Synopsis

Former baseball superstar Stan Ross built his identity around reaching 3,000 hits, then abruptly retired. Years later, a statistical correction reveals that he is three hits short of the milestone. At 47, Stan returns to the Milwaukee Brewers, expecting an easy path back to glory, but his aging body, strained relationships, and self-centered reputation force him to reconsider what success really means.

Factoids & Trivia

• The screenplay began circulating in 1994 under the title "3000," after Eric Champnella and Keith Mitchell developed the story about a retired player discovering that he was three hits short of the milestone.

• Before Bernie Mac took the lead, Touchstone reportedly considered Callie Khouri as director and John Travolta as the star during the project's long development.

• Bernie Mac trained with the Chicago Cubs to prepare for the baseball scenes.

• Filming at Milwaukee's Miller Park attracted unusually large crowds. Some game-action scenes were shot between innings during actual Brewers games.

• Stan's "You don't like me" advertising campaign parodies Charles Barkley's early-1990s "I am not a role model" commercials.

• The fake Baseball Hall of Fame plaque created for Stan Ross became part of the real Hall of Fame's exhibit about baseball movies.

• Comedian Dane Cook provides the voice of the Brewers' sausage mascot.

• The film includes a brief post-credits appearance by the Brewers' No. 4 hot dog mascot.