QWhat is 'Angels in the Outfield' about?
ARoger Bomman (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and his friend J.P. (Milton Davis Jr.) live together under the care of their foster mother Maggie Nelson (Brenda Fricker). One of Roger and J.P.'s greatest enjoyments is to sneak into the baseball games of their favorite team, the California Angels, currently in last place in their division. When Roger's deadbeat father, who is preparing to sign Roger over to the state, makes a sarcastic promise that they can be a family again 'when the Angels win the pennant,' Roger prays to God to make it happen. At the next game, Roger is surprised when two angels come down from the sky and help a player to score. Although Roger can see the Angels as well as their boss angel Al (Christopher Lloyd), no one else can. Following Roger's timely advice, Angels manager George Knox (Danny Glover) comes to see him as a good luck charm, until George finds out about Roger seeing angels and suspects that he is 'spiritually hallucinating.'
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AIt's the top of the 9th inning, the Angels lead by one run, and Mel Clark's (Tony Danza) pitching arm is tiring after 159 pitches. Rather than take him out of the game, however, George and Roger fake an angel wave and lead Mel to believe that he has an angel with him. Mel makes the pitch, the batter hits the ball, but it is caught and declared an out. Consequently, the Angels win the pennant, and owner Hank Murphy (Ben Johnson) fires obnoxious broadcaster Ranch Wilder (Jay O. Sanders). When George returns Roger and J.P. home, Maggie informs Roger that the adoption agency has found a home for him. At first, Roger is excited until he realizes that it will mean leaving J.P. behind. George then announces that it was he who made the call and that he's going to adopt J.P., too. As the three of them embrace, J.P. looks out the window and sees Al looking in. 'I knew it could happen,' J.P. says. In the final scene, Al flies away, first circling over the house and stopping to say, 'We're always watching.' He then flies away, and a bright light (an angel) can be seen running bases in the stars.
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