Yeah one of the most classic baseball movies of all time… Sure underrated because that fucking term hasn't lost any meaning at all even three years ago
What makes this scene phenomenal is not only the dialogue...it's the fact that Charlie Sheen has legit pitching mechanics and delivers the ball like someone who pitches at a high level.
Can we appreciate that Harris is a 40something old pitcher way past his prime (which is why they could afford him) that was pitching damn near complete games well enough to help get the team to the playoffs.
Almost 35 years later and still one of the greatest scenes ever. This movie and The Replacements are two of my favorite fun sports movies. Slapstick's pretty good too.
@tonylester6820 Is it super funny? Amazingly I've never seen it. I am talking about funny, fun sports movies specifically and not overall good sports movies.
"I got a hunch he's due" is the type of managing I miss in baseball. No computer, no anaylsis, just the gut feeling from a manager who's seen 10,000 innings of baseball in his life
There's rarely a person that could have said it better. I really think those guys "Got" baseball." I think I saw this move a billion times in the theatre.
This is the type of situational managing you don't see anymore, and loved it when a manager relies on experience in game situations. Now, I see why analytics are needed in baseball now.
I first saw him on a sitcom and I liked him and his voice. That's where I learned he was a sports guy. I never had seen his other work so it was really a pleasure to watch him in this movie.
Another fun fact about this is that "Clue Haywood" is actually MLB pitcher Pete Vickovich. He spent most of his MLB career with the Milwaukee Brewers and even won a Cy Young award while playing for them. I played Legion ball with his youngest son Damian. He used to help out with coaching our team once in a while when he had the time. But back then he was the pitching coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates l, which kept him pretty bust so he didn't get to help out a whole lot. But he did get us a really nice indoor batting cage built for us to practice in.
I remember the first time I saw the bullpen entrance scene. I had so much adreneline pumping through me I felt like I could have thrown the 0-2 fastball by Hayward. Even to this day, knowing it's a comedy, that scene gives me that same chill.
Definitely the performance of Berenger's life, though I doubt he sees it that way. Much as we all love Barnes, Taylor is understated lightning in a bottle.
To tell you the truth....It's to the point where he's not acting. Jake Taylor is his finest role. He does great work as SGT Barnes...But no. Jake Taylor. That's the one.
Major League was a solid baseball comedy/drama with a great cast. Bob Uecker really brought this movie home and added a level of authenticity that made it a classic.
I only have one thing to add to that. Filmed in Milwaukee, why not the Brewers or even the Braves franchise who actually won the world series while in Milwaukee?
Whoever wrote the script for this movie is a genius. The quotes in Major League will be remembered always. Everyone was great in this also. Not a bad character in the whole movie. Even as little as Wesley Snipes spoke, he was brilliant.
if I were a superhero I'd want the power to give people the ability to see something for the first time all over again because this scene has to be one of the most good feeling scenes in cinema history
That must have been a good time for you guys! I went to a filming for a McDonald's commercial in 1998 that was to star Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. They weren't there but had to two guys that were built like them. They could barely play catch! I remember everyone kind of laughing at these body builders trying to act like baseball players!
He's a good athlete and knew how to throw a baseball. He admitted he roided up before the shoot so he could add velocity and was able to throw 85, which is really impressive.
Charlie Sheen was a standout pitcher at Santa Monica High School who threw in the high 80’s. He had a really good cutter. A lot of pro baseball players have said his performance was the most legitimate of any actor who ever played a pitcher.
Not having Charlie Sheen come out dressed as Ricky Vaughn to throw the opening pitch for Cleveland at the 2016 World Series was a HUGE missed opportunity!
If it wasn't for the crowd's incredible enthusiasm and their boisterous singing and participation in "Wild Thing," the scene could never have pulled this off.
I don't know how many times I've watched this movie, but I always gets goosebumps when Wild Thing begins to crank up and Vaughn steps out onto the field.
Seeing this in the theater was amazing. I really felt like I was watching a playoff game. It was loud and exciting. The theater reverberating with the sound of "Wild Thing" is one of my favorite movie experiences of all time.
@@joea5183 I saw it at the drive in also, people were going crazy. I'm glad to say that Drive In is still there and still packing it in (when the government allows of course)
It actually wasn't a playoff game. The Yankees and Indians were tied at the end of regular season so this game was to determine the division winner which means it was actually Game 163 and counted as a regular season game, not a playoff game.
Hats off to the sound design on this movie. There have been several attempts in baseball movies to replicate a raucous crowd but I don't think any of them eclipsed this
@@mattdeaver6850 If I ever get reminiscent about County Stadium, I turn this on. Miller Park is great but there is this! WTMJ4 signs all over....classic
@@HockeyFan1972 agreed. Country Stadium looked fine field wise, but it was a hole... but i still get a little misty eyed thinking about it. Braves won a world series there. And the brewers almost won one too.
