Major League (1989)

• Year: 1989
• Released: 07 Apr 1989
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 1 nomination
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097815/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/major_league
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/major-league
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English, Spanish, Japanese
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Comedy, Sport
• Runtime: 107 min
• Writer: David S. Ward
• Director: David S. Ward
• Cast: Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen
• Keywords: sports, baseball, sabotage, professional sports, the big game,

	7.2/10
	62/100
	83% – Critics
	84% – Audience

Major League Storyline

The Cleveland Indians have gone 34 years without a division title. Team owner Donald Phelps has died, and his snobby wife Rachel Phelps, a former showgirl, has taken over as the new owner. Some in the media think Rachel shouldn’t be the owner of a baseball team. Rachel hates Cleveland, so she makes plans to move the Indians to the warmer climate of Miami, Florida, but she can’t break the team’s lease with Cleveland unless the team’s attendance for the season is below 800,000. Rachel’s plan is to put together a team so awful that the season attendance will be lower than 800,000. Rachel and general manager Charlie Donovan hire a manager for the Indians Lou Brown, who has been the manager of the minor league Toledo Mud Hens for the past 30 years. Charlie then recruits some misfit players catcher Jake Taylor, who is a major league standout with knee problems, Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn, who is a pitcher who throws wildly, third baseman Roger Dorn, who is a product endorser and former major league star who will do anything to avoid injury, outfielder Willie Mays Hayes, who runs fast enough to steal a lot of bases but can’t hit very well, and Pedro Cerrano, who is an outfielder who practices voodoo. As expected, the Indians get off to a slow start, but when they discover that Rachel wants the team to lose so she can move the team, the Indians get their act together and start winning games and raising their attendance, as Jake tries to win back his ex-girlfriend Lynn Wells, and the Indians do what they can to win the division title.

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Great group chemistry in lovable comedy

Former exotic dancer Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton) is left as the new owner of the Cleveland Indians after the old owner died. She wants to move the team to Miami. The team has a lease with the city that has an escape clause if the attendance falls below 800,000. So she has gathered a team of the worst scrap heap players that she can find.

It is so refreshing to have a real MLB team name. The team has such a brilliant chemistry. The standout is Charlie Sheen as Wild Thing, but everybody is an unique character. Dennis Haysbert is amazing as voodoo using Cuban Cerrano. Tom Berenger is the worn out veteran. Even Wesley Snipes is funny back then when he was actually good. The best word to describe this movie is fun.

“Welcome to the Happy Hunting Ground!”

If this film were made today it would probably be hit with charges of insensitivity and racism against Native American Indians, and I’m trying to think back to when things got so hyper regarding political correctness that you were made to feel guilty about things like the national pastime. This one, led by Bob Uecker, manages to hit all the clichés about redskins, featherheads, tomahawks and going ‘off the reservation’, but you know what – it’s a funny flick and a blast for fans of the game. Granted, it makes use of all the clichés and has the most predictable of plots but the fun is in seeing how the hapless Cleveland Indians overcome their circumstances and become American League Champs. I’m probably not alone in picking the ‘Wild Thing’ sequence as my favorite part of the picture, coming at just the right time to vault the team to glory in their single playoff game. Every actor here is cast perfectly for their role, and if I had to pick a favorite, it would probably be James Gammon as crusty manager Lou Brown who pulls the team together for that final victory to the dismay of team owner Rachel Phelps (Margarter Whitton). I’d have to go along with Uecker here, and give “Major League” a big wahoo.

There Once Was…

This is one of the cleverest predictable movies of all time, and for my taste the best baseball movie. A great cast, an underdog plot, and one memorable choice after another by the writers and director make this a valentine to the foot soldiers of our national pastime. (Remember, this was 15 years ago.)

The fabulous scoreboard, the hysterical radio play-by-play of Bob Uecker, even the motley occupants of Cleveland sports bars are irresistible hooks to reel us in, after we’ve been hooked by the motley team of colorful has-beens and never-were’s. If this is a formula, it’s the right one. I deeply love this movie, and regret not having seen it in its theatrical run. (I’ve seen it a dozen times since.) I’m sure the audience went wild during that climactic Yankees game! How about that Dorn making a bunch of clutch plays! Didn’t you love Cerrano carrying his bat around the bases with him? Jake not dusting off, and pointing, twice…man, I wish I’d been there.

Then there’s the little insert, early in the story, about Jake’s fantasy of hitting the winning run out of the park. What happened instead when the chips were really down?

Okay, it isn’t “poetry” — it’s more of a limerick, know what I mean? Just start with three words: “There once was….” and finish it yourself! I bet you’ll finish with a big smile on your face!