Okay, yeah, the movie sucks, but for so many reasons that it would require more than one blog to sum it all up. But I just saw it again after not seeing it for YEARS, so to keep it short, here's why the movie is awesome.
1. Most of the games were filmed on location at the Oakland Coliseum...PRE-Davis Mountain! This means the ice-plants and the golden-daisy discs with the green chain-link fence was still comprising the East barrier of the park. The bleachers were still actual bench bleachers and the rest of the seats were orange...ORANGE! I got so nostalgic I almost wept.
2. The cast: Adrian Brody, Matthew McConaghey, Jason Gordon-Levitt, Danny Glover, Christopher Lloyd and the seemingly omnipresent Tony Danza. How could this concoction not smell like a good flick?
3. Carney Lansford's special appearance as Kit "Hit or Die" Kesey. What an awesome sight to have possibly my favorite 3rd baseman of all time cast as the power hitter from the opposing team. Watch for the closeup of him as he spits out some chaw in slow-motion...precious.
HONORABLE MENTION: Tony LaRussa has a cameo when the whole stadium is doing that Angels wing flapping thing. Oh, and if you look REALLY HARD you just might see my family in the stands during the same wing flapping scene. They got to go and be bored at the shoot one night while I stayed home with a broken leg.
Aaaand, that's pretty much it. If you have anything else from the movie that you appreciated, don't hesitate to comment.
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