That first pitch from Ricky is just...(chefs kiss) magnificent. I can't stop watching it. It's so fast and concise. So powerful. So controlled. So...opposite of Ricky. His final form.
I am Bulgarian and I knew a little about baseball. This movie made fall in love with the game and I also became a diehard fan of the Cleveland Indians.
But a better game overall was the opening scene in the old television series LOST IN SPACE, Season Two, air date order episode number 21 entitled "Rocket To Earth," originally broadcast on CBS Television on Wednesday, February 15, 1967 lol..
Maybe, until he threw the ball back to the pitcher. Pretty weak. Charlie Sheen was the only one in the movie who actually has enough skill to look credible with his throwing motion
@@dirkgibbens377So true. Bit of a shame too. Great movie, great character, and other than throwing a ball like my grandmother, Berenger has all the mannerisms of a major league catcher. Given the fact that Charlie Sheen (obviously) must have played baseball at a relatively high level, if Berenger tossed the ball back to him with a bit of mustard and confidence, this already great scene would've been beyond epic. You know...minus the hacky celebratory posing from both of them after the strikeout.
Charlie Sheen played baseball (pitcher) in high school. Had a record of 40-15 apparently. At the time of the movie, he got a fastball up to 85. Of course, he also said he took steroids for two months before filming to get his strength back!
James Gammon was perfect to be cast for the role. Had the quintessential look of a MLB coach and attitude. Many other great performances in his acting career !
How I MISS Milwaukee County Stadium. All the history. The charm. Just love it all. I saw my first major league baseball game there as a Little Leaguer in the 60s. Just like Bob Uecker, I always sat the bench. Yet they let me go to the game! We were in right field right behind my hero HANK AARON! I was in heaven. Miller Park or AM FAM Field is terrific. Excellent, modern ballpark. Yet I will always yearn for Milwaukee County Stadium.
Watched this movie so many times with my boys when they were playing Little League ball. They loved the "Wild Thing". Watched on a tube TV and a VCR. Those were great times.
I agree. Watched this Movie more than 20 times back in the 90`s, I became a Baseball Fan because of this Movie. By the way,I`m from Germany,Baseball isn`t really popular over here,but I love it !!!
I was a middle school student at then and I couldn't understand English like I do right now. It was a great movie and good advertisement for all the Japanese people for Major League Baseball.
The little touches--the skull-and-crossbones on the bridge of Vaughn's glasses; the way Berenger says, "oh shit" when Dorn goes to the mound; and the sigh Berenger gives after Vaughn shakes him off and he knows he has to call for the heater. That is great movie making by guys who understand the game.
Sheen is a legit pitcher. Had scholarship offers coming out of HS. Obviously couldn't throw at the speeds shown in the movie, but could throw in the mid 80s consistently in school. Also looks like he's one of the very few actors in this movie who actually knows how to throw a baseball.
I was wondering about that. Most of the time you can tell an actor has never held a baseball, so I didn't know if he could really throw or if they had a stunt double of him throwing the baseball. It looks like he has good/proper form
I’ve never been a baseball fan but when I saw this movie when it came out, I now watch it every spring as the season begins. This is such a great movie I still get chills at the end when they win.
One of the best scene in this movie. Watching this,I would imagine till 2005 that Cleveland Indians was the Houston Astros going for their first World Series ever in history.
Because it's very real. Haywood was played by real-life star pitcher Pete Vuckovich (whose arm helped get the Brewers to the Series in '82) and he'd seen hundreds of hitters swing and miss at one of his pitches and react exactly that way.
That’s what it takes to become the Best Manager in the MBL! Congratulations to You, Coach, Murphy! The real deal. Bring, stars to their excellences. Absolutely!
The Big Red Machine in the freaking 70's! Man was Cincy on fire! Those were the days. Baseball was never the same for me after the strike but I'll always love my Reds, including Charlie Hustle. Rest in peace Joe Morgan!
@@martinkuliza otherwise known as a 4 chord riff ya rube. Doesn’t matter how many times a note or chord is repeated in a riff to count out that particular riff. Now rube, back to your mom’s basement for you!
Note that Lou doesn't even think of telling his catcher what to call there. Most modern managers don't trust their catchers enough to call the darned game.
No doubt this is one of my favorite scenes...The thing I like best isn't just the great scene but the very brief shot of the older guy whistling and cheering Vaughn after he smoked Heywood with fast balls...Love this movie
Such a great movie and probably one of the best sports movies ever and maybe the best baseball movie ever...I remember this movie was on cable all the time in the mid to late 90s and Dorn would always be horribly dubbed saying "turkey" instead of "motherf****" 🤪
I don't know. This movie has so many great lines. I kind of like Dorn's "I only got one thing to say to you, Vaughn. (long pause) strike this m**********r out." myself.
I'm 30yrs old I've been watching Two and a Half Men my entire life and was raised on The Sandlot. I can't believe yesterday was the first time I've ever seen this movie.
