oh yeah, jobu did help the indians go to the world series. shame they lost to the cubs but that last game was one of the best baseball games ever. indians have nothing to be ashamed about. they played a hell of a game.
Some people forget how well Harris pitched in the 1 game playoff against the Yankees, 8 2/3 innings for only 2 runs making one mistake and started to get tired after getting the 2 outs in the ninth and walking the bases loaded, but Vaughn came on and blew away Clu Hayward on 3 straight fastballs preserving Harris' great performance.
"Are you saying Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?" is still one of my favorite lines. Obviously Haysbert is the one doing all the heavy lifting (literally) but it's great delivery.
I read that Heysbert (Cerrano) wasn't supposed to carry the bat as he did his home run trot: He was so excited after actually hitting the ball out of the park that he forgot to drop it LOL. One of my all time favorite sports movies!
6:28 "Now he's got what he likes." Can't help, but imagine Kevin Costner standing up, flingin' his mask off pissed off, and yelling at that Yankee's pitcher..... "Hey! Why you shaking me off huh!?!" "It's boring throwing a curve ball. I want to throw something else." "You want to what?!?" "I want to throw something else!" "This guy can't hit the fuckin' broadside of a curve ball and you want to throw something else?" "HEY! I'm the pitcher! Now shut the hell up, get back down there, and be a good catcher and CATCH!" "Alright meat. You're the boss." *Walks back to home plate and looks at Cerrano* "Fast ball."
This film is on my top sports movies of all time list, and I just realized they gave Cerrano - an equally religious and superstitious man - the most superstitious number possible for his jersey
cazia9 they probably intentionally gave certain players their numbers because of what they represent. Taylor has number 7 since it’s considered a lucky number and he’s the team leader. He has the bunt at the end which he is able to leg out to send the Indians to the playoffs. Vaughn has 99 because of his ability to throw 100 mph. Hayes has 00 cause he’s a player that came out of nowhere and was a walk on (run on) and they put him on their team after seeing his incredible speed. Plus there is no players that wear 00 in the MLB. You already explained why Cerrano has 13.
He's probably not well-versed in the French Templars that were rounded up on the command of King Phillip on Friday, October 13, 1307 & subsequently tortured and killed. Cerrano left mostly-Catholic Cuba for religious freedom, after all.
Interesting fact, Dennis Haysbert, who plays Cerrano, actually did hit a home run on that same pitch he hits a home run off of in the movie. However, it ended up in a different part of the park than it does in the movie.
I remember a bunch of us playing a drinking game. Each person got a player. Everytime his name was mentioned, you drank. I got Cerrano. When they started chanting Pedros name at the end, I got fucked up.
Great stuff and thank you. You know,m I have seen this movie 5,000 times, can quote every line, and know it inside and out, but I can honestly say this is the first time I noticed Harris is straight up reading a Hustler on the flight. That is just hilariously perfect.
I love this movie! Pedro Cerrano is a great character. Dennis Haysbert plays him perfectly. Can't wait to see him as Manute in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. He's such a great actor.
Back in 96 when the Yankees were playing the deciding game to win the first championship in many years. It was a Saturday night and us teenagers set up a Jobu shrine.
one of the players in the dugout has the name "Kuntz" on his jersey at 6:47 (there was one actual player with that name Rusty Kuntz, played for 7 year, hit 5 HRs)
Ever notice the scene at 7:24 , the help that is standing on the left side of the screen. As soon he hears the raspberry from Charlie, he almost smiles.
"Jobu, ayúdame en este momento para que me des el poder para conquistar el curveball. Te daré mi devoción para siempre, PODEROSO!" That's a desperate prayer to Jobu!
My Spanish is extremely rusty. He was saying something along the lines of, "Jobu, help me in this moment something something the power to conquer the curveball. I give you my devotion forever something.", right? Would you fill in the blanks?
It is roughly translated as: "Jobu, help me in this moment, so you can give me the strength to conquer curveballs. I'll give you my devotion forever, oh Mighty one".
From IMDB: When Cerrano hits the home run in the final game against the Yankees, it was not in the script for him to run around the bases with the bat in his hand. What actually happened was that Dennis Haysbert actually did hit a home run during the take and was so shocked that he forgot to drop the bat before he started running.
My mother used to watch this movie daily. She was absolutely obsessed with it, I have no idea why! I, being a 6 year old girl, absolutely should not have been exposed to a movie like this at such a tender age. BUT I was. She’d pop it in the VCR, I would watch with her. As raunchy and full of profanity, inappropriate for children as this movie is, my mother encouraged me to join her whenever she watched it! Encouraged me! I was working on a series of Tiny Toon Adventures drawings at the time, and I’d bring my markers and paper in and draw all the Tiny Toons characters while this was on in the background. 🤣 I haven’t watched it since probably 1999 or 2000. Literally all I remember about the movie is “Up your butt, Jobu”
4:33 - if you look closely, it looks like Joboo nods his head very slightly after Harris drinks his Rum, as if he's saying "you drink my Rum? Okay, I'll make you pay later."
Haha I've always wondered what Serano says after Harris says "we're not all savages here like Serano" haha he just stands up and shouts I don't even know what
