Rest in peace Vin. Whomever was calling games in Heaven won't even be upset that you'll be behind the mic now. Thank you for making our lives better with your mellifluous voice.
That is why he and Jack Buck are the two best to ever do it. Bob Costas as well. Of course, as a Braves fan, you can't beat Skip Caray, Joe Simpson and Don Hutson.
@@cmc5394oparva Yeah, 5 great movies. Chasing Dreams Bull Durham Field Of Dreams For Love of the Game The Upside of Anger. All are based on Baseball but in only 3 does he play a pro player.
This is why baseball is special, when things like this happen (perfect games, no hitters, hitting for cycle, records broken etc) it doesn’t matter if it is against your team or not. At that moment you are just a fan of the game.
Witnessing greatness, especially if you're in the stadium... you can't ask for a better moment as a fan. It's just one loss. But the moment will last forever.
@@raygordonteacheschess5501 No, it didn't, because back then is when they still had tie-breakers. So, if they were guaranteed a spot with a win, that means they tied when they lost and would have had a tie breaker game before the ALDS.
Vin Scully makes this movie to be so much more than it really was. Vin's mastery of the cadence to build drama, and provide simple poetry to the movie is unmatched.
"Gotta give it to ya..." I'm a Braves fans. I was there when Randy Johnson threw his perfect game. Whole stadium went nuts. Didn't care if it was the away team's pitcher.
You bore witness to something that’s been done (as of the date of this comment) just 24 times in 154 years of Major League Baseball. Hard not to get caught up in the achievement even if it is the opponent doing it
Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, and For Love of The Game. That right there is a damn fine way to spend an afternoon. The top three baseball movies, and three of the best damned sports movies of all frikkin' time.
Maybe not the top three baseball movies. They're up there, for sure. But you fail to consider there's also A League of Their Own, Major League, Moneyball, The Natural and The Pride of the Yankees. Bull Durham, Field of Dreams and For Love of The Game may be "three of the best damned KEVIN COSTNER sports movies of all frikkin' time" but not OVERALL sports movies. Not in any particular order (except maybe alphabetical), I can name well over a dozen other great, if not better, sports movies like Any Given Sunday, Bend it Like Beckham, Breaking Away, Brian's Song, Caddyshack, Chariots of Fire, Creed, Friday Night Lights, Happy Gilmore, Hoosiers, The Hustler, I, Tonya, Invictus, The Karate Kid, Love and Basketball, Miracle, Raging Bull, Remember the Titans, Rocky, Rudy, Slapshot, and The Wrestler, to name just a few.
@@GopherBaroque61 I've seen all but three of the movies you list here. I stand by my words. But your mileage may vary and that's cool too. :) It just means that there is a plethora of really damn good sports films for people to watch.
@@encchick2 I'm curious. Which three haven't you seen? I would have agreed with you had you said that the three you mentioned are in the top ten BASEBALL films of all frikkin' time and I don't think you would find ANYONE who would agree with you that they are the top three SPORTS movies of all time especially if you admit that you haven't seen a few of the movies in contention. Not only that, but to limit it to just baseball films is somewhat biased. Now, here's the caveat: If you include "In my opinion" when you make that statement, then no one at all can argue with you, since it's all subjective.
@@GopherBaroque61 First, I did say they were my top three BASEBALL movies and among the top ten of all Sports movies. Second, I haven't seen Pride of the Yankees (this IS a travesty, I know), Breaking Away, or The Wrestler. But I know the stories of all but Breaking Away. So it's not like I'm lacking in sports film knowledge.
This is one of my favorite sports movies. I love the concept of an old hall of famer in his last days pitching a game robotically while thinking about his life. Perfect game aside, he was just thinking about the moments that led him here, and the game was just the circumstance. And his conversations with himself make it all the better…
There have been several baseball games but this one is probably the best right behind Robert Redford's the natural so both of these are tied for first in my world
The best part of this, was the respect that the Yankee fans showed him, even after jeering him all game. They knew they'd just seen something they'd probably never see again.