I constantly go back and forth between Major League and Bull Durham as the best baseball movie of all time. Both have to be the uncut versions because they are so much better than the cut versions. This scene vs. the meeting at the mound scene in Bull Durham are two of my favorite scenes in any movie.
I know this just shows the pitching situation in the 9th but damn if the conclusion of this movie doesn't give us the most satisfying presentation of the end(s) of character arcs in an ensemble sports film ever: Lou's fatherly approach to management paying off huge dividends. Dorn finally returns to being a professional baseball player by setting up Cerrano's absolutely _crushing_ home run with a beautiful hit that perfectly finds the seam. Cerrano just demolishes that curve ball - _finally_ . The last stand of Eddie Harris. Yeah he didn't pitch a no-hitter but he held them off! Hayes' blisteringly fast base-stealing. Vaughn's cannon of an arm with those precision fast-balls, and finally, seeing Jake take off down the line on the bunt, Beringer played it beautifully, with him looking like he was in absolute agony as he ran but going faster than he ever had before...everyone's a star in this final act, and it shows through and through.
@@toptenguy1 Absolutely. After...certain events...Dorn balled out. Also, we don't know what Harris' prior career was but given his age, and probable length of career in the Majors, I would pick him for an (eventual) spot in Cooperstown.
"Juuuuuust a bit outside!" One of the best lines of this classic movie. One of my favorites. The best was when I watched it with my Little League baseball playing son for the first time. We both love it!
“Harris working on a 7 hitter” is such an underrated line in the context of all the gems Bob Euecker has in the movie.
Bob euker made this movie.
7 hits. 2 runs. Crafty veteran pitching.
Not doing a wind up with men on base. Open invitation to steal.
There were already seven hits on the board when Doyle said he was working on a seven hitter.
Don’t forget “ Vaseline ball hit out towards South America”. Pretty bad when the play by play guy knows what you’re throwing.
I don't care how 80's this scene is. It will always be one of the best scenes in movie history.
The 80s were the best, and I wasn’t even alive yet. If someone tells you the 80s sucked, you punch that turd in the mouth.
@@geeebuttersnap2433 I was born in 86 and thought the 80s was so cringe until the 2000s happened and I realized I was so cringe in the 90s.
Go buccs
Can't argue with that bro.
The 80s ness of it just makes it all the better! That hair, those clothes! IT WAS THE BEST!!!
I don’t know how many times I’ve seen this movie and I still get goose bumps when that music starts and that outfield wall opens up.
ME TOO!!!!!
One of the greatest scenes in film history!
After all these years, it gives me goosebumps of watching it on my smartphone.
Me too. Great version.
Literal chills
This movie is criminally underrated… CRIMINALLY I TELL YA, CRIMINALLY!!!
Yeah one of the most classic baseball movies of all time… Sure underrated because that fucking term hasn't lost any meaning at all even three years ago
Yes..... win the whole fuckin thing!!!!!!
By absolutely no one.
What makes this scene phenomenal is not only the dialogue...it's the fact that Charlie Sheen has legit pitching mechanics and delivers the ball like someone who pitches at a high level.
He was a pitcher in high school I believe and in training for this movie he got up to 88-89 mph so he was legit
Except with people on bases his delivery was wrong. Either way it was a great scene.
@brianbossaer2049 the Windup isn't totally unheard of with the bases juiced. They aren't stealing anywhere.
They should‘ve let him deliver that first pitch.
He was offered a baseball scholarship to pitch in college... and was a great h.s. pitcher..that's why his delivery looks so good...he new how to pitch
This is one of those movies that if I'm channel surfing and find it on, I watch it, no matter how many times I've seen it. Truly a classic.
Unless it’s edited for tv. Then it sucks
@@fezzik7619 I have the unedited DVD.
Same here. And the ending is perfect. Everyone on that team contributes meaningfully to the win - Jake even risks his already damaged knees.
Yes and the other movie is ML2😁
... so do I... :-)
Coldest baseball intro ever and it is not even real! Major league one of the most underrated sports movie ever
Nice that they could go from enemies in the jungles of Vietnam in 1968 to working together to win the AL East Penant 21 years later.
@John Johnson His scar has healed nicely here
They aged well too
Did the Indians used to be in the AL east?
@@charliesloan71 Yes
There were only four divisions - two in each league: East & West for both
ive seen Platoon and this 100 times...and never ONCE even thought of that connection! jesus!
Dad 'n I watched this movie so many times! RIP Pops....
Can we appreciate that Harris is a 40something old pitcher way past his prime (which is why they could afford him) that was pitching damn near complete games well enough to help get the team to the playoffs.
Sure helps when you put snot on the ball. 😂
Yeah
Just 1 ER in 8.2 inning of a playoff game.
Jamie Moyer
@@kimblandino that 2008 season was something special
The Indians truly f'ed not letting Charlie Sheen throw out the first pitch....
