- The Hollywood Fictions: I picked this 22-man roster of fictional All Star baseball movie players for the first time this morning. If some of the more elite magical stars could perform in reality as they have on the screen, we wouldn’t need all 22 to defeat either of the two big league 2013 All Star teams, with or without the DH rule in place. My weakest spot is 2nd base, where I placed Richard Pryor after I could not come up with a better fictional 2nd base candidate than the relocated outfielder Charlie Snow that Richard Pryor played in Bingo Long.
- Additions and changes are most welcome here. So let me hear from you. All I know is that this club’s lineup has one of the strongest power one-thirds in the 3-4-5 holes that the game has ever seen. It also helps to have a pitching ace that uses a chemical fluid that makes the ball wood-repellent. 🙂
1) Mike “King” Kelly (Ray Milland) ~ It Happens Every Spring (1949)
2) Elmer Kane (Joe E. Brown) ~ Elmer the Great (1933)
3) Henry Rowengartner (Thomas Ian Nicholas) ~ Rookie of the Year (1993)
4) Bingo Long (Billy Dee Williams) ~ Bingo Long Traveling All Stars and Motor Kings (1976)
5) Ebby Calvin “Nuke” LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) ~ Bull Durham (1988)
6) Henry “Author” Wiggen (Michael Moriarity) ~ Bang The Drum Slowly (1973)
7) Saul Hellman (Bruce Bennett) ~ Angels in the Outfield (1951)
8) Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Charlie Sheen) ~ Major League (1989)
Catchers ~
9) Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) ~ Bull Durham (1988)
10) Leon Carter (James Earl Jones) ~ Bingo Long Traveling All Stars and Motor Kings (1976)
11) Bruce Pearson (Robert De Niro) ~ Bang The Drum Slowly (1973)
1st Base ~
12) Fat Sam Popper (Leon Wagner) ~ Bingo Long Traveling All Stars and Motor Kings (1976)
2nd Base ~
13) Charlie Snow (Richard Pryor) ~ Bingo Long Traveling All Stars and Motor Kings (1976)
3rd Base ~
14) Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernsen) ~ Major League (1989)
Shortstop ~
15) Louis Keystone (Sam Brison) ~ Bingo Long Traveling All Stars and Motor Kings (1976)
Left Field ~
16) Joe Hardy (Tab Hunter) ~ Damn Yankees (1955)
Center Field ~
17) Willie Mays Hayes (Wesley Snipes) ~ Major League (1989)
Right Field ~
18) Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) ~ The Natural (1984)
Infielders ~
19) Emory Chambers, 3B/2B/SS (Jophery C. Brown) ~ Bingo Long Traveling All Stars and Motor Kings (1976)
20) Monk Lanigan, C, 1B, DH
Outfielders ~
21) Charlie Snow (Richard Pryor) ~ Bingo Long Traveling All Stars and Motor Kings (1976)
Tags: movie fiction all stars

July 10, 2013 at 3:00 pm |
I love all of your players, but I’d encourage you to give some thought to adding some of the great women ballplayers as well. There could be several candidates from “A league of Their Own,” but I guess catcher Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis) would be at the top of the list. And I’m partial to the original “Bad News Bears,” so I’d add Amanda Whurlitzer (Tatum O’Neal) at pitcher. As for guys, Kelly Leak (Jackie Earle Haley) could play for my team any day.Which brings me to recommending you add a category for managers, and I’d vote for Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) from “Bad News Bears.” He even cleans pools, at least when he’s sober.
July 10, 2013 at 3:40 pm |
As long as Ray Milland didn’t get hurt–or run out of “stuff” that team would never lose! I really like that outfield too.
July 15, 2013 at 12:56 am |
Team owner would have to be Rhubarb Banner (Rhubarb 1951)