This is why Baseball is in my Top 3 of sports I continue to love and follow to this day. Football, Baseball, Hockey. Vin Scully RIP, your voice and love for the game will be missed!
@@GaffneyIndianVideos with a lot of sports films they have actual athletes as the actors because its generally shown that it is easier to get an athlete to be an actor instead of an actor to be an athlete
34 years old and this scene has always gotten me since the movie came out 25 years ago or however long it is. Doesn’t hurt that I’m a Tiger fan lol….but how can you not be romantic about baseball?
@@nicholasstawarz906 Nope. That was a quote from Nuke, talking to himself on the mound. The Crash quote was, "Don't think. It can only hurt the ballclub."
What I love about this movie is the parallel between the Game and his Life. It could of been so cheesy and cliche but instead it was subtle and sensitive? I mean it was so surprisingly good the game scenes were great but the slice of life scenes were just so well done. But the script was just so good as in genuinely great with amazingly well rounded characters and just so many charming moments with Jane and Heather.
@Scott Farmer Well it’s a baseball movie, and at the time in 1999 a majority of baseball fans across the country were hopping on the Yankees bandwagon and their dynasty. No Yankees fan wants to pay to see a baseball movie where the Yankees get perfect gamed by a 40 year old pitcher on a 63-97 Tigers team?
They released it at the start of football season (I guess to coincide with the end of the season/end of his career), also as I recall Costner kind of sabotaged the film by complaining about a scene being cut involving nudity that likely would have bumped it up to an "R" rating,. and frankly his trajectory was already descending after Waterworld and The Postman...but I loved this film and the baseball scenes were exceptionally well done....Costner took the role in part because he thought he could realistically mimic a pro pitcher, and for the most part he did....
I think my favorite part of this picture comes right here at 3:59, when that fan, who's been hollering all game long about what a bum Billy is, goes ahead and acknowledges him right after the last out: "Gotta give to ya, Chapel. Nice job. Okay, perfect game." That's sports for you. You root hard for your team until the game is over, and then you give it up for the accomplishment no matter who won.
I was 15, playing against the best hitting team of 17 year olds. I looked at the clouds, I heard my coach say "Just play catch", I prayed to God to give me the strength to throw one more strike. He did. I did. I lived what Billy Chapel portrayed. Every time I watch this movie, I live that moment in time all over again.
Ken Strout's at-bat was my favorite scene because it shows the passing of the torch, how young athletes (like in tennis) dethrone older ones, and have no fear of them. Excellent symbolism for the end of Chapel's career, regardless of the result of the at-bat.
For those thinking, "How is it that #60 got the last out, but #61 is the one being welcomed back into the Yankee dugout?" Well, having just watched the clip of the *beginning* of the game, #61 would have been in the on-deck circle because he was the #1 hitter in the lineup - if the #9 had gotten on, he would have had to hit. So, it's NOT a continuity error, but for those of us who watch clips and freeze-frame videos, it SEEMS like one! He's also coming back into the dugout with his bat - the runner would not have gone back to get his bat from first base.
Nobody will ever convince me they wrote lines for Vin. I'm sure they told him to work "this" or "that" in. But the most real thing about this underrated movie was listening to him. Exactly like he would have called it and here I completely forgot he was in it.
Great movie, great scene. Right now, I'm a Senior in HS, with 5 games left. Personally, I am dreading a moment like this, where you have to come up clutch in a "now or never" situation. Since I'm not playing Baseball in college, it would get more formidable in my last baseball game ever.
As a Dodgers fan, former semi-pro 2B, I loved showing my fiancée this movie for the first time, and she learned who Vin Scully is. The greatest game caller of all time. And he did his thing in this one perfect.
I realize this isn't Major League or The Natural. It's not even Field of Dreams [which, if we're all being honest, is pretty frikkin' sappy in parts]. But this is still a worthy baseball movie, for all the criticism. And frankly, I LOVE how Chapel still needed a teammate to save the game for him. Baseball isn't played by the home run, it's played by second basemen and shortstops slinging a relay to first.
Vin Scully always summing up any event perfectly, so amazing how Costner in return gave a riveting farewell speech for Vin when he retired in 2016 after 67 wonderful years, Vin no doubt deserved his medal of freedom and these are words from an extreme Dodger hater.
