"Harry Doyle, he's got a great voice!" That's Bob Uecker, former Braves player and current announcer/comedian. He's hilarious! I know him mainly from the TV show Mr Belvedere 😅
This is one of my all time favorite movies EVER. I'm about to turn 41 and my dad had it on VHS when I was a kid and I watched it non-stop, I can probably quote the entire thing. In retrospect, It might not have been the best movie for a kid to watch, but my parent's were always really cool about letting me watch whatever movies I wanted growing up. My grandmother took me to see the sequel in theaters which was a lot more family friendly.
Yes, I am 43, but this was one if the few movies I had on vhs. Watched it atleast a hundred times but also moved to medina, OH in the mid 90s which is close to Cleveland and they had a great team then, made it to the world series only to lose in 7 games and extra innings. Damn that lineup though. Jim thome, Manny Ramirez, Albert Belle, Roberto and sandy alomar, David justice....come to think about it belle was gone after 96 great player horrible attitude. Anyway, they are my second favorite team, my no 1 team is the cubs. 2016 was awesome!
@@kennyfleck8630 Cant forget Kenny Lofton, Omar Vizquel and Baerga too. That 90's team was so good Thome and Manny Ramirez batted 6th and 7th. One of the best lineups in history. That lineup would crush any of the historic Yankees lineups ever
@@puppybrap4524 one of the best world series imo. And I couldn't help but notice the final score of that game 7, 10-8 and it had been 108 years since we won. I don't know that another moment in sports can ever top that. Just year after year of saying, wait til next year and feeling like it really wasn't going to happen, just unbelievable
The Browns became the Ravens, they almost immediately won the Superbowl. That's Bob Uecker, calling the game. He called games for the Brewers for years.
I am a Clevelander. Yes, our name changed last season, but our logo, Chief Wahoo, was retired 4 years ago. We do have 2 stadiums now, but when this movie was made, we only had Cleveland Municipal Stadium for both the Browns and Indians. (Browns have Cleveland Browns Stadium and the Indians play at First Energy Field now.)The nun in the Indians coat, God rest her soul, went to every game for 32 years, with the exception of times of illness. The guys playing the drums...one of them played the drum for a long time. He passed a few months ago. Did I miss any questions?
Most of this movie was actually filmed in Milwaukee. All the game scenes were at least. The old Milwaukee stadium looks alot like the Cleveland Municipal. Fun fact Cleveland Municipal was original designed to host the olympics, b/c in the world of 120 years ago Cleveland actually thought they could get an Olympics.
James, in answer to your question about the actor who played Harry Doyle, his name is Bib Ueker, he had played professional baseball himself before becoming an actor Another notable role that bob had was the dad on the 80's sitcom "Mr. Belvedere"
Announcer Harry Doyle was played by Bob Uecker, as previously noted by others. He turned a mediocre baseball career with the Braves, Cardinals, and Phillies into a career as self-depreciating comedian. He was on the Tonight Show 100 times- Johnny Carson gave him his nickname, “Mr. Baseball”. His lifetime batting average of .200 was outweighed by his defensive strengths as a catcher. He began announcing for the Milwaukee Brewers (Ueke was born in Milwaukee) in 1971 and is still calling games. He’s very knowledgeable about the game, has plenty of anecdotes to tell when things get slow, and is just as funny as ever. He’s in the Hall of Fame as a broadcaster- find the RUclips video of his acceptance speech, it alone would be worth a reaction video! BTW, Major League was shot at the old Milwaukee County Stadium, so Ueke was right at home.
Filmed inside Milwaukee County Stadium (torn down, now little league field next to American Family Field). Bob Uecker (Harry Doyle) is doing the play-by-play. In 2023, he began his 53rd season calling Brewers games. Edit to add: I love the new rules this year. Games on pace like it was in 1984. Seeing more stolen base attempts too.
