YMMV / Rookie of the Year

• Awesome Music: The film's main theme; the score was composed by Bill Conti of Rocky fame.
• Funny Moments: Mary's face when Henry reveals that his grandmother told him the truth about his father years before; it just says, "Ugh, Mom," as if this isn't the first time her mother has done something like this.
• Ham-to-Ham Combat: Mary and Jack's argument. "HE IS MY SON!" "HE'S MY CLIENT!"
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Thanks to Gary Busey's mental condition from his motorcycle accident, Steadman's "have-to" speech wouldn't be out of place with the current Buseyisms of today.
  • Also, the whole thing with the Cubs losing streak becoming redundant when they finally won in 2016. It can also be doubled since their post-season run came to an end the previous year at the hands of- who else?- the Mets.
  • Becky, played by Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine, spends the movie pining for kid sports hero Henry. The next year, Jacobsen-Derstine would become a kid sports hero herself, as goalie Julie "The Cat" Gaffney in D2: The Mighty Ducks, who makes the tournament-clinching save.
  • Brickma describes how some pitchers like to ice their shoulders while other prefer applying heat. He thinks he can get the best of both worlds with "hot ice", which is ice he heats up. Icy Hot, which alternatively cools and heats sore spots, would hit the market a few years later.
• He Really Can Act: Gary Busey does a fantastic job as Steadman. To the point of being unrecognizable.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • Funky buttlovin'!
  • "Pitcher's got a big butt!" was also widely repeated in The '90s.
• Retroactive Recognition:
  • Thomas Ian Nicholas (Henry) would go on to star in the American Pie series.
  • Neil Flynn, who plays the Cubs first baseman, would be best known as The Janitor from Scrubs.
  • Amy Morton, who portrays Henry's mom, went on to star in Chicago P.D. as wisecracking Desk Sergeant Trudy Platt.

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