The Behavior Of The California Angels During The National Anthem Is Grotesque

As you know, I’ve been rewatching older baseball movies. I started with For The Love Of The Game. It was an absolute delight. For the entire film, I had no idea that he was going to throw a perfect game and then the next thing you know, he threw a perfect game. Incredible.

I then moved on to Rookie of the Year. What a movie that was. You see, Henry fell and hurt his arm. Henry’s doctor put Henry’s arm in a cast and set it at an upward angle! By doing that, he caused the ligaments to become too damn tight. Because of the tightness, Henry could throw the ball like 104 MPH. WOW! Even big leaguers struggled to hit the high cheese. We want a pitcher, not a belly itcher indeed. I wont spoil the rest of the movie but you should certainly check it out, unless you have a big butt.

On to the Angels in the Outfield.

We got people flexing their guns (problematic), chomping on their gum, and looking completely aloof during the singing of the National Anthem. I, for one, wont stand for it. I mean, I’ll stand for the anthem. Don’t twist my words there. I’ll stand my dick off. I won’t stand for the flexing and the gum chewing. It’s about manners in sports.

I just felt like I should bring this scene to your attention because when it comes to anthem stuff: see something; say something. And in the word’s of my new pal AJ via DM on twitter.com, “the California Angels (as they were known at the time) put on a very problematic and insensitive display/discussion re: the National Anthem in the 1994 movie Angels in the Outfield. As seen in the below clip, Keith Mitchell, star outfielder, can’t be bothered to pay attention/ salute our troops past and present because he has biceps. Whitt Bass, core starting pitcher, along with teammates, have the audacity to suggest that the National Anthem is about A SPANISH GUY NAMED JOSE. The atrocities in this film need to be brought to light. The anthem is too important to be subjected to such buffoonery.”

I agree, AJ. I agree.

Next up, I will review Wild Thing’s haircut in Major League. Needless to say, that is not becoming of a gentleman.