Henry Rowengartner Quotes in Rookie of the Year (1993)

Henry Rowengartner: Pitcher's got a big butt! Pitcher's got a big butt!

Chet Steadman: Do me a favor: Don't call me "Rocket".

Henry Rowengartner: Why not?

Chet Steadman: 'Cause I'm not the "Rocket" anymore.

Henry Rowengartner: Yeah, I don't get it, you're throwing so slow.

Chet Steadman: Well, thank you very much.

Martinella: I'm looking for Henry Rulenfurter.

Henry Rowengartner: Henry Rowengartner?

Martinella: Yeah.

Henry Rowengartner: I'm Henry!

Martinella: [*confused, apparently because he had no idea Henry was a kid*] ... I might be looking for your father.

Larry Fisher: Hey, kid! How'd you like to play for the Chicago Cubs?

Henry Rowengartner: Great! But I gotta ask my mom first.

Henry Rowengartner: Oh, my god... It's Billy Frick!

Martinella: You good for another inning?

Henry Rowengartner: You betcha, Sally baby!

Martinella: Good, 'cause you're on deck.

Henry Rowengartner: [dumbfounded] Huh?

Martinella: You're up after Fern.

Chet Steadman: You can't let him bat.

Martinella: He's gotta learn sometime.

[repeated lines, while Henry is at bat]

Mary Rowengartner: [watching on TV] Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Chet Steadman: [watching from the dugout] Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Henry Rowengartner: [in the batter's box] Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Martinella: [Sal finally gets Henry's last name right during the Divison Championship game, after Chet Steadman steps off] Rowengartner, you're going in.

Henry Rowengartner: [confused] What did he just call me?

[Chet laughs]

Henry Rowengartner: Wow, you ate that whole thing?

Frick: Why, sure! It wasn't that much

Henry Rowengartner: That's impressive.

Frick: You should see what I can do in a bed!

Chet Steadman: Do me a favor, Henry. Don't take this game too seriously.

Henry Rowengartner: Why not?

Chet Steadman: Because one day it'll all be over. Your gift will be gone.

Henry Rowengartner: Hey! We want a pitcher, not an underwear snitcher!