Casting Director: "Ok, we need to fill the role of catcher here..." (John C. Reilly walks in) "Sometimes this job is too easy. It's just too bad Sal Fasano couldn't act."
@TheFlyingV Man there’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time! Dude had an epic mustache, even the Yankees gave him a free pass on the “No facial hair rule” when he played for them in ‘06.
If any pitcher American League or National League ever perfects the Yankees in real life, I’ll be a happy person. If Billy Chapel was a real person he would be Hall of Fame bound for sure!
@@toddwolfetube hell yea man! that's awesome. Yea i've been thinking a lot about this movie today after hearing the sad news of Kelly Preston passing away earlier this morning. Heartbreaking :(
@@GreenmanRP Yea, I know Yankees fans can be pretty obnoxious and I think they captured that! Very sad about Kelly and that's how I wound up here today. I have the DVD and will probably watch it tonight. In short, Mantle was my guy when I was a kid but I have much respect for Kaline, Horton, Cash, Freehan, McLain, Lolich, etc., and if the Yankees couldn't make it to the series I was all for the Tigers.
Yeah, I love when the guy in the stands, who has been heckling Chapel all game, acknowledges his achievement at the end and makes sure other people start clapping too.
That is Jose Mota who played Tigers shortstop Jose Garcia in this movie. Mota had a couple stints up in the big leagues for the Padres and Royals in the 1990’s, and after his career was over he was the voice of the Angels spanish radio from 2002-2021
I've always held that if the opposing pitcher is throwing a perfect game through 7, you start rooting for him, instead of your home team. (Earlier if the game doesn't matter at all.) I'm a Yankees fan. I revel in the hate. I bleed the color of champions. But if this movie were real life, I'd be rooting for Chapel by the end of the 7th for sure.
To everyone saying that the last batter's Jersey number changed from 60 to 61 at the 4:19 mark: that's the guy that was on deck. The last batter is left handed, whereas the guy on deck is right handed, as seen by the ear coverings on their respective helmets, and the fact that the guy on deck is carrying his bat back to the dugout. A batboy would've picked up the bat that the last batter used.
I love that they throw a hater fan into the airport crowd with his ridiculous homer screaming "He was SAFE!" hahaha like come on buddy, he was out by at least 3 steps.
Does anybody recognize the Yankees manager? That's coach Augie Garrido.........He's one of college baseball's greatest coaches. Coach Garrido has one over a thousand games in his career at two schools......Cal State Fullerton and the University of Texas.
@Ashley Chase He sadly passed away couple years ago. He was really good friends with Kevin Costner and that’s how he got the role in this movie as the Yankees manager. Costner also recommended J.K. Simmons for this movie as the Tigers manager cause he knew Simmons is a huge Detroit Tigers fan in real life.
@@tonywilliams6428 or, it could be a symbiotic/parasitical relationship like Venom. When needed, the manliest mustache to have ever manned a manly man springs into action and he turns into an indestructible gay firefighter that can manipulate water elements and sound waves.
Vin Skully could read ingredients from a cereal box and make a grown man tear up.
The greatest ever
R.I.P
Amen my man
@@hbviceroy7274 Ernie Harwell, but Vin is great.
Best fucking comment
I grew up on Vin Scully on the radio this line will stay with me always "The cathedral that is Yankee Stadium belongs to a Chapel "
That line is the only reason I went and watched this movie.
Most underrated baseball movie ever. How can you not be romantic about baseball? Best game on Gods green earth. RIP Vin Scully
It’s actually my favorite movie.
@@Jusbklyn79 one of mine as well. I watch it every other year
I'm not even a big baseball fan, but I love this movie, especially with Vin Skully
"The cathedral that is Yankee Stadium belongs to a Chapel" Only vin skully could say that, what a line
Love that line too.
Absolute excellence.
Rest in peace Vin. Whomever was calling games in Heaven won't even be upset that you'll be behind the mic now. Thank you for making our lives better with your mellifluous voice.
