Aging baseball star who goes by the nickname, Mr. 3000, finds out many years after retirement that he didn't quite reach 3,000 hits. Now at age 47 he's back to try and reach that goal.
Stan Ross was a baseball superstar who turned his back on the game years ago when he finally hit 3,000 hits. Years later, he's now a successful, self-made entrepreneur whose many businesses revolve around his title: Mr. 3000. But a clerical error has proven that Stan is just short three hits of his spectacular hit record. Now, with time on his side and the potential to be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Stan must return back to the game and get back his title. But things have changed with age, and as Stan finds out, it's not too easy to get back into the game when he hasn't played for years, and he's nearing 50.
Written by monkeykingma
At the start of the film, when Stan Ross is walking to the plate with 2,999 hits (the first time), the announcer says "Will this be the at bat..." then states the date..."that Stan Ross hits number 3000?" TV announcer Joe Buck asked an almost identical question when Mark McGwire was sitting on 61 home runs. McGwire stepped to the plate and hit number 62, breaking Roger Maris' single-season home run record, set in 1961.
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Goofs
Factual errors:
The first #3000 hit happens in 1995 at Miller Park, which opened March 30th, 2001.
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Quotes
Rex 'T-Rex' Pennebaker:
When you get a base hit in this millennium, then you can come on down there, and talk to me. See more »
Crazy Credits
Without sports, this would have been a short film.
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"It Takes Two"
Written by Robert Ginyard and James Brown Performed by Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock Courtesy of Profile Records/Arista Records, Inc. Under license from BMG Film & Television Music
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