"Rookie of the Year" with Mike Camerlengo (@MCamerlengo)

Cherished things from your childhood sometimes don't age as well as you'd like. "Rookie of the Year" is one of those things.Comedy writer Mike Camerlengo joins Big Screen Sports to break down the (shockingly bad) baseball action of ROTY. Why was the plot so bad? Who taught Gary Busey how to throw a baseball? Why on Earth was Henry playing Little League in jeans? We dive into that and more in this episode.6:40 - A Childhood Favorite Doesn't Hold Up15:00 - "Little Big League" Comparison20:50 - Best Scene26:00 - Least Realistic Moments33:00 - Jeans?42:00 - Final Game Breakdown53:00 - Randy Quaid Discussion1:00:35 - Improving ROTY with a Netflix SeriesFollow Mike on Twitter @MCamerlengo & Instagram @mikecamerlengo, and his website mikecamerlengo.comPlease take a few minutes to take our listener survey to help improve this podcast: surveymonkey.com/r/BigScreenSportsRemember to subscribe, rate, & review. Can follow the podcast on Twitter @Big_ScreenSport & Instagram @bigscreensportspod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices You can support Big Screen Sports, get schedule updates, and pick movies to be covered in upcoming episodes by joining our Patreon at patreon.com/bigscreensports.Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, Mapped, and Illustrated" here or wherever books are sold.Big Screen Sports is hosted/edited by Kyle Bandujo, and produced & supported by Aaron Figureoa, Mike Schubert, Steve Rogers, Kevin Frost, Mike D, Ryan Yager, Mike Dries, Chris Mycoskie, John Craig, Sam Smith, Zach Rich, Classic Stadium Fire, Dan McFall, Kevin Enkelmann, Mac Lindsey, Curt Ritchie, Robert Dove, Andrew Teagul Benjamin Baumann, Jeff Estes, Anthony Scafone, Taylor Logan, Shawn Hoffman, Peter Roble, Jamie Bryan, Brad Brown, Don Jenver, Chris Raczynski, Ethan Lavery, Daniel Powell, Abhilash Reddy, Wil Thompson, Capers Thompson, and Rilwan Balogun.Alex McDaniel handles video production, social media, and special teams. Art for Big Screen Sports was created by Riki Prosper. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.