When God calls the saints to heaven, ya gotta believe it'll be with Vin Scully's voice.
I believe Harry Kalas and Harry Carey were calling games until he got there
@@rbcountryboy10 Maybe Ernie Harwell as well.
RIP Kelly Preston, such a beauty
This is one of my favorite sports films. Even better when you realize that Vin Scully did all the commentary off the cuff.
I'll openly admit I will never watch a Dodgers game willingly but by golly I'll listen to Vin.
I’ve always wondered if he did.
And Vin didn't do east coast games but was transported for this. By using the 4:15 start time they could film in day or evening.
That is why he and Jack Buck are the two best to ever do it. Bob Costas as well. Of course, as a Braves fan, you can't beat Skip Caray, Joe Simpson and Don Hutson.
Jack Buck and Vin were in a league of their own.
Very underrated. This movie has heart. Excellent cast and written by great minds.
Not a big fan of Costner's acting, but agree this one may have been his best.
It's the perfect date night movie: a love story wrapped around the thrill of a no-hitter!!🌝
I actually like this one the best of the Costner Baseball Trilogy.
@@cmc5394oparva Yeah, 5 great movies.
Chasing Dreams
Bull Durham
Field Of Dreams
For Love of the Game
The Upside of Anger.
All are based on Baseball but in only 3 does he play a pro player.
"I told ya, Billy! Didn't I tell you?! HISTORY, man!"
Gets me every time.
Kevin Costner may have only ever made 3 baseball movies, but those 3 have got to be on any list of the top baseball movies of all time if you ask me.
agree
This is why baseball is special, when things like this happen (perfect games, no hitters, hitting for cycle, records broken etc) it doesn’t matter if it is against your team or not. At that moment you are just a fan of the game.
Caleb Cummings Like Randy Johnson against my Braves
Witnessing greatness, especially if you're in the stadium... you can't ask for a better moment as a fan. It's just one loss. But the moment will last forever.
Yes. I marvel at it even if I am not a fan of either team.
Except this knocked the Yanks out of the playoffs.
@@raygordonteacheschess5501 No, it didn't, because back then is when they still had tie-breakers. So, if they were guaranteed a spot with a win, that means they tied when they lost and would have had a tie breaker game before the ALDS.
Vin Scully makes this movie to be so much more than it really was. Vin's mastery of the cadence to build drama, and provide simple poetry to the movie is unmatched.
Tremendously underrated movie
"Gotta give it to ya..."
I'm a Braves fans. I was there when Randy Johnson threw his perfect game. Whole stadium went nuts. Didn't care if it was the away team's pitcher.
I saw like the first inning but had to leave cuz i had a little league game
I’m a Dbacks fan and I’ll never forget watching that game. It was unbelievable.
You bore witness to something that’s been done (as of the date of this comment) just 24 times in 154 years of Major League Baseball. Hard not to get caught up in the achievement even if it is the opponent doing it
How can ya not feel romantic about baseball - Billy Beane
Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, and For Love of The Game. That right there is a damn fine way to spend an afternoon. The top three baseball movies, and three of the best damned sports movies of all frikkin' time.
Maybe not the top three baseball movies. They're up there, for sure. But you fail to consider there's also A League of Their Own, Major League, Moneyball, The Natural and The Pride of the Yankees. Bull Durham, Field of Dreams and For Love of The Game may be "three of the best damned KEVIN COSTNER sports movies of all frikkin' time" but not OVERALL sports movies. Not in any particular order (except maybe alphabetical), I can name well over a dozen other great, if not better, sports movies like Any Given Sunday, Bend it Like Beckham, Breaking Away, Brian's Song, Caddyshack, Chariots of Fire, Creed, Friday Night Lights, Happy Gilmore, Hoosiers, The Hustler, I, Tonya, Invictus, The Karate Kid, Love and Basketball, Miracle, Raging Bull, Remember the Titans, Rocky, Rudy, Slapshot, and The Wrestler, to name just a few.
@@GopherBaroque61 I've seen all but three of the movies you list here. I stand by my words. But your mileage may vary and that's cool too. :) It just means that there is a plethora of really damn good sports films for people to watch.
