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Re: Movie: "Mr. Rookie"
[ Author: mijow | Posted: Apr 17, 2004 10:01 AM
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From memory, Mutoh hits a loooong fly to deep right, and Hiyama makes a brilliant catch to end the game, and clinch the pennant for the Tigers. The crowd goes wild, they throw the manager into the air with the traditional doage, and that's basically it. And Mr. Rookie hangs up his mask and quietly goes home with his family.
The interesting thing about the movie is that it was released the year before the real pennant win, and many of the real players who appeared in the movie - Yabu, Yano, Hiyama, and Yagi for instance, contributed to the victory in real life. Life imitating art.
And to see Randy Bass brought out of retirement to hit a pinch hit home run was wonderful. It was a great sight seeing him chugging around the bases again.
And that was a real home run too. Apparently it took him about eight tries before he connected. I didn't see it, but I was there as part of the crowd on another (cold November) night.
The interesting thing about the movie is that it was released the year before the real pennant win, and many of the real players who appeared in the movie - Yabu, Yano, Hiyama, and Yagi for instance, contributed to the victory in real life. Life imitating art.
And to see Randy Bass brought out of retirement to hit a pinch hit home run was wonderful. It was a great sight seeing him chugging around the bases again.
And that was a real home run too. Apparently it took him about eight tries before he connected. I didn't see it, but I was there as part of the crowd on another (cold November) night.
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Sunday I watched most of the movie "Mr. Rookie," about a salaryman for a brewery who moonlights as a reliever for the Hanshin Tigers and wears a mask when he pitches to conceal his identity. I used the interactive program guide for the digital video recorder to record it. Unfortunately, the guide was incorrect and it cut off the end of the movie, with 2 out in the top of the 9th inning of the last game of the season at Koshien Stadium, just as Mr. Rookie's nemesis, Mutoh, came to bat for Tokyo.
I e-mailed the International Channel. They said they have no plans to show the movie again. I checked the web and could find only a $35 DVD that did not appear to be subtitled (which would not help me because I don't speak Japanese).
It seems I will never have a chance to see the end of this movie, but I want to know how it ends! If you have seen it, would you take pity on me and tell me how it ends, either by e-mailing to w.g.scruffy at recursor dot net, or by posting here? Thanks!