Shai
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Post by Shai on Mar 26, 2017 19:52:47 GMT -5
I was thinking today about just how many movies I watched as a kid was about some kind of underdog sports team.
Mighty Ducks
The Big Green
Ladybugs
Rookie of the Year
Little Giants
Angels in the Outfield
Little Big League
I know there's more but that's all I can name off the top of my head.
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Milkman Norm
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Post by Milkman Norm on Mar 26, 2017 19:54:07 GMT -5
I went to High School with the daughter of the guy who wrote Little Giants.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Mar 26, 2017 20:22:10 GMT -5
Can't forget the one that sort of started it all - The Bad News Bears (although it wasn't terribly interested in entertaining tykes, it's the blueprint for these films now).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2017 20:38:30 GMT -5
Can't forget the one that sort of started it all - The Bad News Bears (although it wasn't terribly interested in entertaining tykes, it's the blueprint for these films now). That is my all-time favorite movie. Any genre. Watched it at least once every year before baseball season since 1983. (Sheesh, 2017 marks 35 years. Ouch.) Coincidentally, 1983 was when I started playing fast-pitch softball, so I think my cousin told me to watch it to get an idea of what leagues are like. |
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Post by MiLB Fan on Mar 26, 2017 22:09:18 GMT -5
Anytime I hear "Finger Poppin' Time" by Hank Ballard, my mind instantly goes to the opening credits of The Sandlot. I love the music in the film; it was probably my first time hearing those oldies.
Disney's remake of Angels in the Outfield is special to me because I watched it with 60,000 people. That's right, 60,000. Since the original film was set in Pittsburgh, the city hosted a screening of the new version at Three Rivers Stadium. Every seat was filled, including the outfield upper-deck seats that were usually tarped off during baseball season. They had these huge movie screens set up on the field and showed the film at night; that was pretty cool for 11-year-old me.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Mar 26, 2017 22:12:21 GMT -5
Anytime I hear "Finger Poppin' Time" by Hank Ballard, my mind instantly goes to the opening credits of The Sandlot. I love the music in the film; it was probably my first time hearing those oldies. Disney's remake of Angels in the Outfield is special to me because I watched it with 60,000 people. That's right, 60,000. Since the original film was set in Pittsburgh, the city hosted a screening of the new version at Three Rivers Stadium. Every seat was filled, including the outfield upper-deck seats that were usually tarped off during baseball season. They had these huge movie screens set up on the field and showed the film at night; that was pretty cool for 11-year-old me. I work at PNC Park and they show movies there now when the team is on the road. I know they showed The Sandlot last season. |
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