Major League (1989) - 🤯📼First Time Film Club📼🤯 - First Time Watching/Movie Reaction & Review 

Bob Uecker is so beloved among baseball fans that a larger than life bronze statue of him was erected in Milwaukee, _just a bit outside_ of the baseball stadium.

"You telling me Jesus Christ can't hit a curve ball?!" Is one of my all-time favorite movie quotes. That and Bob Uecker's quote of "This guy threw at his own kid at a father/son game" 😂

I'm aging myself by saying I remember Bob Ueker as the dad on Mr. Belvidere and then discovered his baseball background through this movie.

I was actually there, in the stands, when this movie was filmed. I grew up outside of Milwaukee, and the local radio put out the call for people to fill the seats so the final game could look more realistic. My friends and I all took the day off from our restaurant jobs and answered that call. It was extremely fun, and exceedingly boring at the same time, but food and drink was discounted. You can actually see one of our crew - Trixy - dancing in the aisle for a split second in one scene. Great reaction! Thank you!

If you’d like another sports comedy that is frequently overlooked by many, I always thought the college football flick “Necessary Roughness” was a hilariously good watch.

One of the funniest sports comedy movies ever made.

I remember learning that Bob Ueker was a real sportscaster. My uncle was listening to the Brewers broadcast on the (out-of-market) radio. I joked about how much the play-by-play announcer sounded so stereotypical. Almost "Like the guy in 'Major League.'" My father and my uncle look at me, "That IS the guy from 'Major League.'" "HE'S REAL?!?! I always thought he was a fictional character!"

I graduated HS in June of 89, and several friends had summer jobs working at the Cineplex, and I saw more movies over the next 2 years than I probably saw in my life. Major League was one of those movies, and while the majority of films I saw I could take or leave, every once in awhile you saw a real gem, and this was one of those films. This was an amazing sports comedy and I place it along side the best(Bad News Bears, Caddy Shack, ETC.), but Bob Uecker was probably the highlight for me, as he owned every scene he was in. While part 2 wasn't as good, it was a solid follow-up that deserves a viewing, Black Hammer & White Lightning anyone? LOL

“It’s very bad to take Jobu’s Rum…..very bad.”😂😂 This is probably my favorite baseball movie ever.

“In case you haven’t noticed, and judging by the attendance you haven’t …” that’s one my favorite lines 😂😂😂

The guys in the warmups were having to run half speed to make Snipes look like a fast runner. Snipes also had to practice a lot to consistently hit popups. Reportedly all of them had fun making the movie and a lot of MLB players adopted the movie as their mascot.

The assistant coach's line "Look at this fuckin guy" when Vaughn shows up is one of my favorites

This isn't just a funny movie. It makes you feel good to watch. Wonderful film.

The Sentinels were from the movie the Replacements. Commanders is what they're called in DC now.

Big Brewers fan here. Bob Uecker is still calling our home game on the radio at the age of 89. He started calling Brewer games in the early 70s after his baseball playing days were over. He was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He is in the Baseball Hall of Fame as a broadcaster after winning the 2003 Ford C. Frick Award. His acceptance speech is legendary and is well worth watching. Last time I checked it is here on RU-vid. His line "Juuuusst a bit outside" is my notification sound on my phone. Most of the ballpark scenes were filmed at the old Milwaukee County Stadium, where the Brewers played until Miller Park/American Family Field opened in 2001. The Braves played there from 1953 when they moved from Boston until 1965 before they moved to Atlanta the following season. Pete Vuckovich, who played Clu Haywood, the guy who hit those home runs off Ricky Vaughn, is a former Brewers pitcher who won the Cy Young Award in 1982.

The actor playing Cerrano was also in "Mr. Baseball", also batting. Btw, I strongly advice Mr. Baseball. ❤

I really liked the spring training parts better. My favorite line, "Come on Dorn get in front of the ball, don't give me this olé bullshit".

“Juuust a bit outside!” is my go to quote. Love it. And hey, my Cubs also best Cleveland in the World Series, but dammit, it was 108 years for us! 😁

I'm from Cleveland, I've seen this movie easily 200 times. I still get teary-eyed every single time Bob Uecker screams "Oh my God the Indians win it" to this day. Fun fact, the Indians (now Guardians) have been to the World Series three times since this movie came out, and went to Game 7 twice. We're still waiting for a championship.

