The person who cast Bob Uecker was a genious. He really pulled this movie together with his enthusiasm for the game. I thought it brought authenticity to the movie.
Exactly...It's literally like a film having a great score...Uecker is like Carpenter's Halloween score to this film...completely brings it together. Legend.
True Story: The actor portraying Cerrano was a gifted athlete and was actually given an MLB pitch and actually hit that ball that you see on the screen. No CGI, no practical effects, it’s real.
Hayberth was a gifted HS athlete, He didn't require a stunt double for his hitting scenes, but he wasn't hitting them out of the park. That was hollywood special effects
@@kingfish4242 This ball was hit out of Municipal Stadium for a home run - it did NOT clear the entire stadium like shown...but it was a home run. It takes an athlete to hit a major league home run but it's not that hard against practice pitching. I hit balls out of major league parks since I was 15 and so did everyone else. Baseball is played at same size once you are about 15 years old (High School level and up) You're correct that it's a Hollywood edit to indicate the ball flew 500+ ft to clear the left centerfield bleachers. But the actor did hit a homerun on this take shown.
@@chicagomike4587 , everyone has a sweet spot, that perfect place in their wheelhouse where they can send a baseball a long way. Shooting baseball at-bats is tough just because of the odds. Most of the time the batted ball doesn't go where the story needs it to go. So...the director tells the crowd to rise up and cheer on anything hit in the air. Haysbert gets under it, the crowd cheers, and the scene is in the can. The next night, the second unit sets up the bleacher scene. They're going to use a machine to propel the baseball over the bleachers while the crowd cheers. A few seconds of film takes hours of work to set up. But when it happens in real life, it's one of the most exciting moments in sports, and a homer like that, where the ball was hit into Lake Erie, was a statement homer that said "F*** you, Yankees!"
For you guys saying baseball is boring, this scene epitomizes the pure emotion and spirit the sport brings...come on players n owners lets get it together
My platoon in Army basic got 6 hours of liberty one Saturday afternoon in 1989. I headed for the theater and watched this movie. After that, I went to the burger bar and ate a Snickers bar and had a Mountain Dew. Talk about a sugar rush!! We weren't allowed any sweets at the chow hall during basic training. I went in basic at 175, and came out at 150 after 8 weeks.
This film came out for the 1989 Season and I was 13 - it was so cool as in Chicago that year, we had a rare Cubs winner - the 89 Cubs - who had to be as close to a real "Major League" team as any who one. We had a group of misfits, kids, nobodies & a few names (Sandberg, Dawson, Grace, Dunston) who had great years and we came from behind to win many games. We even had a "Wild Thing" - closer Mitch Williams....such a fun year even though we were beat in 5 games in the NLCS by the Giants (who were a better team) but there were great games in that series. This is easily in the top tier of baseball films. I wouldn't argue with anybody who believes it's the best.
@@hectorlopez1069 Intentionally ad-libbed or not...Pedro would definitely be the player who would carry his bat around the bases on that homerun trot. Not surprising, if it was accidental, that the movie director/producer would think it was a brilliant touch, and would keep it in the final production.
This is probably the most excited I got in the entire film. The camera angle when he hit was just like a real game and I jumped out of my chair even though I knew he probably was going to hit one.
maybe Cerrano picked out a nice warm bat for the homer. For many years, Dennis Hysabert(who played Cerrano), was a pitchman for the Allstate insurance company!
This was filmed in Milwaukee's County Stadium, then home of the Brewers who were an American League at the time. Former player Cecil Fielder actually hit a home run that far when he played for the Tigers. The ball landed in a dumpster behind the left field bleachers.
@@robedin6626 Agreed. Add to the fact that as Doyle stated "Pedro hasn't even touched the ball all night" But I think it was more Pedro was pissed off and wanted to clobber that ball into oblivion because "Jobu wasn't there" Nevertheless a great scene from a great movie!!!!!
Her evil plan was to move the team to Miami. She needed low attendance in order to accomplish that. Basically, even if the Indians lost that game, she already failed to achieve her goal. Place was packed!
That was all around funny you said f*** you trouble I do it my damn self hit the ball into deep space and run around the basis with the baseball bat what kind of s*** is that that was all around funny look at the scoreboard now grasshopper he said is that fool in the sequel to Major League too since that baseball into orbit
Mostly all of them were actors, but clu haywood is a real life baseball player. His name is Pete vukovich. The other is the relief pitcher for the Yankee, Duke Simpson. The guy that Taylor bunts and wins the game.
I was like 12 years old when I first watched this. I hit a towering shot of a home run in a game right after watching it and carried my bat around the bases. When I got back to the dugout, my Dad channeled Lou Brown and told me to never fu€king do that again. He knew where I had gotten that from! 😆
I never liked this scene. It always bugged me because it made no sense. Every catcher and pitcher in the MLB would know that Cerano cannot hit curve balls and thus the first two strikes are curve balls. Then cerano casts down his false idol and says that he would do it himself so it'd be nice if that is what happened but instead the pitcher asked for a new sign. There should only be one sign when pitching to Cerano. He hadn't touched the ball all night so they knew what the deal was. The pitcher changing the sign kind of cheapens the scene. Idk much about baseball but it looked like a fast ball and not a breaker, aka the one pitch he can hit. You could argue that God made the pitcher throw a fastball but couldn't God simply help him hit a curveball?
