The Major League Baseball All Star Game will be played July 10 in Kansas City.
While actual MLB All Stars are voted into and named to that game, we decided to name our own team of baseball All Stars.
Without further adieu, (in our best public-address loudspeaker voice) we introduce:
The UnderScoopFire 2012 Pop Culture All Star Lineup:
Leading off, playing center field, from “Major League”..
Willie Mays Hayes
Batting second and playing shortstop, from “The Sandlot”..
Benny ‘The Jet’ Rodriguez
Batting third and playing first base, just a few hits short of 3000 for his career..
Stan Ross
Batting cleanup and playing right field, from “The Natural”..
Roy Hobbs
Batting fifth, at designated hitter, from “Beer League”..
Artie DeVanzo
Batting sixth, a switch hitter, from “Bull Durham”..
Crash Davis
Batting seventh and playing left field, from “A League of Their Own”..
Mae Mordabito
Batting in the eighth AND ninth spot, playing second base AND third base, from the Looney Tunes classic “Baseball Bugs”..
Bugs Bunny
The starting pitcher for the UnderScoopFire Pop Culture All Star Team:
From “Eastbound & Down”..
Kenny Fucking Powers
Pitchers available out of the bullpen for tonight’s game:
Steve Nebraska (“The Scout”)
Henry Rowengartner (“Rookie of the Year”)
Montgomery Brewster (“Brewster’s Millions”)
The closer, of course, from “Major League”..
“Wild Thing” Ricky Vaughn
Now if you’ll all rise, tonight’s national anthem will be sung by international recording artist AND tonight’s home plate umpire.. Enrico Palazzo!
LOVE….IT!!!
The Enrico Palazzo anthem was the icing on the cake!!!
Powers as a starter? Are you mad, Decker? Are you mad? LOL
He should be the set up man for Vaughn… and then you start Nuke Laloosh!
Of course, you have Bugs on the team, so, whatever, it’s in the bag. 😉
Awesome selections! One question, however… where’s Kelly Leak? You gotta have Kelly, he’s like the Great Bambino of the California Champs! Maybe slot him as an additional DH/pinch hitter…
As far as front office and bench, here’s who I’d suggest:
Owner/General Manager: Gotta be Billy Heywood, the kid from “Little Big League” who inherited the Twins from his granddad.
Skipper, Bench Coaches: I was this close to nominating either Morris Buttermaker or Mike Leak from The Bad News Bears flicks (shout-out to “Let! Them! Play!”), but they’d be great as bench coaches. The man who should steer the ship is actually someone who’s done well with the ladies… yes, the manager of The Rockford Peaches, Mr. Sobriety, Mr. “There’s No Crying In Baseball!” Himself….
Jimmy Dugan from A League Of Their Own!!
To round out the bench, I’d nominate Larry Hockett from Bull Durham (played by Robert Wuhl, a.k.a. “Arli$$”). If for nothing else, he’d know what to get for a wedding gift for any players getting married.
Mascot
Toss-up between Timmy Lupus or Tanner Boyle from the Bad News Bears. You can either win one for “The Luper” or tell the Yankees what to do with their trophy. Win-win!
There’s some overlap with my list:
http://redheadedmule.com/2012/04/rhm-pop-culture-baseball-all-stars/
Great list! Love the videos and the inclusion of ProStars!
Thank you, Howie! Funny that you have a different Richard Pryor character on your list. 🙂 Crash Davis and Steve Nebraska are inspired choices.