@@encchick2 I'm curious. Which three haven't you seen? I would have agreed with you had you said that the three you mentioned are in the top ten BASEBALL films of all frikkin' time and I don't think you would find ANYONE who would agree with you that they are the top three SPORTS movies of all time especially if you admit that you haven't seen a few of the movies in contention. Not only that, but to limit it to just baseball films is somewhat biased.
Now, here's the caveat:
If you include "In my opinion" when you make that statement, then no one at all can argue with you, since it's all subjective.
@@GopherBaroque61 First, I did say they were my top three BASEBALL movies and among the top ten of all Sports movies. Second, I haven't seen Pride of the Yankees (this IS a travesty, I know), Breaking Away, or The Wrestler. But I know the stories of all but Breaking Away. So it's not like I'm lacking in sports film knowledge.
Eight Men Out, Moneyball and Trouble with the Curve!
It's good to hear Vin's voice
"He was safe"- literally every Yankees fan's response to a player getting out LOL
This is one of my favorite sports movies. I love the concept of an old hall of famer in his last days pitching a game robotically while thinking about his life. Perfect game aside, he was just thinking about the moments that led him here, and the game was just the circumstance. And his conversations with himself make it all the better…
There have been several baseball games but this one is probably the best right behind Robert Redford's the natural so both of these are tied for first in my world
I'm not a big baseball fan, but this movie is one of my favorites. Hearing the games best announcer, legendary Vin Scully call the game, is perfect.
The best part of this, was the respect that the Yankee fans showed him, even after jeering him all game. They knew they'd just seen something they'd probably never see again.
Yup considering the Yankees probably won the pennant anyways
I hope it doesn´t soud weird but... R.I.P. Kelly Preston (1962-2020) I loved her in this movie.
Doesn't sound weird at all unless I am weird, too!
@@MarkButts63 She was great in this movie. May God rest her soul and bring solace to her family.
I was really saddened to hear about her passing. She was great in Jerry McGuire too.
She was great in this, Jerry Maguire and Jack Frost.
RIP Vin Scully. Such an amazing announcer and person.
The ending is so cliched it hurts. And I loved every moment of it.
One of my favorite Baseball movies.
My personal favorite baseball movie. I have watched it maybe 20 times...and I get goosebumps EVERY time they throw Strout out.
3 years ago, but same
Love the guy in the airport lounge..."he was safe"....when Stroud was out by 4 feet.
Stereotypical Yankee Fan
Only Yankee fan with an ounce of class was the guy in the stands who got everyone to applaud the perfecto
This is why Baseball is in my Top 3 of sports I continue to love and follow to this day. Football, Baseball, Hockey. Vin Scully RIP, your voice and love for the game will be missed!
Glad to see that Jim Joyce was not umping this game.
Or Angel Hernandez
Wow......still too soon
Or joe west’s fat ass!
Least he never had to call fan interference?
I’m an Orioles fan and know EXACTLY who played the 1st base umpire in this movie...
jim joyce: sorry kevin costner, i was wrong. but fuck your perfect game.
Reason 354,276 why baseball will always be the greatest team sport.
To me, this movie has the most realistic baseball action.
Watch Little Big League. Most of the actors are former big leaguers.
@@GaffneyIndianVideos really with a 12 year old coach he said realistic
@@GaffneyIndianVideos with a lot of sports films they have actual athletes as the actors because its generally shown that it is easier to get an athlete to be an actor instead of an actor to be an athlete
@@portorock5227 "(T)he most realistic baseball action", and he's right. The baseball action part of the movie is solid.
Angels in the Outfield.
34 years old and this scene has always gotten me since the movie came out 25 years ago or however long it is. Doesn’t hurt that I’m a Tiger fan lol….but how can you not be romantic about baseball?
Baseball can tug at your heart more than any other sport.
RIP Kelly Preston…(thought I should add that since Vin was getting so much well deserved love).
One of the best movies ever!!
Augie Garrido with the “wreck it” line…love it
And Wreck It Ralph is in the movie.
Every time I see this I think of the Tigers pitcher that had his perfect game blown by a bad call.
