Rookie of the Year (film)
Rookie of the Year is a 1993 American sports comedy film starring Thomas Ian Nicholas and Gary Busey as players for the Chicago Cubs baseball team. The film is a remake of the 1954 film Roogies Bump with the same basic plot. The cast also includes Albert Hall, Dan Hedaya, Eddie Bracken, Amy Morton, Bruce Altman, John Gegenhuber, Neil Flynn, Daniel Stern who also directed and an uncredited John Candy.
A fateful trip to Wrigley Field for a Chicago Cubs game results in Henrys friends getting a home run ball hit by the visiting team, the Montreal Expos. However, when they give it to Henry to throw back onto the field per Wrigley tradition, his tightlyhealed arm throws the ball so hard that it reaches home plate on the fly. Looking for a miracle to save the club, which is suffering slumping attendance, general manager Larry Fisher Hedaya tries to get the kid to join the Cubs.For the remainder of the season, Henry has to juggle the culture shock of actually playing in the major leaguesworking with one of his heroes, aging pitcher Chet Rocket Steadman Busey and spending time with his friends. Under it all, his mother, Mary Amy Morton, tries to keep him grounded while resisting attempts by Fisher and her boyfriend, Jack Altman, to exploit his newfound fame. ........
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