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Jamar Lizarraga
I was absolutely lousy in Little League. I was a sub for one season, screwing up every play I was involved in. I stopped out there in the middle of right field, squinting into the sun, hoping desperately that the ball would not come my way. If it did, I didn't use my glove to catch it. I used the glove for protection.
I was, in fact, a lot like Henry Rowengartner, the 12-year-old hero of "Rookie of the Year." It seemed like the other kids had always known how to play baseball, and that I would never know. When I was a kid, I think I might have liked "Rookie of the Year" a lot. I am no longer a kid, and this movie is not likely to make my list of the year's best, but I can remember those miserable Little League games and so in a modest way I'm grateful for this film. It is pure wish-fulfillment, 40 years after I needed it.
"Rookie of the Year" is about how Henry is the worst Little League player in history, until he steps on a ball and breaks his shoulder and is fitted with a cast that makes it look like he's always raising his arm in class. When the cast comes off, his dad takes him to Wrigley Field, and he catches a home run ball while he's out in the bleachers, and then he throws it back - all the way to the catcher behind the plate.
There is an immediate sensation. Who is this kid with the rifle arm and the 100-m.p.h. delivery? It appears that the surgery or the injury has tightened his tendons in such a way that he can throw the ball faster than anyone in history. Henry becomes an overnight celebrity, and is signed to the Cubs by the team's genial owner (Eddie Bracken). Of course he becomes a star pitcher and wins the big game at the end of the movie.
I don't know about anyone else, but I think it makes perfect sense for the Cubs to hire a 12-year-old. He looks kind of skinny and doesn't know what to say in social situations, and is blissful every time he walks out into Wrigley Field. (Some of the movie's scenes were shot during real games with big crowds, giving the film an authenticity that "The Babe," for example, was lacking.) Among Henry's supporters is a veteran Cubs pitcher played by Gary Busey, who gives him advice and encouragement. (Busey, who is emerging from a decade of overweight character roles, is slimmed down here and looks terrific - amazingly like Nick Nolte, in fact, and if he stays in shape he may be playing the hero again before long.) The structure of the movie is fairly predictable. We get to meet Henry's parents and some of the other players, and a Cubs announcer who is played by John Candy - who tries, but is unable to achieve the surrealistic voice effects provided every day by Harry Carey.
Everything leads up to the end of the season, with the Cubs fighting for first place, and then the movie shows some creativity by not having Henry pitch a no-hitter, or hit a home run. How he does try to win the game is unlikely, to say the least, but entertaining.
Look, this isn't a great movie. If you're not a kid, don't go unless there's a kid you want to take. But if you are a kid, and you have ever for a moment wondered what it would be like to play major-league ball at your age, then take it from the old Little Leaguer and see this movie. I really shouldn't give it three stars, but I'm going to anyway. Call it a form of revenge for all those hours of dread I spent in right field.
Boston shot a WNBA-high 57.8 percent from the field, becoming the first rookie to lead the league in that category in a season while also averaging 14.5 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.3 blocked shots in 31.2 minutes in 40 games.
Boston was selected as a starter for the 2023 WNBA All-Star Game, becoming the sixth rookie to start an All-Star Game and the first since 2014. She was named the WNBA Rookie of the Month in three of the four months of the season (May, June and August).
The 6-foot-5 Boston led all WNBA rookies in points, rebounds, steals, blocks and minutes per game. She became the first rookie in league history to have at least 550 total points and 325 total rebounds in a season. Her rebounding total (335) was the second highest by a first-year WNBA player, behind Tina Charles (398 in 2010).
Making an immediate impact in the WNBA, Boston averaged 15.8 points and shot 70.9 percent from the field in her first six games of the season. She finished the season with a rookie-leading 11 double-doubles.
Boston posted 20 points and a career-high 14 rebounds to go with three assists, two steals and two blocks against the Las Vegas Aces on June 26, marking the second time a WNBA rookie ever reached each of those five totals in a game. On September 1 against the Dallas Wings, Boston recorded 27 points, 11 rebounds and five assists, making her the fifth rookie to have at least 25 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in a game.
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My initial reaction was, "no" - why trade a rookie quarterback who has shown flashes of brilliance amidst stretches of competency as a pro for an unproven, risk-laden college quarterback (although probably one with a higher ceiling)?