Pedro Cerrano was played by Dennis Haysbert, who is most well known for having played President David Palmer on the FOX action drama series 24 with Kiefer Sutherland, and Sergeant Major Jonas Blane on the CBS action drama series The Unit.

When Cerrano hit his home run in the final game, that was the actor's genuine reaction because he wasn't expecting to actually do it. The plan was for the effect to be added later. But he actually hit the homer and was so stunned he forgot to drop his bat, which is why he's carrying it with him as he runs. And everyone's cheers were real, too, because the homer actually being hit was so unexpected.

"Between me and my roommate, we've hit 400 Major League home runs." Bob Uecker's roommate at the time was Eddie Matthews. Who at the time had 399 Major League home runs.....

Jake consoling Ricky after a game: That ball wouldn't have gone out of a lot of parks. Ricky: Name one. Jake: Yellowstone.

I like how Serrano basically curses out his god, like Conan tells Krom "to hell with you."

A super cut of Bob Ueker’s scenes from the various movies would still be pretty entertaining, with no other context.

One of those classics that I can recite word for word. So excited to watch this!

All these years later, I can still watch this movie start to finish. The characters and the quotes I still use today, especially “Look at this F*>£ing Guy” and “Who give’s a sh*t it’s gone” But I love the underlying theme about everyone from all walks of life rallying around the team.

Washington is the Commanders now; Sentinels is the fictional name of the Washington football team in "The Replacements"

I still get chills when Charlie Sheen emerges from the bullpen to the crowd singing "Wild Thing."

Corbin Bernsen was also a pretty good player, he was on a lot of celebrity games like MTV Rock and Jock baseball from the early 90s.

To give authenticity to the movie, Roger Dorn’s house was the Milwaukee home of a Veteran brewer player and the place that Jake, Hayes, and Willie shared was a shared rental for rookie brewers located in Dirty Stallis

Uecker's famous beer commercial was about him getting free tickets to a game, since he was "famous", then an usher asking him to get up from his seats and him saying "Oh, I must be in the front row", then showing him in the nosebleeds by himself.

It was actually 34 years 34 years ago. Cubs beat them in 7 in 2016 to keep the streak alive, but we were on 108 years, so i don't feel bad

Bob Uecker is a national treasure.

Now for: "The Replacements" and "Hoosiers"

A couple of weeks ago at the US Open golf tournament Rickie Fowler was teeing off and some fan screamed “Give him the heater, Rickie” and it was hilarious.

Before Cleveland lost to Miami in the world series,they lost to the Atlanta Braves in 1995

My wife and I love this movie and the announcer is bob uecker he's also the Milwaukee brewers announcer

*JUUUUST A BIT OUTSIDE* Bob definitely stole the whole show. I was hoping to comment on his earlier career as a commentator for the Brewers but I kind of figured Hubby knew it already, that man always comes prepared. This has to be one of if not my absolute favorite sports comedies only one I think comes close is "Necessary Roughness" a football comedy I hope to see you guys do someday. Keep us the good work. ☮Peace☮

You should watch Bob Uecker's speech on his induction to the HOF. Dude is ridiculously funny

After I first saw this I started following the Indians and I'm English. Bull Durham is another good baseball film.

Charlie Sheen really could pitch and posted some pretty good stats in his younger days. And if you noticed the glass part of the fire sprinkler was missing. That was somebody turning the water on.

I love baseball movies, and I think this one is one of the best. Bob Uecker's role was hilarious, "Wild Thing"'s walk on was epic, and they really showcased the passion and the excitement of the game. Baseball movie-wise, this stands alongside Field of Dreams and Moneyball. The "steam": Cleveland is known for its industry... and for its industry dumping chemicals into the river. The opening song of the movie, by Randy Newman, is called "Burn On (Big River)" and is about the time the river flowing through the city literally caught fire because of all the chemicals dumped into it.

The two bar scenes were filmed in The Safe House, a Milwaukee institution, the bar is set up as a spy safe house and there are a lot of fun surprises in the bar including doors to nowhere, two way mirrors, a special drink you can order that gets poured directly into your mouth while you are in an pilot's seat and you are then taken to a dungeon and 'interrogated'... that is just scratching the surface. If ever in Milwaukee anyone should check it out, just remember that there is a password to enter, though they do have a way to get in if you don't know it (and no I am not telling).

