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Major League (1989) -- Former Senator George Mitchell is releasing a report that is expected to link 80 Major League baseball players to performance enhancing drugs. Karen Brown reports.
Major League (1989) -- Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell called steroid use in Major League Baseball "widespread" and said that all 30 clubs have a player or players involved in taking illegal substances.
Major League (1989) -- Major League Baseball's steroid report proved the equivalent of a knockdown pitch, exposing what it called "a serious drug culture within baseball, from top to bottom." Armen Keteyian reports.
Major League (1989) -- Sen. George Mitchell, author of the Major League Baseball steroid report, speaks with Harry Smith.

Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   18,529 votes
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Director:
David S. Ward
Writer (WGA):
David S. Ward (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
7 April 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Sport more
Tagline:
When these three oddballs try to play hardball, the result is totally screwball. more
Plot:
The new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Can baseball be any funnier? more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA more
Company:
Mirage more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the seasonal opener game, a sign on the outfield wall displaying the Milwaukee Brewers classic ball and mitt logo can be clearly seen. Bernie Brewer's house and beer mug was dismantled for the shooting of the movie, as to not give the identity of the interior shots of the stadium. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Harris gives up a double in the top of the 9th inning, which represents the 8th hit of the game for the Yankees. He walks the next hitter and relieved by Vaughn who throws three straight heaters to end the inning. When the Indians are up in the bottom of the ninth, the scoreboard shows that the Yankees have nine hits when, in fact, they only have eight. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Rachel Phelps: Good morning, gentlemen, and welcome to another season of Indians baseball.
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Movie Connections:
References Dirty Harry (1971) more
Soundtrack:
Wild Thing more

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9 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Can baseball be any funnier?, 20 July 2001
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Author: Mark Baes from Tampa, FL

There have been some excellent baseball movies made from Field of Dreams to The Pride of the Yankees, but no movie based on the national pastime can ever claim to be as hysterically funny as Major League. Granted, the value of the original was hurt by the second and third attempts at re-creating the atmosphere. Those two films were an embarrassment to all involved.

Major League, however, personified the attitude of "Nothing to lose". Aside from the easily identified woes of the Cleveland franchise of the late-eighties, there were several actors in this film that had yet to hit big or had started to fall from grace. The incredibly strong language of the movie only made it seem that much more realistic.

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