#94 Rookie of the Year

Don't judge me for this one, I know that Rookie of the Year is far from being one of the best films ever made. But, when I started this list I warned you that I would take the film's effect on my life into consideration, and Rookie of the Year's sentimental value for me is priceless. The film is about a baseball obsessed kid who breaks his arm which then re-heals in such a way that he becomes an incredible baseball pitcher and is signed by the Cubs. It's incredibly corny and being about baseball should hold no interest to me. However, for reasons beyond my comprehension Rookie of the Year was the only kid's film we owned when I was young. No Disney for us, just Rookie of the Year. Because of this both my middle sister and I saw Rookie of the Year enough times that parts of it have became internalized and form a small part of our bond. Specifically the bit where one of the characters announces (and I'm paraphrasing) "Some players but ice on their arms, others think heat's the way to go. So I use hot ice. hot ice, you heat up the ice". I believe at this point he has a bag of presumably luke-warm water, my memory is a bit hazy I probably haven't seen the movie in a decade. The other scene is when this same comic relief character gets stuck in a narrow gap way between two doors. He then cries out "Little help" ha ha ha, oh is that not funny I guess you have to see it and be like nine years old at the time of first viewing.