While preparing for this role, Charlie Sheen actually threw the ball 85mph...Impressive

I would say that after this movie came out Baseball commentators started to adapt a little bit of Bob's quips towards the games that they were commentating to bring some humor to the sport and why sports broadcasting started to invite comedians that are hard-core sports fans to be guest or full time seasonal sport commentators 😂

Before there was Major League, there was Slap Shot. And it was a rare treat to see Paul Newman do comedy.

8:42 - I've always loved how the Gatorade cooler slips right into the garbage during the scuffle with Dorn🤣

"Juuuuuuust a bit outside." I LOVE this movie. I worked with James Gammon (Lou) on Nash Bridges. Great guy.

I always loved the fact that the final run was NOT scored on a walk off home run. The baseball fan in me loves that about the movie. Pedro Cerrano was played by David Haysbert, who became famous for playing President Palmer on "24" and subsequently became the spokesman for All State.

James Gammon was the Skipper - that voice of his - I loved it, there was no other voice and presence like his. If you get the chance to watch "Milagro Beanfield War", you can see him again. So wonderful.

Fun fact: all of the running scenes for Willie were done in slow motion because Wesley isn’t fast. A file that in the happy accident file. Because those parts were so cool.

Bob Uecker was a baseball player himself back in the 1960s. He was once benched during the World Series while playing for the 1964 St. Louis Cardinals for shagging fly balls with a tuba during batting practice.

The sequel is pretty fun too 😊

Honestly, it was a profound moment when Harris told Vaughn that I haven't got an arm like yours. I have to use anything I can find. Someday you will too. He's been around for a while and telling it like it is.

Great reaction as always!!! Another film from "Major League" director David S. Ward that would be worth watching if you two have not already seen it (and if its not apart of your watchlist) is the criminally underrated college football drama "The Program" (1993), starring James Caan, Omar Epps, Craig Sheffer, Halle Berry, and Kristy Swanson.

This movie is so quotable. One of my favorite things though is that because this movie has been shown on tv so much the editing of the cuss words is so cringey that it's hilarious. Like the part when the pitcher takes Jobu's rum and says, "Up your butt, Jobu," the tv edit goes, "Up your bucket, Jobu," and honestly I just say that line instead every time I quote it. 😂

9/10 One of my favorite sports movies growing up. Best scene, Wild Things entrance and pitching with his 3 straight heaters.

My favorite Bob Ueker quote is from a commercial he did. "I must be in the front row." as he gets moved to the nose bleed section.

Having been born and grown up in Cleveland, Ohio, I get the humor more comically than someone who may have not lived with The Indians "struggles". there was a catcher by the name of Duke Simms that got arrested in a bar downtown for being drunk and throwing his cocktail glass at a waitress. There were a couple good pitchers, Sam McDowell, Sonny Seibert, Luis Tiant as well as some position players like Craig Nettles (third base) and Chris Chambliss (first base) that started in Cleveland and went on to play and excel on other teams. I watch this film ANYTIME I get the chance.

With all the seriousness that I could have about this comedy, I dare to affirm that Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn's entrance into the field is one of the most epic entrances in the history of cinema.

A little fun fact in case you didn't know, one of the construction guys, the one that kept saying things like "These guys ain't too f*@king good" or "who are these f*@cking guys," is played by Neil Flynn, the dad from "The Middle." I have seen this movie over and over for so many years and I just recently found this out. Also, other classic baseball comedy movies I think you would get a kick out of is the original "The Bad News Bears" from 1976 and "The Sandlot"

I love this movie - I first saw it when we were on holiday with friends & we were having a storm. We lost power right as Taylor comes up to bat and calls his shot. This was before streaming or cable (in the UK) so I had to wait YEARS to see the ending! Also fun fact, Charlie Sheen was a pitcher on his high school team & when he was filming Major League, his own fastball topped out at 88 miles per hour!