2024 Guardians down 2-0 and going home. They should come out in Indians uniforms complete with Chief Wahoo.
@@jefferytokarsky1930nobody even honors that name.
@@jefferytokarsky1930 best game ive ever seen today.
Sheen is, by far, the most convincing pitcher in any movie that I've seen.
Absolutely agree.
I've heard he actually has a hell of an arm. John Sayles mentions it in one of the 'Eight Men Out' extras (on the disc).
No surprise there, he played baseball in high school as a pitcher and apparently could clock an 88mph fastball during the filming of Major League
@@outpost31macthe director.
@@CraigMcfly1985 Yes, John Sayles is the director of 'Eight Men Out' (if that's what you're referring to?)
"Give me Vaughn."
"You want Vaughn?"
"We only have two pitchers in this whole damn movie, who else we gonna use?"
Hey Kelder pitched the opener
One of those
2 Asians?
@@jd71880 yeah but they closed the book on Kelder.......thank god...
A 50 year old and a 20 year old, lol.
I literally laughed out loud.
Almost 35 years later and still one of the greatest scenes ever. This movie and The Replacements are two of my favorite fun sports movies. Slapstick's pretty good too.
What about the movie Hoosiers ? Based on a true story of Milan HS
@tonylester6820
Is it super funny? Amazingly I've never seen it. I am talking about funny, fun sports movies specifically and not overall good sports movies.
@@tonylester6820 IMO. it's not even in the same class as Major League. It just blows.
Unnecessary roughness last play scene
HE WIREY
It's hard to overstate the general awesomeness of this movie
"I got a hunch he's due" is the type of managing I miss in baseball. No computer, no anaylsis, just the gut feeling from a manager who's seen 10,000 innings of baseball in his life
There's rarely a person that could have said it better.
I really think those guys "Got" baseball."
I think I saw this move a billion times in the theatre.
PREACH my man!
Obsolete unfortunately
The analytics teams beat the 10,000 inning managers, that's why everyone's on metrics now
@@voidsabre_ Over the long haul, that's true. In a single moment, I don't think that's the case. Blake Snell in the World Series comes to mind.
This is the type of situational managing you don't see anymore, and loved it when a manager relies on experience in game situations. Now, I see why analytics are needed in baseball now.
You know the movie is good when you watch this scene with the same anticipation and intensity and satisfaction as if it was the first time haha.
Yes. Give em the heater.
Charlie Sheen’ s best moment in the movies….without saying a word.
Looks like Clark Kent. 🤣
The fist fight/nut shot in hot shots part Deux is pretty good too.
he says "yeah". pay attention
In Hot Shots part duex, he saved that guy who had been married, twice.
For those of us that Grew up around Milwaukee in the 1970's--Bob Uecker is simply a legend.
I first saw him on a sitcom and I liked him and his voice. That's where I learned he was a sports guy. I never had seen his other work so it was really a pleasure to watch him in this movie.
Another fun fact about this is that "Clue Haywood" is actually MLB pitcher Pete Vickovich. He spent most of his MLB career with the Milwaukee Brewers and even won a Cy Young award while playing for them. I played Legion ball with his youngest son Damian. He used to help out with coaching our team once in a while when he had the time. But back then he was the pitching coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates l, which kept him pretty bust so he didn't get to help out a whole lot. But he did get us a really nice indoor batting cage built for us to practice in.
He begin his career as a broadcaster with the brewers in the 70s.
Must be the front row.
I didn’t even grow up in Milwaukee and I’m 10,but he’s still a legend to me.
“This guy’s the out you’ve been waiting your whole life for!” Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. Probably the best line in any baseball movie.
But I love the way Tom Berenger can't keep a straight face as he turns away.
It WAS a great line, and Tom Barringer owned it. It has a polarizing effect, not just for Charlie Sheen's character but for the audience too.
What about "There's no crying in baseball"
if you build it they will come
Today I'm gonna throw a little harder than usual
This is the America we need back
To put it in an altered quote from this movie “I got a hunch we’re due”!
@@TheArtfulRhino Man I really hope so. Vote Blue.
F Yeah!
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yes more hardball
I will never NOT get chills when Ricky makes the walk from the bullpen.
This is the correct comment.
I was going to post my own comment saying "Never gets old", but this is a better spot.
its almost like its eric gagne
I remember the first time I saw the bullpen entrance scene. I had so much adreneline pumping through me I felt like I could have thrown the 0-2 fastball by Hayward. Even to this day, knowing it's a comedy, that scene gives me that same chill.
Every single time. I've probably watched it 50 times, same feeling. Love this damn movie.
Definitely the performance of Berenger's life, though I doubt he sees it that way. Much as we all love Barnes, Taylor is understated lightning in a bottle.
Staff Sgt. Barnes is his best.....but Jake Taylor is close....
His favorite role was playing Gen Longstreet in ‘Gettysburg’
@@davidbutler1857 Great movie too
Well said, a lot of quality performances in this movie.