1:14 "Oh God, Billy, think. Don't just throw."
Another pitcher in a previous life: "No, Meat, don't think, just give him the gas."
*catcher
@@nicholasstawarz906 Nope. That was a quote from Nuke, talking to himself on the mound.
The Crash quote was, "Don't think. It can only hurt the ballclub."
@@rcslyman8929 "teed off on that sucker like he knew I was gonna throw a fastball.."
jturie he did
Billy was a better thinker than Nuke.
Rip kelly preston😭😭❤️
damn. i didn't even know. that's sad. she was a great actress
What I love about this movie is the parallel between the Game and his Life. It could of been so cheesy and cliche but instead it was subtle and sensitive?
I mean it was so surprisingly good the game scenes were great but the slice of life scenes were just so well done. But the script was just so good as in genuinely great with amazingly well rounded characters and just so many charming moments with Jane and Heather.
MInor point - when Ken Strout comes out, he's wearing number 60, when he returns to the dugout (at 4:19) he's wearing 61...
Such an awesome movie! It's hard to believe that it bombed at the box office.
@Scott Farmer Well it’s a baseball movie, and at the time in 1999 a majority of baseball fans across the country were hopping on the Yankees bandwagon and their dynasty.
No Yankees fan wants to pay to see a baseball movie where the Yankees get perfect gamed by a 40 year old pitcher on a 63-97 Tigers team?
I am a Yankee fan and I still liked the movie. I also like Major League and the Yankees lost at the end of that one too.
They released it at the start of football season (I guess to coincide with the end of the season/end of his career), also as I recall Costner kind of sabotaged the film by complaining about a scene being cut involving nudity that likely would have bumped it up to an "R" rating,. and frankly his trajectory was already descending after Waterworld and The Postman...but I loved this film and the baseball scenes were exceptionally well done....Costner took the role in part because he thought he could realistically mimic a pro pitcher, and for the most part he did....
Love that Costner came out for the last game that Vin Scully ever called.....
I'm watching this and I know it's a movie, but I'm on the edge of my seat as if is a real game.
My all-time favorite baseball game movie .
Costner's Valentine to baseball. He really does love the game.
A great movie.
One of the most underrated sports movies
I could listen to Vin Scully call a knitting match. Between he and Red Barber, and Dizzy Dean.....the best.
You can throw Mel Allen in that group, but Vin Scully was the best of the best
Throw in Al Michaels, Curt Gowdy, Harry Carey, and Bob Uecker.
Still brings me to tears.
Man I love this movie
“Wreck it” is amazing.
I think my favorite part of this picture comes right here at 3:59, when that fan, who's been hollering all game long about what a bum Billy is, goes ahead and acknowledges him right after the last out: "Gotta give to ya, Chapel. Nice job. Okay, perfect game." That's sports for you. You root hard for your team until the game is over, and then you give it up for the accomplishment no matter who won.
1988 - "He's throwing a 2 hit shut out and he's shaking me off!" ~Kevin Costner (Bull Durham)
1999- "Nah, he knows my curveball is shit"
I'll miss you the most, scarecrow
Absolutely cracking movie. First time I watched it on video, I just started it again.
I was 15, playing against the best hitting team of 17 year olds. I looked at the clouds, I heard my coach say "Just play catch", I prayed to God to give me the strength to throw one more strike. He did. I did. I lived what Billy Chapel portrayed. Every time I watch this movie, I live that moment in time all over again.
Ken Strout's at-bat was my favorite scene because it shows the passing of the torch, how young athletes (like in tennis) dethrone older ones, and have no fear of them. Excellent symbolism for the end of Chapel's career, regardless of the result of the at-bat.
Reminds me of Cars 3.
Great announcer to use for this movie. May he rip
Going to miss you Vin Scully.... RIP
For those thinking, "How is it that #60 got the last out, but #61 is the one being welcomed back into the Yankee dugout?" Well, having just watched the clip of the *beginning* of the game, #61 would have been in the on-deck circle because he was the #1 hitter in the lineup - if the #9 had gotten on, he would have had to hit. So, it's NOT a continuity error, but for those of us who watch clips and freeze-frame videos, it SEEMS like one! He's also coming back into the dugout with his bat - the runner would not have gone back to get his bat from first base.
