Vote: Major League vs Mr. Baseball
by Jesse on Feb 3, 2011 5:02 PM EST
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Introduction
Major League (1989) - When the new owner of the Cleveland Indians decides she can make tons of money by selling off the franchise, she loads the team up with youngers and has-beens, in the hope of driving fans away a giving her the excuse she needs to make the sale. Things look bleak early, but the team and a grizzled manager come together to face their common enemy. Wild Thing gets glasses, Willy Mays Hayes steals like 70 bases in the last month of the season (seriously, how many gloves does he get there during the montage?), the veteran who wants to become an interior designer starts diving for balls, voodoo finally works and Tom Berenger proves once and for all that if you stalk a girl long enough she'll love you.
Mr. Baseball (1992) - The old "fish out of water" plotline sees Tom Selleck and his mustache traded to the Japanese baseball league...where, naturally, he's super tall and has trouble adjusting to society. Customs be damned, baseball is all about 'Merkuh! Selleck (possibly because of his mustache) falls in love with a beautiful local, and his attitudes begin to change. Eventually he (but not his mustache, which begins a torrid affair with Magnum PI) sees the light, and all is right in the world baseball. And mustache love.
Eliminated in the first round:
For Love of the Game
The Natural
Angels in the Outfield
Little Big League
The Fan
61 *
BASEketball
Mr. 3000
Bracket for Round 2:
New Classics Division
Field of DreamsBull Durham
Kids Division
Bad News BearsThe Sandlot
Drama
A League of Their OwnEight Men Out
Comedy
Major League
Mr. Baseball
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Major League
Didn’t have to think about it at all
Baseball reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.-Terence Mann/James Earl Jones in FoD
Pretty much.
Major League is a great movie. I sense a landslide win here.
I also really hope Twinkie Town is one of the top sites that pop up when someone googles “mustache”.
俳句！
Edit the Twinkie Town logo
to have a mustache on the ball
"Baseball is the only major sport that appears backward in a mirror" ~George Carlin
by thewild_viking_twins on Feb 3, 2011 8:18 PM EST up reply actions
Major League
This one isn’t even going to be close.
Holy Crap it's 27 to 0
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
Did Mr. Baseball
use smaller baseballs during filming? I’m pretty sure no one here will back a movie if there was such an obvious inaccuracy.
Tom Sellick
Mr Baseball is a nice movie. Has some memorable lines, some good laughs, and, of course, Tom Sellick’s exquisite mustache.
But Major League is an all-time sports comedy classic. Didn’t even mention Bob Euker in your writeup, Jesse, as he is another absolute unforgettable moment of this movie.
I don’t have Major League in my championship matchup for this tourny, but it’s a very honorable #3 in my book.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
Man, I love Bob Uecker
Baseball reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.-Terence Mann/James Earl Jones in FoD
I think Uecker does the radio broadcast for the Brewers now.
But not as Harry Doyle.
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Gardy MOY. Feel great disturbance in Force. As if millions of Internet cranks cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." -BatGirl
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Feb 3, 2011 6:40 PM EST up reply actions
He does
He’s been doing it since the early 70’s, I believe. He was doing it before Major League even happened. I love the guy, he’s great.
He had two heart surgeries last year, so hopefully he’s alright now. I haven’t heard anything since they announce the second one late last year.
Baseball reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.-Terence Mann/James Earl Jones in FoD
Selleck
Fun fact: The 1993 All-Star game at Camden Yards had a celebrity home run derby, and Tom Selleck was the only person to hit one.
Bob Uecker is a great American.
“The postgame show is brought to you by… Christ, I can’t find it. The hell with it.”
"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
Harry: And for the Indians, that’s one run on, let’s see…one hit? That’s all we had, one goddamn hit?
Monty: You can’t say “goddamn” on the air!
Harry: Don’t worry; nobody’s listening anyway.
Baseball reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.-Terence Mann/James Earl Jones in FoD
and the classic lines
Harry: When he sneezes, he looks like a party favor
or
“he once threw at his kid in a father/ son game”
I feel an obligtaion to help fill the void in fischean's life lft by that no good montanasheeplover
Knock that cancer out of the park, Harmon!!!!
by carlpavanosmoustache on Feb 3, 2011 8:48 PM EST up reply actions
I am not a fan of charlie sheen
but Major League is an awesome movie!
by eau claire twins fan on Feb 3, 2011 6:09 PM EST reply actions
What a mismatch.
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Gardy MOY. Feel great disturbance in Force. As if millions of Internet cranks cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." -BatGirl
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Feb 3, 2011 6:37 PM EST reply actions
ha!
This is one of the funnier polls I have ever seen.
Major League
Great movie. Are you telling me Jesus Christ can’t hit a curveball?
President Pedro Cerrano
Whenever I watched the first couple seasons of 24, I would always find it hilarious that Pedro Cerrano had somehow become president…
also funny
and suprising no one has mentioned it yet but he played tom sellecks friend of sorts on the japanese team in mr. baseball.
current resident: ron gardenhire
by gardy's dog house on Feb 4, 2011 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
A sickening analogy:
Mr. Baseball = the Twins
Major League = the Yanks
the poll = prevailing wisdom on any ALCS match-up between the two
Don’t vote with your brain or even your heart; trust the follicles on your upper lip.
Join me in choosing Mr. Baseball. It’s the same as voting for the Twins. Kind of. Well, not really.
Do it anyway.
It is no contest
I’d take Major League 2 over Mr. Baseball also. I think you have to go all the way to Major League 3 to make this a contest.
Major League 3
feaured the (then) AAA Twins Salt Lake Buzz, and our own beloved Twins
but the right pony can be like a friend with benefits...-montanatwinsfan 2/2/11
by carlpavanosmoustache on Feb 4, 2011 11:14 AM EST reply actions
Our own beloved Twins
As a very yanquis like team, i.e. “the bad guys.” Two thumbs way down mostly because it was just a bad movie. They should’ve stopped with the first one.
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Gardy MOY. Feel great disturbance in Force. As if millions of Internet cranks cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." -BatGirl
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Feb 4, 2011 8:24 PM EST up reply actions
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