Major League and IMDB

[BoomerSooner]

I was reading the "goofs" sections found on IMDB.com for all three of the Major League movies and found it interesting that many of the baseball myths that are discussed here and are spread by fans and coachs can be found on IMDB.com as well.

My two favorites were that Pedro Cerrano should have immediately been called out for leaving the base path when going into right field to help the bird hit by his ball. The other is that Willie would have been tagged out for turning to the left after overrunning first.

Gotta love the spreading of these myths. Its hard enough that the common fan considers them truths.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Go back there and set them straight if it's a discussion. Don't just see it and think it's all cute and everything. Do your part to educate these dumas$es and use you title of umpire to legitimize it.

[BretMan]

I'll have to give that site a look-see...something, anything to pass the time in these frigid regions that have an actual "off-season" between fall and spring.

Maybe I'll even add one to their list. When Madonna uses her cap to catch the fly ball in "A League of Their Own", that should have been a three-base award, not an out. Not only is there no crying in baseball, there ain't no legal catches with detached equipment, neither!

[briancurtin]

you can make corrections to those submissions on IMDB - it's all user submitted stuff by people that sign up. i've submitted goofs and trivia things for other movies, you just have to have an account and there is a process by which people who work for IMDB or are moderators will validate what you enter. they dont know baseball rules so thats probably how those things got in there.

[BoomerSooner]

I tried to correct it, but as you said you have to have an account to submit stuff. I didn't want to go through the hassel, but since brian has an account I'll defer to him to submit corrections. I did like the idea about Madonna catching the ball with her hat.

[bluezebra]

FIELD of DREAMS:

Shoeless Joe Jackson bats right, throws left. I have never seen a baseball movie (or TV show) without some MAJOR mistakes.

Bob

[David Emerling]

Originally Posted by BoomerSooner

I was reading the "goofs" sections found on IMDB.com for all three of the Major League movies and found it interesting that many of the baseball myths that are discussed here and are spread by fans and coachs can be found on IMDB.com as well.

My two favorites were that Pedro Cerrano should have immediately been called out for leaving the base path when going into right field to help the bird hit by his ball. The other is that Willie would have been tagged out for turning to the left after overrunning first.

Gotta love the spreading of these myths. Its hard enough that the common fan considers them truths.

Have any of you guys ever visited moviemistakes.com? Another interesting website that has a huge database of just about every mistake made in every movie. I have not looked over any of the baseball movies, however.

Before I watch a movie (usually on DVD) I sometimes check with moviemistakes.com to see what mistakes there will be and it's kind of fun looking for them - because they are often very hard to spot.

I particularly liked the one in the movie "Gladiator" (with Russell Crowe) where one of the stage hands can be scene in the background of the Roman army wearing a Polo shirt and jeans. Funny!

David Emerling
Memphis, TN