17 years ago

GO ROYALS!!!

[–] MrHooba 17 years ago

History basically mirrored this movie the following year. The Mariners won a one-game playoff (against the Angels) to get in the wild card. Randy Johnson did come in relief in extra innings against the Yankees in game 5. Pretty prescient of the filmmakers.

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[–] SEINFELDbeatFRIENDS 11 years ago

As a Chicago White Sox fan the Mariners frustrated me. They swept my AL leading Sox out of 2000 ALDS. Mariners you had a team in 2001 that went 116-46 but choked. That was your year.

[–] fl_rivas 10 years ago

Best part of the movie was the Griffey slam. Great seeing Griffey hit another homerun even though he retired in 2010. 1st ever unanimous hall of famer to be.