Angels in the Infield
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| Angels in the Infield | |
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| Directed by | Robert King |
| Produced by | Roger Birnbaum (exec.) Fitch Cady Deb LeFaive (co) Holly Goldberg Sloan(co) Irby Smith (co) Gary Stutman (co) |
| Written by | Richard Conlin (char.) Robert King (plot) Holly Goldberg Sloan (plot) Garrett K. Shiff (screenplay) Robert King (screenplay) |
| Starring | Patrick Warburton Brittney Irvin David Alan Grier Kurt Fuller |
| Music by | Brad Gillis (bkgrnd cues) Ira Newborn |
| Cinematography | James Gardner |
| Editing by | Corky Ehlers |
| Release date(s) | 2000 |
| Running time | 89 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Preceded by | Angels in the Endzone |
Angels in the Infield is a 2000 Disney film, Directed by Robert King. A follow on to the 1994 film Angels in the Outfield, and the 1997 film Angels in the Endzone, this motion-picture is about a group of angels trying to help a baseball team win a championship game, while at the same time helping to reunite the team's pitcher's family. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are again featured, in a reprise of the role that the team played during the original Angels in the Outfield film.
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[edit] Plot
When Eddie Everett was a rookie, he was one of the best pitchers of his time. He led the Angels to the American League Championship Series, where they played the Boston Red Sox, and were one out away from making it to the World Series. When a rookie playing for the Red Sox hits a soft grounder to Everett, he bobbles it and is unable to get him out, losing a chance to make it to the World Series. Ever since then, Everett had never been the same pitcher, or the same person.
Ten years later, Everett and his wife are divorced, and he has barely kept contact with his thirteen year old daughter, Laurel. However, at a game where the Angels are playing the fictional Crimson Devils, and the Angels lose, his ex-wife says that she is taking a job in Boston and is leaving Laurel with him. When he takes her back home, she realizes that her father's life isn't at all what she thought it'd be. He can't get over losing that game his rookie year, and she prays that he can get a second chance.
After hearing this prayer, real angel, and former California Angels pitcher Bob Bugler, is sent to help her. Bob and other angels help the team have an incredible winning streak, right when Everett was about to get cut from the team. Soon, Eddie's game improves, as well as his relationship with Laurel.
As the season ends, the Angels and the Crimson Devils are forced to play in a one game playoff to determine which team will represent their division in the postseason. The actual devil makes a deal with the Crimson Devils' star player, and also the player who hit the grounder that blew the ALCS for the Angels, for Eddie to lose the game, and everything he cares about, in exchange for his soul. The player agrees.
The devil makes the game delayed thanks to rain, and Eddie leaves to see his daughter's ballet recital. To get Eddie to the game faster, Bob speeds up the recital. When Eddie gets to the game, the Crimson Devils are up 2-0 in the bottom of the eighth inning. The Angels soon score three runs thanks to a home run by a player who had a demon holding him back. When Laurel asks Bob why he didn't do anything about it, he replies that the angels aren't allowed to help in championships. When the ninth inning comes, Eddie gets two quick outs, but then a player hits a triple. Then, the same player who blew the game for Eddie his rookie year comes to the plate, and Eddie asks God what to do, then Bob comes up to him on the mound and tells him that his angel just arrived, and he looks in the stands to see his ex-wife, Claire, standing there. After this, Eddie pitches to him, and he hits a grounder just like the one he hit his rookie year, but this time, Eddie manages to get it, and he throws it to first to end the game, and save his career. He hugs Laurel after the game, and kisses Claire.
[edit] Cast
- Patrick Warburton as Eddie Everett
- Brittney Irvin as Laurel
- David Alan Grier as Bob "Bungler" Bugler
- Colin Fox as The Devil
- Kurt Fuller as Simon
- Rebecca Jenkins as Claire
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[edit] External links
"Angels in the Infield (2000) (TV)". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238038/. Retrieved 2006-07-25.
"Angels in the Infield". http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/angels_in_the_infield/. Retrieved 2006-07-25.
"Angels in the Infield". http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:210960. Retrieved 2006-07-26.