To tell you the truth....It's to the point where he's not acting. Jake Taylor is his finest role. He does great work as SGT Barnes...But no. Jake Taylor. That's the one.
Major League was a solid baseball comedy/drama with a great cast. Bob Uecker really brought this movie home and added a level of authenticity that made it a classic.
I only have one thing to add to that.
Filmed in Milwaukee, why not the Brewers or even the Braves franchise who actually won the world series while in Milwaukee?
Pete Vuckovich was perfectly cast as Haywood. It's impressive how he played a huge hitter when he was a huge pitcher.
@@davidranney8723 I have to agree. He even has that fuckin Yankee mustache that makes me puke. Lets go Mets!
And then they made Major League 2 and 3..... ughhhhh
@@ravenrog I wouldnt have minded the 2nd one if they kept it R rated and brought back Wesley Snipes.
Whoever wrote the script for this movie is a genius. The quotes in Major League will be remembered always. Everyone was great in this also. Not a bad character in the whole movie. Even as little as Wesley Snipes spoke, he was brilliant.
Is the director of this movie who wrote the script David S Ward.
David Ward, and yes he is a genius.
I say 'juuuuuuuuust a bit outside' regularly lol.
The entire Indians team of the mid 90s had this movie memorized. They even had Jobu in the clubhouse
if I were a superhero I'd want the power to give people the ability to see something for the first time all over again because this scene has to be one of the most good feeling scenes in cinema history
I agree 100 %.
I love this movie. The indians will always be the indians to me.
Fun fact: Charlie Sheen was actually a pitcher in high school with a record of 40-15.
The only thing charlie sheen was pitching was 3 inch tents, everytime he cleaned a nutsack down at the damn gaybar
He has one of the greatest pitching styles ever in baseball.
And also got a scholarship to play college ball...
Yup. Still a legend in Santa Monica High School baseball and nobody has beaten that record.
No wonder why this game is so believable. The actors could really play!
God, I love this movie!
“Hats for bats, keep bats warm.”
Love this movie.
Was there for one night's filming with my son, he was 8. Memorable.
That must have been a good time for you guys! I went to a filming for a McDonald's commercial in 1998 that was to star Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. They weren't there but had to two guys that were built like them. They could barely play catch! I remember everyone kind of laughing at these body builders trying to act like baseball players!
I was in HS when this filmed here in Milwaukee. I could never get my parents to go. Bah.
Sheen had a seriously nice form on that last throw if it was really him
Cool Wayne! Did you make it on to the screen anywhere?
@@downlowgo_401 Charlie Sheen pitched on his college team. Not a good enough player to get picked up by a pro team but the dude knows how to play.
I love the fact that Charlie actually "pitches properly" - his 'throw' style is pretty bloody good.
Yes, I agree. 👍
He could pitch 85
He's a good athlete and knew how to throw a baseball. He admitted he roided up before the shoot so he could add velocity and was able to throw 85, which is really impressive.
@@tingle8554 word!!!!!
He really did pitch in high school in real life
Charlie Sheen was a standout pitcher at Santa Monica High School who threw in the high 80’s. He had a really good cutter. A lot of pro baseball players have said his performance was the most legitimate of any actor who ever played a pitcher.
I agree!
His form (leg kick) was fantastic. Totally believable.
Can say that again. Berengers throwing motion is really bad. Sheen actually appears to be an athlete.
Though he didn't hide the ball...
My kid is on scholarship as a pitcher.
Lord knows it wasn't Chelcie Ross (Harris)! That had to be some of the WORST delivery I've ever seen!
One of the most perfect use of music in movie history
Sure is
Yeah ...but nothing beats “ twist and shout “ on Ferris Bueller.
The dramatic music that plays after Wild Thing's strikes (and later when Taylor calls his shot) is a favorite.
This cover of this classic by X is second only to The Late Great Sam Kinnison's raunchy cover with an insane all star band backing him up.
@ *You're
“This guys the out you’ve been waiting your who life for.” Such a great line!
Well yes yes it is
How about forget about the curve ball Ricky give him the heater - Lou brown
"Until next season with Jark Parkman" lol
That summed up the situation perfectly!
Not having Charlie Sheen come out dressed as Ricky Vaughn to throw the opening pitch for Cleveland at the 2016 World Series was a HUGE missed opportunity!
He did send a video in the stadium, but unfortunately Cubs took home the hardware.
Was thinking just that as I was watching this video.
The place would have gone bananas..
They might get another shot this year
@@Bulldog_Trader
Sheen is 62 and a generation away from the role. Wouldn't be the same.
That would have been awesome
If it wasn't for the crowd's incredible enthusiasm and their boisterous singing and participation in "Wild Thing," the scene could never have pulled this off.
After so many years, still getting goosebumps, when Vaughn enters the field. Perfect execution of that entrance.
They did it right.
Same lol
It's the tiger blood from his Adonis ancestors. Duh! Winning!