"One run on, let's see...one hit. That's all we got? One hit? One godamn hit?" ( whispering ) "You can't say godamn on the air" "Don't worry, nobody's listening anyway"

That line "juuuuuust a bit outside!" was recently replicated in the TV series Ted Lasso, when a football player badly missed a goal :)

**** If it looks like CHARLIE SHEEN knows what He's Doing, that's because He Does! He went to Kansas University on a BASEBALL Scholarship. So beloved was the VAUGHAN Character that you can still see RICKY VAUGHAN Jerseys in the Crowd.

Love you guys! This is one of my fave films growing up. Someone in the house had recorded it off the TV and I found it one day watching random VHS tapes on a rainy day. That is how 6 year old me saw the 1984 Tom Hanks classic 'Bachelor Party'. 6 year old me should probably have not have seen that film but present day me will watch it when I need a nostalgia hit. A film to add to anyones watch list, especially if you want to see Hanks in a early adult/comedic role.

I have a theory that Charlie Sheen character in this movie is the same person from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" from the police station scene.

MAJOR ALTERNATE CHARACTER ARC/ENDING: In a deleted scene, the night before the playoff game Lou Brown is summoned to Rachel Phelps office. He assumes that she’s going to fire him and tries to quit before she gets the chance to but she stops him, tells Brown that she wasn’t going to fire anybody and confesses that she’s been supporting him and the team the entire time. Naturally he calls bs and she goes on the explain that when her husband died he left her the team but not enough money to properly run it. So she was forced to assemble a roster of “has-beens and never-will-be’s” that all took the league minimum except Dorn of course but she further explains that she personally scouted every player and hand picked them all because they all had the potential to be great players but just needed some fine tuning and Brown was perfect because of his 30 years of managerial experience but most importantly they were the best team that she could afford. She came up with the story of moving the team to Miami only for the board to go along with what she was doing and was afraid they wouldn’t respect her team building acumen because she was a woman. That was also the reason behind the transportation gradually getting worse and the training equipment breaking. Not only couldn’t she afford to charter flights and replace equipment but she also figured the team needed a common enemy to unite behind and rally around which would be their collective hatred for her. That was why she went out of her way to come in the locker room and be “the b*itch” in front of everybody. Essentially what she did was “Moneyball” 13 years before Billy Beane did it in real life with the Oakland A’s (booooo). So anyway Brown turns to leave and Phelps smiles and wishes him good luck for the game. And at the game she’s now cheering them on instead of what we saw, the Indians win and fade to black. The test audience saw this cut and absolutely tore it to shreds. Some because they felt it was unrealistic with her being a woman dining a Major League Baseball team and how she built the team (again, a good chunk of this would actually happen irl), but mainly because they loved to hate her and didn’t want her to wind-up being a good guy at the end of the day. So they cut the meeting and did a couple of reshoots and what we got was the end product of the evil Rachel Phelps.

The Redskins became the Commanders. The Sentinels were the Washington team in the movie The Replacements. Some were hoping that would be the name change irl.

As a play-by-play guy myself, I LOVE all of Bob Uecker's commentary in this movie. Another movie I would love to see involving Cleveland Indians baseball is Ten Cent Beer Night from 1974.

Fun Fact: I knew a Person in my Life who was a spitting image of the Team Coach/Manager...sounded exactly like him too

Best part - **Hayes does bat bounce at the plate and screws it up** Brown's Assistant : **Turns around in embarrassment**

"just a bit outside, tired the corner and missed, ball 4 , ball8, ball 12, and vaughan has walked the bases loaded"

"Is that cheatin?" Oh man you have opened up a real can of worms with that question.

Fun fact: the Cleveland Indians still haven't won the World Series since 1948, the longest drought in MLB. They played & lost to the Chicago Cubs in 2016. The Cubs had the longest championship drought ever with 108 years.

There is a special link with Bob Uecker and this film. Everything in this film after spring training was filmed in Milwaukee and at Milwaukee County Stadium is Bob Uecker's hometown. I was at the filming for the recording of the audio of wild thing as well as the video. They did it the same night. I was also at the filming of the scene where Pedro Cerano talks to the bat. The movie was filmed in reverse. The beginning of the season was filmed last and the end of the season was filmed first. The reason for this is interest in being an extra in the stadium waned after a while and they understood that in advance.

Wow, I have never heard of the title of the movie. Turns out we have a totally different title for it here in Germany. It's called "Die Indianer von Cleveland" which translates into "The Indians from/of Cleveland", so basically just the "Cleveland Indians), lol.