Nobody will ever convince me they wrote lines for Vin. I'm sure they told him to work "this" or "that" in. But the most real thing about this underrated movie was listening to him. Exactly like he would have called it and here I completely forgot he was in it.
No one wrote lines for Vince, it’s well documented he called it as he saw it.
Great movie, great scene. Right now, I'm a Senior in HS, with 5 games left. Personally, I am dreading a moment like this, where you have to come up clutch in a "now or never" situation. Since I'm not playing Baseball in college, it would get more formidable in my last baseball game ever.
This movie has a heart.
My wife and I saw this movie on our 1st date.
Don't know why, but the girlfriend's daughter watching gets me every time
but she's a killer in the Hunger Games trilogy.
@@MarkButts63 and she was a b*tch in stepmom
it's a nice touch.
@@banderas2000 ... she wasn't a bitch in that movie.
That's easy, it's because the girl loves Billy, and likely, you haven't experienced that love. Am I right or off by a country mile?
Fun fact: The Yankee Manager in this movie is the late Augie Garrido the legendary Manager for the University of Texas & Cal State Fullerton.
As a Dodgers fan, former semi-pro 2B, I loved showing my fiancée this movie for the first time, and she learned who Vin Scully is. The greatest game caller of all time. And he did his thing in this one perfect.
That last play reminds me a lot of Armando Galarraga's would-be perfect game and it breaks my heart.
That 27th batter in the Galarraga game was out by at least a step and a half. But in this movie, Stroudt was out by four steps or so.
Thanks Ron always there when I need you the most allowing me to breathe and sneeze that's an amazing kind gift - I'm so grateful
It was an awesome & emotional 😭 movie to me.
I realize this isn't Major League or The Natural. It's not even Field of Dreams [which, if we're all being honest, is pretty frikkin' sappy in parts].
But this is still a worthy baseball movie, for all the criticism.
And frankly, I LOVE how Chapel still needed a teammate to save the game for him. Baseball isn't played by the home run, it's played by second basemen and shortstops slinging a relay to first.
Best baseball movie ever IMO
My favorite , have watched it more than a 100 times.❤❤
The cathedral that is Yankee Stadium belongs to a Chapel
Vin Scully always summing up any event perfectly, so amazing how Costner in return gave a riveting farewell speech for Vin when he retired in 2016 after 67 wonderful years, Vin no doubt deserved his medal of freedom and these are words from an extreme Dodger hater.
Classic line!
Kelly Preston was so good in this movie. Sad when she passed.
Casting Director: "Ok, we need to fill the role of catcher here..." (John C. Reilly walks in) "Sometimes this job is too easy. It's just too bad Sal Fasano couldn't act."
@TheFlyingV Man there’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time!
Dude had an epic mustache, even the Yankees gave him a free pass on the “No facial hair rule” when he played for them in ‘06.
Wow! What a movie that squeezes every bit of emotion out of the audience.
If any pitcher American League or National League ever perfects the Yankees in real life, I’ll be a happy person. If Billy Chapel was a real person he would be Hall of Fame bound for sure!
Wish granted…
@@natereg9747 That was a no-hitter, not a perfect game. The Astros had 3 pitchers do it!
this is one my most favorite movies of all time, such a great flick, and me being from Detroit only makes it that much more special to me
And, one of my favorite movies and me being a life long Yankee fan!
@@toddwolfetube hell yea man! that's awesome. Yea i've been thinking a lot about this movie today after hearing the sad news of Kelly Preston passing away earlier this morning. Heartbreaking :(
@@GreenmanRP Yea, I know Yankees fans can be pretty obnoxious and I think they captured that! Very sad about Kelly and that's how I wound up here today. I have the DVD and will probably watch it tonight. In short, Mantle was my guy when I was a kid but I have much respect for Kaline, Horton, Cash, Freehan, McLain, Lolich, etc., and if the Yankees couldn't make it to the series I was all for the Tigers.