Upon further thought, I think it's a fascinating question - one that not only addresses how good Carr has been this season, but also touches on the value of a rookie season in determining future success.
By traditional metrics, Carr was among the worst in the NFL this season, leading me to believe that many Oakland fans dubbing him the franchise savior may need to cool their jets. After 17 weeks, Carr finished No. 28 in QB Rating, No. 32 (last) in yards-per-attempt, No. 27 in completion percentage and No. 26 in ESPN's QBR (which factors in performance in "clutch" situations).
As Bill Williamson pointed out, Carr had the second-most completions by a rookie all-time, the 10th most passing yards by a rookie all-time and became just the fourth rookie to ever throw more than 20 touchdowns and less than 12 interceptions.
Add in the fact that among quarterbacks who started more than 12 games this season, Carr had the fifth-lowest total of interceptions and sacks (behind Rodgers, Manning, Brady and Flacco), and, well, the picture gets even brighter.
But what does all of this mean? Does how well a guy plays in his rookie season mean anything? By the nature of the question posed above, the root of the question is simple: does looking good as a rookie (against NFL competition) vault Carr above players like Marcus Mariota and Jameis Winston who will be rated significantly higher than Carr was coming out of college?
While there are plenty of examples of guys who played as a rookie and made it immediately clear that they didn't belong in the NFL (Blaine Gabbert, Akili Smith, etc.), there are also plenty of guys who struggled off the bat and rebounded (Troy Aikman, John Elway, etc.). But what about guys with solid rookie seasons who ended up flopping? Of course, Robert Griffin III comes to mind immediately, but there are also guys like Charlie Batch who went downhill after year No. 1.
The first reason I like Carr is because of the sack/interception totals. In a rookie quarterback, I want a guy who walks into the most high-pressure job of his life and doesn't crack - and Carr didn't. Forget the yards and the rating, if a guy can limit mistakes as a rookie, I think it's as good a sign as any moving forward.
The second reason I like Carr is because he kept the team moderately competitive all season despite being blessed with given (arguably) the worst supporting cast of skill players in the league. To put up the numbers he did despite having the worst run game in the NFL and a dearth of talent at wide receiver is remarkable.
With those two things in mind, I think the scales were tipped in favor of Carr - he's lower risk (we already know how he transitioned into the pressure and competition of the NFL), he's entrenched in the franchise and, ultimately, he has been impressive.
If Oakland can surround Carr with talent (and some of the pieces are there on offense) and a coach who can bring a winning culture to town (the big "if" this off-season), there's no reason to believe he won't develop into a really good NFL quarterback, and one Oakland fans can be proud of for years to come.
Given to the top rookie-eligible players in both leagues, the Rookie of the Year Awards are voted voted upon by the Baseball Writers' Association of America prior to the beginning of the postseason and are based on a weighted points system. From 1947-48, it was given to the Majors' best overall rookie, but has been given to one player per league since 1949. On the 40th anniversary of the first award, the honor was named for Jackie Robinson, its first winner.
Selected No. 2 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft, Stroud took the league by storm this season and started in all 15 of his appearances, completing 319-of-499 pass attempts for a rookie franchise-record 4,108 yards, 23 touchdowns, five interceptions and a passer rating of 100.8, which marks the third-best passer rating by a rookie quarterback in NFL history. His 4,108 passing yards during the regular season rank third in NFL annals among rookie signal callers, while pacing all rookies in every major passing category this season.
Among Stroud's numerous record-setting performances was his 470-yard, five-touchdown performance in Week 9 vs. Tampa Bay that set the NFL record for passing yards by a rookie quarterback and tied the NFL single-game mark for touchdown passes by a rookie. The performance earned him his first of two AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors, with his second Player of the Week nod coming in Week 18 at Indianapolis after clinching a playoff berth and the Texans' first division crown since 2019. Additionally, Stroud garnered NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month and AFC Player of the Month accolades for the month of November, becoming just the second rookie quarterback in league history to win AFC Offensive Player of the Month and just the fifth player ever to earn NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month in the same month. Stroud's stellar rookie season culminated with a Pro Bowl honor, becoming just the second offensive rookie in team history to be named to the Pro Bowl.
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