It's one of the greatest entrances by a character in a movie scene ever.
I don't know how many times I've watched this movie, but I always gets goosebumps when Wild Thing begins to crank up and Vaughn steps out onto the field.
To strikeout Clu Haywood
Seeing this in the theater was amazing. I really felt like I was watching a playoff game. It was loud and exciting. The theater reverberating with the sound of "Wild Thing" is one of my favorite movie experiences of all time.
At the drive in for me
We were shouting and cheering at the theatre.
@@joea5183 I saw it at the drive in also, people were going crazy. I'm glad to say that Drive In is still there and still packing it in (when the government allows of course)
We know it wasn’t a real playoff game because the Indians actually won
It actually wasn't a playoff game. The Yankees and Indians were tied at the end of regular season so this game was to determine the division winner which means it was actually Game 163 and counted as a regular season game, not a playoff game.
Hats off to the sound design on this movie. There have been several attempts in baseball movies to replicate a raucous crowd but I don't think any of them eclipsed this
They actually filled County Stadium in Milwaukee with thousands of extras that got paid practically nothing. It feels authentic because it largely is.
@@mattdeaver6850 If I ever get reminiscent about County Stadium, I turn this on. Miller Park is great but there is this! WTMJ4 signs all over....classic
I have a friend was in the crowd during this filming.
It's mostly cgi npcs and AI avatars
@@HockeyFan1972 agreed. Country Stadium looked fine field wise, but it was a hole... but i still get a little misty eyed thinking about it. Braves won a world series there. And the brewers almost won one too.
Such classic movies. Remember watching this with my uncle as he was babysitting me and my cousin.⚾️
Major League and Predator 2. Most underrated films of all time.
Love predator 2
One of the best entrances in movie history. Have watched this scene and movie a million times and still get hyped every single time
Especially the wild thing song.
Oh Shit, it s him. CRANK IT CHARLY
And it has made its way into all of major league baseball today.
That first pitch from Ricky is just...(chefs kiss) magnificent. I can't stop watching it. It's so fast and concise. So powerful. So controlled. So...opposite of Ricky. His final form.
I am Bulgarian and I knew a little about baseball.
This movie made fall in love with the game and I also became a diehard fan of the Cleveland Indians.
Mighty white crowd in the stands.
@@rsewill12 Oh God, another guilty liberal.
This was the best game in a movie....ever.
You god damn right it was
But a better game overall was the opening scene in the old television series LOST IN SPACE, Season Two, air date order episode number 21 entitled "Rocket To Earth," originally broadcast on CBS Television on Wednesday, February 15, 1967 lol..
Bet your ass it was ravenrog.
What is "ravenrog?"
@@jimbotc2000 the commenter on this.
Simpler times. God, I miss those days. The country was so much cooler back then.
Because most of the Left were Liberals. They still loved America.
Berenger actually looked like an MLB catcher in this movie.
Yeah idk why but for some reason he always reminded me of Carlton Fisk.
Maybe, until he threw the ball back to the pitcher. Pretty weak. Charlie Sheen was the only one in the movie who actually has enough skill to look credible with his throwing motion
Harris definitely looks like it's the first time he ever threw a baseball.
@@dirkgibbens377So true. Bit of a shame too. Great movie, great character, and other than throwing a ball like my grandmother, Berenger has all the mannerisms of a major league catcher. Given the fact that Charlie Sheen (obviously) must have played baseball at a relatively high level, if Berenger tossed the ball back to him with a bit of mustard and confidence, this already great scene would've been beyond epic. You know...minus the hacky celebratory posing from both of them after the strikeout.
Charlie Sheen played baseball (pitcher) in high school. Had a record of 40-15 apparently. At the time of the movie, he got a fastball up to 85. Of course, he also said he took steroids for two months before filming to get his strength back!
James Gammon was perfect to be cast for the role. Had the quintessential look of a MLB coach and attitude. Many other great performances in his acting career !
How do you feel about managing the Cleveland Indians?
"Ohh. I don't know... " 😂😂⚾⚾😂
@@KingGorillaWarrior What if we change their names to The Guardians?
Don Zimmerman
This is STILL one of THE best movies ever! It just never get old!
God I miss the 80s.
"Forget about the curveball Ricky, give em a heater!" - Lou Brown. Rest easy James Gammon. Won't be a skipper like you in today's game!
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you mean Lou's brother Bruce Bochy?....lol
CharmCityGamer He was also really good at being Don Johnson's Dad in the tv show Nash Bridges.
How I MISS Milwaukee County Stadium. All the history. The charm. Just love it all. I saw my first major league baseball game there as a Little Leaguer in the 60s. Just like Bob Uecker, I always sat the bench. Yet they let me go to the game! We were in right field right behind my hero HANK AARON! I was in heaven. Miller Park or AM FAM Field is terrific. Excellent, modern ballpark. Yet I will always yearn for Milwaukee County Stadium.