Me too, and I love Tiger town with Roy scheider
"Thanks Chappy. Not for the water."
Didn’t I tell ya! History man!
Cry at that line everytime.
The guy in the bar is not a true fan of baseball, the fan in the stands is, he appreciates what he just saw.
❤❤❤❤❤ thank you
Yeah, I love when the guy in the stands, who has been heckling Chapel all game, acknowledges his achievement at the end and makes sure other people start clapping too.
In loving memory of Bill Bevins and the baseball gods who dashed his immortality
That shortstop saved the game. That's a hero. That's BASEBALL.
That’s a movie
@@davidmcgrath6507
Good script
@@Raelspark absolutely!
That is Jose Mota who played Tigers shortstop Jose Garcia in this movie.
Mota had a couple stints up in the big leagues for the Padres and Royals in the 1990’s, and after his career was over he was the voice of the Angels spanish radio from 2002-2021
I've always held that if the opposing pitcher is throwing a perfect game through 7, you start rooting for him, instead of your home team. (Earlier if the game doesn't matter at all.) I'm a Yankees fan. I revel in the hate. I bleed the color of champions. But if this movie were real life, I'd be rooting for Chapel by the end of the 7th for sure.
Are you a Jose Altuve fan?
I would too. Though the Yankees had to run this game or they miss the playoffs, right?
@@easyenetwork2023 IIRC it's for home field advantage in the playoffs or something like that. But you might be right.
@@Karthos1000 They say they have to win to 'clinch', so I assume they are still possibly depending on other games.
@@TEXASLOYAL I don't root for cheaters.
Came here today to pay my respects to Vin Skully. RiP Vin Skully. You could make anyone watch anything if you were commentating
To everyone saying that the last batter's Jersey number changed from 60 to 61 at the 4:19 mark: that's the guy that was on deck. The last batter is left handed, whereas the guy on deck is right handed, as seen by the ear coverings on their respective helmets, and the fact that the guy on deck is carrying his bat back to the dugout. A batboy would've picked up the bat that the last batter used.
Also to add to your point, 61 led off the game so they got everything right
Best kevin costner scene ever
Fckn love this movie and as a Detroit tigers fan it makes it even more better that he’s a tiger in the movie.
Interesting fact: The actor who plays Ken Strout (Carmine Giovinazzo) also played Danny Messer in C.S.I. :NY
Augie Garrido with a cameo as the Yankees manager. Hook 'em 🤘
I love that they throw a hater fan into the airport crowd with his ridiculous homer screaming "He was SAFE!" hahaha like come on buddy, he was out by at least 3 steps.
Does anybody recognize the Yankees manager? That's coach Augie Garrido.........He's one of college baseball's greatest coaches. Coach Garrido has one over a thousand games in his career at two schools......Cal State Fullerton and the University of Texas.
@Ashley Chase He sadly passed away couple years ago.
He was really good friends with Kevin Costner and that’s how he got the role in this movie as the Yankees manager.
Costner also recommended J.K. Simmons for this movie as the Tigers manager cause he knew Simmons is a huge Detroit Tigers fan in real life.
It’s amazing Sam Rami already had his cast for Spider-Man picked because of this movie❤️
Really liked this movie
Rip vin!
JK Simmons, sporting the manliest of the manly mustaches.
Yep, and he's seen a thing or two…...
I believe in this case the mustache is actually sporting Mr. Simmons.
@@tonywilliams6428 or, it could be a symbiotic/parasitical relationship like Venom. When needed, the manliest mustache to have ever manned a manly man springs into action and he turns into an indestructible gay firefighter that can manipulate water elements and sound waves.
Costner actually recommended J.K. Simmons for this movie to play the Tigers manager cause he knew Simmons is a huge Detroit Tigers fan in real life.
this was only a few years before he was casted as J Jonah Jameson. A Role he would reprise over the next 25 years.
3:45 Jane’s tears of joy 🥹
I love watching the Yankees lose, even if it’s just a movie.
I hope heartedly agree....Boston strong
When I saw this movie in the theatre, the audience was clapping when the Detroit Tigers won the game.