Sure, there are a few enjoyable moments, but overall, this movie is really really stupid and not worth watching or even talking about.

Rookie of the Year is a pretty good sports movie even though I have seen better. I thought that Daniel Stern as the pitching coach was hilarious but in reality a guy like him would have been fired before the first pitch of the season-at least the late, great Steinbrenner would. It was also nice to see how a young teenager would adapt to the adult world of baseball.This is about a 12-year-old who can suddenly throw a hundred miles an hour after he recovered from a broken arm. Once again, that's impossible in real life. Anyway, he is a midseason addition to the Cubs and he makes them more than the mediocre team that they were.Overall, this is a pretty solid sports movie. There was great acting by the kids. But the ending is all to predictable. I rate this film 7/10.

Just another nearly unwatchable kids fantasy film where they are the best. This one is about a kid who is not the best player in the world and he has an accident. This accident causes his arm to mess up and the tendons to tighten and now he can throw a 100 mph fastball. Well he displays this super ability at a Cubs game where he proceeds to throw a home run ball back into the field of play and before long he is signed with the Cubs giving inspirational speeches, striking out great players and guiding the Cubs to the post season. The Cubs were absolutely not a playoff team when this film was made and to make it out like one kid could turn around the team is completely insane even for movie standards. For one thing he is just a reliever, and a reliever has to have the lead going into the 8th or 9th inning to have any impact on the game and quite frankly I think the Cubs actually had a decent reliever back then. The comedy does not work for me neither did Daniel Stern (who actually directed this movie) as a pitching coach. John Candy is in the film as a play by play guy, but he is not even credited in the cast. Granted I guess if your him you do not need your name to be recognized. On an interesting note you get to see Barry Bonds as a Pirate and before he gained one of those white orbs from Altered Beast and became super big. In fact I think he had actually gotten two of those orbs by the end of his playing days, one more and he would have actually become a wolf man hybrid. Sorry, went off track there, and I am doubting there are a lot of people that will get the reference. In the end, this film might be okay for children. To me though it was just idiotic and just about a complete waste of time.

I love sports movies and especially ones with nice characters, especially nice kids, ones that set good examples for others. So, call me old-fashioned or whatever else you want, but this film was stupid. Maybe if you're kid, you wouldn't think so, but adults - stay away.As for kids, I found way too many "OMGs" in this film, both by the mother and the 12-year- old kid (played by Thomas Ian Nicholas). This was actor Daniel Stern's directorial debut and he promised publicly to make "safe family films." That's great, but this isn't a great start. "Oh my gosh," said by the kid would have but a better and smarter example to set to other kids than the other blasphemes. We also see early '90s Hollywood "fad" of having a mother literally punch out her boyfriend. That's "safe family fare?" I am tired of Hollywood's PC-feminist baloney of showing women acting tough like Mike Tyson. It just ain't so.The one good part in this film was the role played by Gary Busey. At least he played someone who was a good role model.