Watched this movie so many times with my boys when they were playing Little League ball. They loved the "Wild Thing". Watched on a tube TV and a VCR. Those were great times.
I agree. Watched this Movie more than 20 times back in the 90`s, I became a Baseball Fan because of this Movie. By the way,I`m from Germany,Baseball isn`t really popular over here,but I love it !!!
I was a middle school student at then and I couldn't understand English like I do right now. It was a great movie and good advertisement for all the Japanese people for Major League Baseball.
Every time this movie comes on I watch it. Best baseball movie in my opinion
Dear Rich: No, "Love of the Game" is the best baseball movie ever. Ducking Aye!
@@stevenrobert8567 Nope
@@jamesbelcher5318 belch! Oh, excuse me. I burped.
@@jamesbelcher5318 Yep, Did you hear me Belch?
The little touches--the skull-and-crossbones on the bridge of Vaughn's glasses; the way Berenger says, "oh shit" when Dorn goes to the mound; and the sigh Berenger gives after Vaughn shakes him off and he knows he has to call for the heater. That is great movie making by guys who understand the game.
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Agree ..the best baseball movie ever!
The fact that Charlie Sheen could throw a ball in the high 80s is still pretty impressive.
He looks athletic enough to be a big league pitcher.
he pitched in college
I could probably throw 80km/h if that counts for anything :)
@@Foomba TIGER BLOOD..
@@qiwang6395 Hehe, had to look that up.
“This guys the out you’ve been waiting your whole life for” great words of encouragement
“Ok, you’re my man, go geet him kiid.”
Love Lou.
Its good to see how sergeant Barnes and Chris became good pals after all that drama in 'Nam
Jobu???....what do y'all know about Jobu?
Sheen is a legit pitcher. Had scholarship offers coming out of HS. Obviously couldn't throw at the speeds shown in the movie, but could throw in the mid 80s consistently in school. Also looks like he's one of the very few actors in this movie who actually knows how to throw a baseball.
Totally agree. He looks legit.
Both him and Costner look legit throwing
My GodFather went to baseball camp in AZ with sheen and his brother those guys were baseball worthy!!!
I was wondering about that. Most of the time you can tell an actor has never held a baseball, so I didn't know if he could really throw or if they had a stunt double of him throwing the baseball. It looks like he has good/proper form
College and pro scouts said that he needed a couple of years to work to be awesome.
I’ve never been a baseball fan but when I saw this movie when it came out, I now watch it every spring as the season begins. This is such a great movie I still get chills at the end when they win.
This guy's the out you've been waiting your whole life for.
世界中の野球ファンの心を熱くさせる曲。
probably one of my most favorite baseball movies of all time! love you Wild Thing!
Maybe the best baseball movie of all time! Top five for sure.
This, Field of Dreams, The Natural, Bull Durham, The Sandlot and The Rookie...oh shit...TOP 6!
One of the best scene in this movie. Watching this,I would imagine till 2005 that Cleveland Indians was the Houston Astros going for their first World Series ever in history.
Sheen’s pitching form and delivery is underrated af
FACTS!!!
Didn't he used to pitch when he was little?
@@crazyman7671 yes he did.
I was just about to comment this same sentiment.
Sheen played varsity ball in high school
I don't know why I love Clu Haywood's reaction to the second pitch, but kicking the dirt, slamming his bat, and saying "F*ck!" gets me every time!
Yes, very authentic.
Because he barely missed it.
@@hectorlopez1069 Because it wasn’t a strike!
Because it's very real. Haywood was played by real-life star pitcher Pete Vuckovich (whose arm helped get the Brewers to the Series in '82) and he'd seen hundreds of hitters swing and miss at one of his pitches and react exactly that way.
@@dentonyoung4314 Vuckovich was the 1982 Cy Young Award winner.
That’s what it takes to become the Best Manager in the MBL! Congratulations to You, Coach, Murphy! The real deal. Bring, stars to their excellences. Absolutely!
This movie never gets old. I love it
The film perfectly captures the excitement which overtakes a city when their baseball team unexpectedly wins. The 1993 Phillies were a lot like this.
Except the 1993 Phillies didn't win.
@@kadel300 They won the Pennant and almost won the series with a team of players who all had great years.
@@raygordonteacheschess5501 That's what I said. They didn't win.
The Big Red Machine in the freaking 70's! Man was Cincy on fire! Those were the days. Baseball was never the same for me after the strike but I'll always love my Reds, including Charlie Hustle. Rest in peace Joe Morgan!
Rocktober comes to mind
That four chord guitar riff at 4:20 as Ricky pounds the ball into his glove and turns around laser focused always gets me amped up 🔥🔥🔥
A homage to the pre pitch ritual of “the Mad Hungarian” Al Hrabosky
The way the camera closes in on his face gives me goosebumps
It's because he put the skull and crossbones on his glasses
That's actually 2 chords repeated twice
@@martinkuliza otherwise known as a 4 chord riff ya rube. Doesn’t matter how many times a note or chord is repeated in a riff to count out that particular riff. Now rube, back to your mom’s basement for you!
