Major League is a 1989 American sports comedy film produced by Chris Chesser and Irby Smith, written and directed by David S. Ward, that stars Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, James Gammon, Bob Uecker, Rene Russo, Dennis Haysbert, and Corbin Bernsen.

I don't know if I would like this movie if I came from Cleveland. I mean the opening tune during the credits is about when the river started on fire and wouldn't go out!

Establishes how terrible the Indians have been over the year. The Indians were up there with the Cubs as known to not be a good team at the time. I actually have no idea if they've improved over the years, but they do a good job of letting you know that this was a period when they sucked. This has certainly helps the movie remain timeless.

The plot is a Vegas showgirl that inherits the team and plans to move to Florida if the team fails in attendance. Before the expansions, I remember always hearing in the news that virtually every team was looking like they were going to move.

Frankly, it is not a far fetched premise.

Great character entrances of all the main players. Good characters to work with.

Sheen was playing his character from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Reportedly he took steroids during filming and got his faastball up to 85 during filming.

Jabu is an interesting aspect to the film. Haysbert does a great job being the over the top voodoo practioner with a Jabu shrine in his locker. I remember people talking about that when the movie first came out.

The part I liked about this one is that it is in fact the Major League. Most of these ragtag baseball movies are in the minors or some strange alternate league. Here real league names are utilized and has the feeling of higher stakes to begin with.

This was about professional athletes. People paid for performance.

But I think the glue is Michael Gammon and Tom Berenger. The solid performances of these two ground the reality of the baseball of the time.

Milwaukee County Stadium had 20,000 people in the stands for many shooting nights. I recognized the old park immediately. I even remember what seat I was in for my first game ever and where we used to sit for the Brewer Pepsi Fan Club. But I couldn't place the restaurants for the life of me.

I particularly like the guy playing the Jeff character. How did you prepare for that role?

I latched on to the mentorship aspects of the script and found that easy to relate to. I still don't think the Rene Russo/Tom Berenger love subplot fits with the rest of the film. It could have been removed with little problem. I do like Russo, but the comedy doesn't come from this section of the film and it doesn't drive the plot. It feels like a checkbox simply being checked.

Harry Doyle/Bob Uecker does a great job in the role was made for. He has the homer approach to announcing down perfect. I hear much of it was ad libbed and his experience paid off.

Margaret Whitton was a great villain here, but if you want to see her best work, check out the Secret of my Success. No one commands a room like her and I never understood why she didn't get more work.