The 1993 Phillies unintentionally recreated this film. Reliever Mitch Williams was called Wild Thing and took the number 99. Wesley Snipes runs in his PJs, not only in slow motion, but against the two slowest extras as he just runs slow. Major League 2 sucks. Major League 3 fails as a comedy. It just isn't funny, but it's actually a decent film. Bob Eucker isn't the Indians' play by play guy, but he is sitting in his own chair as it was shot in his home stadium, not Cleveland. Other sports comedies: Bull Durham, Wildcats, Slap Shot, Bring It On (fight me), Stick It, The Replacemenrs, The Bad News Bears (original), Dodge Ball. I feel like you may have seen some of these. Bob Euker was actually a MLB player. Hecwas best known for being a jokester. He posed left-handed for his baseball card but is right-handed. He is STILL a commenter for The Brewers.

This is just a fantastic sports film and I think it engages people even if they don't like sports. Funny, simple but effective story, and the cast is all doing fun work.

Darn it's been months since you two reacted to a movie worth watching. Miss you guys.

As a fan of the Brewers since they started in Milwaukee I feel nostalgic every time I see this movie. Old County Stadium was such a great place to watch games. I understand why it needed replacing, but loved going there even when it was showing its age. At least I still have Uecker calling the games on the radio.

I personally don't mind the love story between Jake and Lynn but you're right...the baseball is what makes this film great.

To answer Emily's question about Cleveland, I have on good authority that Cleveland's main export is crippling depression.

I first watched this movie when researching baseball (I still don't know much about it). My brother walked me through the basics here. After the calling the shot scene, I asked my brother if he could really do that. "Yes," my brother smiled at me. "But only once."

I loved this movie as a kid but for opposite reasons. i'm in the UK where baseball is not a thing. No one plays it no one watches it. If they wanted to watch it they cant. No channel shows it. But, saying that, it keeps baseball in the background. It's an underdog story with jokes. I remember once at school, the week after i'd watched the movie, Playing the English school version of baseball, called Rounders. And, I did that pointing thing and 'called my shot'... My best mate said that I "looked so stupid but it was really fooking funny"

"Juuuust a bit outside."

The guy that played Pedro is the Allstate commercial guy.

So ivgrew up in Cleveland and wad about 10 when this came out and I LOVED it. Also, there are some crowd scenes that were filmed at an actual game that I was at with my grandfather. Also, the stadium the show when Jake walks into an empty stadium at the beginning with red and blue seats was the rangers stadium. The Indians stadium had yellow and dark red seats

I am not even a baseball fan, to me it's about as exciting as cricket but my favourite sports movie is Major League and my favorite movie is Moneyball. BTW loved your guys advertisement for Cleveland as wanting to visit to see if it's that steamy as long as you didn't say steamer as Cleveland Steamer is not something you want to search online

I use "Juuuust a bit outside" whenever I see a pitcher really toss one out there. Lol

If you guys can get to see some of the commercials Miller Lite beer from the 80s. That's when he told leave a seat, then usher moves him to another seat and Bob says he must be in the front row. Just to be moved to the upper deck of general admission. There's a interview he did on the Tonight Show w/Johnny Carson talks about his career in baseball. Hilarious.

If you liked the main bad owner actress she is also in Secret of My Success with Michael J Fox :D

As someone who was born less than a mile North of county Stadium, was weened on Champion chicken went to BOTH last ever games at county stadium and now lives about two miles away from Uek’s home in the Falls i can tell you he is an absolute treasure…. Whether its his hilarious ads for the Admirals, or is Usinger sausage commercials he never fails to entertain

Love the Goliath and Demona figures behind Emily. Great movie and great reaction.

Ah one of my top three sports movies ever along with Rudy and The Replacements. And yes, I love Major League II just as much. :)

The Replacements would be a great followup review.

27:23 The year that happened was my freshman year of high school and Marlins catcher Charles Johnson Jr.'s dad was my algebra teacher. We had a big ass celebration for him at our school Westwood High School a week afterwards in 1997.

You'd have thought the movie Problem Child would've made dropping the bat a rule lol!

Now for Bull Durham! My favorite baseball comedy to date.