Remember the movie “Rookie of the Year”?
It was one of many in a string of early 90s sports movies. A young Thomas Ian Nicholas (of American Pie fame) breaks his arm, but the tendons heal “a little too tight,” turning him into an absolute freak of nature.
Nicholas’ character, Henry Rowengartner, is discovered by the floundering Cubs when throwing a strike from the bleachers to home plate at Wrigley. He goes straight to the majors as a 12-year-old reliever and is mentored by an aging Gary Busey before leading the Cubs to a division title, which somehow sends them directly to the World Series.