That’s my brother Chuck Fick, 3O year MLB Scout behind the plate in Naked Gun. He’s done baseball advising on a few movies. Glad to see you liked the footage.
I'm completely taken out of a baseball movie when I see how the ball is thrown. Its always funny to me when sports movies have a guy in a role where you can tell he's never touched a baseball or football or whatever in his life. I'm more drawn in when I can tell….oh, that guy knows how to throw, he's played a little before. Same for the swing. You can tell when these guys have never done it before.
buck oniel one of the most respected figures in history of baseball came out before his passing and defended cobb saying he wasn't a racist at all so that premise is false
There is another Babe Ruth movie (less popular) starring Stephen Lang and Neil McDonough (from Band of Brothers) that is better than the John Goodman one
Personally, I'd rank League of Their Own higher just because of how amazing it was at using baseball as characterization; it's a movie that rewards engagement. The scene where Jimmy starts to manage is a perfect example. Dottie — who despite her talent can be insufferably overbearing — is overmanaging. Jimmy's absolutely right that playing smallball early with your best hitter is a really dumb idea, but it's exactly the sort of mistake Dottie would make. And it gives weight to Jimmy's later speech about baseball becoming a part of you. Even though he's out of his mind drunk and wallowing in self pity, he literally cannot help but engage with the game in front of him. He may not know Marla's name, but he knows she's a wrecking machine and that the best thing a manager can do with her is step back and let her play.
Or the legendary "No Crying In Baseball" scene. It gets set off by Evelyn missing the cut-off man; the woman who's basically a single mom is trying to do too much by herself and needs to learn to lean on others for support.
Or Madonna's character Mae; she gets a full-blown baseball pun that doesn't show up until you think about how she plays.. She plays center field — quite well, from what the movie shows us — and in Game 7 we see her legging out an infield single. In other words, All The Way Mae is really goddamn fast.
Or Marla's tryout scene. The way all the players in the gym groan when her father tells her to start batting lefty. That's some pure Inigo Montoya "I am not left-handed" stuff right there. Just that throw-in that she's a switch hitter speaks volumes about how serious Papa Hooch was about teaching her how to play.
You really do make the best baseball videos on YouTube! This one was one of my favorites though. Complaining about bad baseball movies is a past time of mine as well. 😂
Late game edit: I like your tangents. More tangents!
Wait, so was #1 like a joke? I don’t get it. You were pretty serious throughout the entire video, pointing out all the bad things in baseball movies and the good and you finish the video with a joke? That’s just terrible writing. It’s like watching a drama where it’s life and death serious and at the end of the movie it becomes a comedy for 1 minute. Just strange. But oh well, I think little big league should be #1.
I understand you were trying to look at baseball skill primarily in your ranking, but I would rather watch the terrible CGI in Major League 3 than sit through another viewing of Talent for the Game. Seeing EJO "sneak" into a game to catch an inning ruined the entire movie for me, a 10 year old kid could have told them that would never happen, did they have nobody on set that could tell them how wrong that was?
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Great video really enjoyed it, have you seen A Million Dollar arm? I thought it was a very good baseball movie
That’s my brother Chuck Fick, 3O year MLB Scout behind the plate in Naked Gun. He’s done baseball advising on a few movies. Glad to see you liked the footage.
Okay but where is the sandlot????
Add Long Gone to the list for part 2
I'm completely taken out of a baseball movie when I see how the ball is thrown. Its always funny to me when sports movies have a guy in a role where you can tell he's never touched a baseball or football or whatever in his life. I'm more drawn in when I can tell….oh, that guy knows how to throw, he's played a little before. Same for the swing. You can tell when these guys have never done it before.
buck oniel one of the most respected figures in history of baseball came out before his passing and defended cobb saying he wasn't a racist at all so that premise is false
Tanaka running into the wall is pretty much exactly what Aaron Rowand did in '06, and totally broke his nose as well.
There is another Babe Ruth movie (less popular) starring Stephen Lang and Neil McDonough (from Band of Brothers) that is better than the John Goodman one
Happy to see Little Big League getting some love. Great movie.
The dude with the mustache in Everybody Wants Some is Tyler Hoechlin, and he played high level college baseball. He was also in Undrafted.
I like how this hour+ long video ends with a complete troll lol.
Youuuuuuu troll son of a b!tc#. 🤣
Personally, I'd rank League of Their Own higher just because of how amazing it was at using baseball as characterization; it's a movie that rewards engagement. The scene where Jimmy starts to manage is a perfect example. Dottie — who despite her talent can be insufferably overbearing — is overmanaging. Jimmy's absolutely right that playing smallball early with your best hitter is a really dumb idea, but it's exactly the sort of mistake Dottie would make. And it gives weight to Jimmy's later speech about baseball becoming a part of you. Even though he's out of his mind drunk and wallowing in self pity, he literally cannot help but engage with the game in front of him. He may not know Marla's name, but he knows she's a wrecking machine and that the best thing a manager can do with her is step back and let her play.
Or the legendary "No Crying In Baseball" scene. It gets set off by Evelyn missing the cut-off man; the woman who's basically a single mom is trying to do too much by herself and needs to learn to lean on others for support.
Or Madonna's character Mae; she gets a full-blown baseball pun that doesn't show up until you think about how she plays.. She plays center field — quite well, from what the movie shows us — and in Game 7 we see her legging out an infield single. In other words, All The Way Mae is really goddamn fast.
Or Marla's tryout scene. The way all the players in the gym groan when her father tells her to start batting lefty. That's some pure Inigo Montoya "I am not left-handed" stuff right there. Just that throw-in that she's a switch hitter speaks volumes about how serious Papa Hooch was about teaching her how to play.
Anyway. Great video, man. Really enjoyed it.
You really do make the best baseball videos on YouTube! This one was one of my favorites though. Complaining about bad baseball movies is a past time of mine as well. 😂
Late game edit: I like your tangents. More tangents!
Great job! I'm surprised you don't have more subscribers and views. I'm also glad you mentioned Sugar, which is my personal favorite.
Wait, so was #1 like a joke? I don’t get it. You were pretty serious throughout the entire video, pointing out all the bad things in baseball movies and the good and you finish the video with a joke? That’s just terrible writing. It’s like watching a drama where it’s life and death serious and at the end of the movie it becomes a comedy for 1 minute. Just strange. But oh well, I think little big league should be #1.
I'm not understanding the number 1 pick?
You are a complete psycho! I love it! Please make more content like this
you know that ty cobb seams like a real cool guy
i watched an hour of this for #1 to be AIRBUD?? LMFAOOOO ima go outside now
Dude I gotta admit I loved "The Babe" though I never fact checked it.
I understand you were trying to look at baseball skill primarily in your ranking, but I would rather watch the terrible CGI in Major League 3 than sit through another viewing of Talent for the Game. Seeing EJO "sneak" into a game to catch an inning ruined the entire movie for me, a 10 year old kid could have told them that would never happen, did they have nobody on set that could tell them how wrong that was?