"Forget about the curveball, Ricky...give 'im the heater!"
Note that Lou doesn't even think of telling his catcher what to call there. Most modern managers don't trust their catchers enough to call the darned game.
I've always liked this term too !! "Give him the cheese! The hot, stinky cheddar!"
It's a beautiful moment really. A people's hero arrives and delivers. Perfect.
Simply one of the best scenes of all time. Shout out to spring training scenes @ Hi-Corbett field, Tucson, Az
When Ricky V turns his back ,works the ball and spins back around, The same move of The Mad Hungarian , the big league pitcher of the 70s or early 80s
Seriously one of the best sports movies of all time.
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No doubt this is one of my favorite scenes...The thing I like best isn't just the great scene but the very brief shot of the older guy whistling and cheering Vaughn after he smoked Heywood with fast balls...Love this movie
This movie NEVER gets old,...and neither does this scene.
I have watched this movie about 40 times. Was one of my favorite as a child!
Such a great movie and probably one of the best sports movies ever and maybe the best baseball movie ever...I remember this movie was on cable all the time in the mid to late 90s and Dorn would always be horribly dubbed saying "turkey" instead of "motherf****" 🤪
I always love the 2nd pitch.... Told the batter exactly what was coming. Gave him the pitch!!
And it was both out over the plate and up in the zone, both things Lou told him NOT to do, lol.
"I hate this fucking song"....greatest quote ever.
That shit kills me everytime 😂😂😂
I don't know. This movie has so many great lines. I kind of like Dorn's "I only got one thing to say to you, Vaughn. (long pause) strike this m**********r out." myself.
Right up there with Neil Armstrong's moon landing quote.
Margaret Whitton was a brilliant actress! Unbelievable comedic timing!
It's the deadpan way she says it that gets me every time.
It's just Barnes and Taylor playing a nice game of catch - heartwarming!
Barnes: Pitching? What do you know about pitching?
Taylor: Let's find out.
I'm 30yrs old I've been watching Two and a Half Men my entire life and was raised on The Sandlot. I can't believe yesterday was the first time I've ever seen this movie.
"Harris working on a 7-hitter" lmao Bob Uecker was so great as Harry Doyle
That's because Harry Doyle is a caricature of Bob Uecker.
@@mattdeaver6850 The writers basically just told Uecker what was going to be happening in the game and let Ueck do the rest.
That's one reason why they call him Mr. Baseball.
He improvised pretty much all his lines too.
@@Snatchystashy It's why they hired him. Harry was very much crafted with Uecker in mind so the writers trusted Bob to pull it off being himself.
One of the greatest baseball movie scenes ever !
The best Eucker comment is when they were in Philly: "These fans would boo blind children on an Easter Egg Hunt." I still use it when appropriate.
One of the coolest entrances ever
I constantly go back and forth between Major League and Bull Durham as the best baseball movie of all time. Both have to be the uncut versions because they are so much better than the cut versions. This scene vs. the meeting at the mound scene in Bull Durham are two of my favorite scenes in any movie.
For me, it's Major League or For the Love of the Game
(what is it about Kevin Costner sports movies)
I watched Apocalypse Now a couple nights ago, Martin was brilliant. My grandmother loved Two and a Half men.
Oh man I remember watching this around 2002 on our 300lb huge box flat screen with this at full volume with goosebumps!
I know this just shows the pitching situation in the 9th but damn if the conclusion of this movie doesn't give us the most satisfying presentation of the end(s) of character arcs in an ensemble sports film ever: Lou's fatherly approach to management paying off huge dividends. Dorn finally returns to being a professional baseball player by setting up Cerrano's absolutely _crushing_ home run with a beautiful hit that perfectly finds the seam. Cerrano just demolishes that curve ball - _finally_ . The last stand of Eddie Harris. Yeah he didn't pitch a no-hitter but he held them off! Hayes' blisteringly fast base-stealing. Vaughn's cannon of an arm with those precision fast-balls, and finally, seeing Jake take off down the line on the bunt, Beringer played it beautifully, with him looking like he was in absolute agony as he ran but going faster than he ever had before...everyone's a star in this final act, and it shows through and through.
Yep, Dorn might have been the MVP of the game. a key hit in the 7th, and multiple great defensive plays.
@@toptenguy1 Absolutely. After...certain events...Dorn balled out. Also, we don't know what Harris' prior career was but given his age, and probable length of career in the Majors, I would pick him for an (eventual) spot in Cooperstown.
Not gonna lie...probably one of my favourite scenes of any movie - ever.
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This scene still gives me chills.
"Juuuuuust a bit outside!" One of the best lines of this classic movie. One of my favorites. The best was when I watched it with my Little League baseball playing son for the first time. We both love it!