angels show up to help the team. Later on, Al appears to Roger and explains that championships must be decided without the angels' intervention. He also says that he is there to check on pitcher Mel Clark, who only has months to live due to his years of smoking and will become an angel himself. Mel struggles in the ninth inning but perseveres after encouragement from George, his team, and the fans in attendance. The Angels ultimately win the game on their own and clinch the division title and the pennant, while Murphy fires Wilder for insulting the team on the air. George adopts Roger and J.P., as he wants to try to be a father. J.P. sees Al and says, "I knew it could happen". Al flies off and says, "We're always watching". Cast Danny Glover as George Knox (Angels Manager) Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Roger Bomman Brenda Fricker as Maggie Nelson (Foster Mom) Tony Danza as Mel Clark (Angels Pitcher) Christopher Lloyd as Al "The Boss" Angel Ben Johnson as Hank Murphy (Angels Owner) Jay O. Sanders as Ranch Wilder (Angels Sportscaster) Milton Davis Jr. as J.P. Taylor Negron as David Montagne (Angels team assistant) Tony Longo as Triscuitt Messmer (Angels Catcher) Neal McDonough as Whitt Bass (Angels Pitcher) Stoney Jackson as Ray Mitchell (Angels Third Baseman) Adrien Brody as Danny Hemmerling (Angels Utility Player) Tim Conlon as Wally (Angels Color Commentator) Matthew McConaughey as Ben Williams (Angels Outfielder) Israel Juarbe as Jose Martinez (Angels Second Baseman) Albert Garcia as Pablo Garcia (Angels Shortstop) Dermot Mulroney as Mr. Bomman (Roger's Father) Robert Clohessy as Frank Gates (Angels Pitcher) Danny Walcoff as Marvin O.B. Babbs as Mapel (Angels Player) Mitchell Page as Abascal (Angels First Baseman) Carney Lansford as Kit "Hit or Die" Kesey Bill Dear as Blue Jays Manager Mark Cole as Norton (Angel Outfielder) Jeff Seaberg as Popcorn Vendor Jonathan Proby as Miguel Scott Production In July 1993, Caravan Pictures reached an agreement with director William Dear to helm screenwriter Holly Goldberg Sloan's remake of MGM’s 1951 baseball picture Angels in the Outfield. Unlike the original, which focused on the Pittsburgh Pirates as the team in heavenly need, the film focuses on the California Angels, who did not exist when the original was released in 1951; in addition to the name coincidence, The Walt Disney Company, which distributed the film, was a minority owner of the Angels at