Hollywood Baseball Stars

[SaintDemure]

I'm sure this has been done many, many times in the past. But I find it to be very fun and exciting to see what happens with the characters of some of my favorite movie baseball players.

This excludes movies made about historical players.
ie, 8 men out, field of dreams, the natural, etc

Here is a list of players I have made CAPS for.
I typically use the age of the actor during which the movie was released if not otherwise noted in the film.
You guys can add on to the list if you'd like.

OF
Willie Mays Hayes CF
Cleveland Indians
(Wesley Snipes version)
'Major League I'
- flamboyant speedster
- brings the team life
- exceptional fielder

Bobby Rayburn LF/CF/RF
San Francisco Giants
(Wesley Snipes)
'The Fan'
- newly acquired all star
- great all around player
- attitude issues

Juan Primo CF
San Francisco Giants
(Benicio Del Toro)
'The Fan'
- the latin crowd favorite
- bonfide all star

Pedro Cerrano RF
Cleveland Indians
(Dennis Haysbert)
'Major League I & II)
-voodoo man with a powerful bat
- not strong defensively

SS
Benny 'The Jet' Rodriguez
Los Angeles Dodgers
(Mike/Pablo Vitar)
'The Sandlot'
- great fielding/hitting speedster
- great guy to have in the locker room

SP/RP
Whitt Bass
Anaheim Angeles
(Neal McDonough)
'Angels in the Outfield'
- eccentric pitcher with character
- has control issues at times

Mel Clark
Anaheim Angeles
(Tony Danza)
'Angels in the Outfield'
- well past his prime but has one year left in him, maybe
- lesser talented Tom Glavine type

Rick 'Wild Thing' Vaughn CP
Cleveland Indians
(Charlie Sheen)
'Major League I & II'
- young wild pitcher with a great arm
- very effective when he manages control

Nuke LaLoosh
New York Yankees
(Tim Robbins)
'Bull Durham'
- newly called up youngster with potential
- still learning but unstoppable when he focuses

Steve Nebraska
New York Yankees
(Brenden Fraser)
'The Scout'
- incredible pitcher who can pitch and hit, too bad he's in the AL
- threw an 81 pitch, 27 strikeout game in the World Series
- has serious mental issues he manages to play through

Billy Chapel
Detroit Tigers
(Kevin Costner)
'For the Love of the Game'
- veteran leader who still has it
-great poise and control under pressure

Henry Rowengartner
Chicago Cubs
(Thomas Ian Nicholas)
'Rookie of the Year'
- very young stud with a great fastball
- needs a couple years in the minors to develop

DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT
Jake Taylor C
Cleveland Indians - Too old, knees are shot

Rube Baker C
Cleveland Indians - This guy belongs in AA

Crash Davis C
Durham Bulls - Too old, not quite MLB caliber

Jack Elliot 1B
New York Yankees - left the bigs for Japan

Roger Dorn 3B
Cleveland Indians - Defensive liability, not enough heart, getting old

Stan Ross 3B
Milwaukee Brewers - WAY too old

Chet Steadman SP
Chicago Cubs - This guy's arm is DONE

Anyone from the Bad News Bears
- Sorry, this isn't little league kiddies

Anyone from A League of Their Own
- this is BASEBALL ladies

Anything with Animals who play baseball
- yeah I'm talking to you, Joey Tribiani

[Jason_19]

Awesome thread.

You left out a few awesome characters.

Ryan Dunne








Billy Brubaker


pictured (left to right): Myles Dalrymple, Billy Brubaker and Ryan Dunne


Eric Van Leemer


Gus Sinski


Billy Chapel




Roy Hobbs


Jack Elliot

[brunnoce]

Cmon man Staaaaaaaan tha maannnn has to make it in!!!

Whos tha boss?
Staaaaaaaaaaaann Ross!


u gotta have the king of swing in man...u just have to!


btw, u could use Rex 'T-Rex' Pennebaker too! there u have your superstar!

[Jason_19]

Quote: Originally Posted by brunnoce

Cmon man Staaaaaaaan tha maannnn has to make it in!!! Whos tha boss? Staaaaaaaaaaaann Ross! u gotta have the king of swing in man...u just have to!

I agree. Thanks for posting that. I should have included him, but I just posted my favorite characters that Saint didn't mention.

[brunnoce]

stan has to make in!
othewise who else will be sliding head first on first base!??!?!
also, he still needs one more hit to re-become mr.3000! ahahahhaha

[theotherguy619]

I couldn't stand watching that movie with Freddie Prinze Jr! His mechanics were terrible! Just look at the picture where he lands. It may not look bad, but I can tell he's never pitched.

[One51]

If Juan Primo can be in the game after dying, Jack elliot can be in it after going to Japan. FACT.

[SaintDemure]

Quote: Originally Posted by One51

If Juan Primo can be in the game after dying, Jack elliot can be in it after going to Japan. FACT.

You're right about that one.

I left out the Summer Catch boys because they weren't MLB and I haven't seen that movie since 12th grade or so, so I couldn't remember if any of them ended up in the bigs.

I did include Billy Chapel Jason_19, I believe he has one more strong year ahead of him, maybe even two.

I left out Stan because that mofo is OLLLLLLLLD!

I left out Roy Hobbs because that movie takes place so long ago.

Anyway, appreciate the responses.