I was about to say this same thing but figured someone had to have said it already. I grew up in Wisconsin (about an hour outside of Milwaukee) and Uecker was the voice of the Brewers all of my life. I know some people who went to fill the stands for the games at County Stadium.
Remember the old saying: you’re going to win 50 and lose 50; it’s the other 62 that count. The announcer is Bob Euker, known as “Mr. Baseball.” He’s a former catcher turned commentator, actor, etc. He’s known for saying “it isn’t difficult to catch for a knuckleball pitcher; just wait until the ball hits the backstop and then run back and pick it up.”
My 2nd favorite baseball movie of all time. My favorite is Bull Durham staring Kevin Costner and Tim Robbins. It's another baseball comedy. I think it's Costner's best baseball movie. Have a good day my friend
Another must see baseball movie is *The Bad News Bears* from 1976 with Walter Matthau from *Grumpy Old Men* as a coach of a little league team. *Mr. 3000* is a comedy about a player in search of his 3,000th hit (only 33 have done it).
No matter how many times I see this my eyes water a bit. I used to play a few sports including baseball. I tore my ACL but finished the game on it but I've never played since. For those reasons...Jake beating the throw with his knees..and Willie scoring who had been cut before it started...man...it just hits the heart.
A few years before this movie came out charlie sheen and Tom berenger stared in a movie called platoon with some of the best actors working to this day you should react to platoon
This movie is hilarious all the way through, but for me the funniest part is former Cy Young Award winner and Milwaukee Brewer Pete Vukovich as Triple Crown Winner Haywood, the mustache guy.
Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert) was in another baseball movie *(Mr. Baseball* with Tom Selleck), and also the voice of Master Storming Ox in *Kung Fu Panda 2.*
To answer a question- this was 1989, so the Browns would have be the original, pre-"moving out of the city in the dead of night" Browns. The Browns were sharing the stadium with the Indians until the mid 90s when Jacobs Field opened. The Browns stayed there until, well, they skipped town.
In 1989, when this movie was released, league minimum was $68,000. Not $100,000. While this movie was being produced, written, and shot, in 1988, the league minimum was $62,500.
Moneyball and little big league would be other baseball movie suggestions. But this one is great. Bob uecker(Harry Doyle) is known as mr baseball. He had a really mediocre playing career but has been the brewers play by play man for many years. Wesley snipes(hayes) and Charlie sheen(Vaughn) are in hundreds of movies you probably never saw. Dennis haysbert(cerrano) is in both sequels and another baseball movie mr baseball(not about uecker lol) and did a bunch of Allstate commercials a couple years ago. Theres two sequels. The second one is the next season and they immediately explain what happened after the end of this movie. The third movie is back to the minors. Uecker returns along with several characters who joined cleveland in the sequel as well as roger dorn and like I said cerrano
"Are you trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?!" Major League is full of great lines, particularly where Cerrano and Mays are involved. The coach also has some great lines with his gravelly delivery. The sequel is also worth a watch.
This is a great cast: James Gammon, of the unmistakable gravelly voice, was Lou. He was one of my favorite supporting actors, always playing someone of reassuring calm and unshakable common sense - he's also in "Milagro Bean Field War". The pitcher you recognized was Charlie Sheen. I was surprised you didn't know Wesley Snipes as Willie Mays Hayes, but that was him. Cerrano was the wonderful Dennis Haysbert, who, in addition to making a series of popular insurance commercials, was the President in the tv series "24". The title song was by Randy Newman, very popular at the time, and capable of composing songs from deep, quiet melancholy to wicked, tongue-in-cheek mockery. The song is actually about a terrible fire in the Cuyahoga River, caused by pollution. A story I end up telling every time I watch a reaction to this fun movie: I first watched this movie with my brother, who was helping me learn about baseball. When Taylor calls his shot and makes his move, I asked my brother if he could really do that. "Yes," he replied. "But only once."
Pedro Cerrano is played by Dennis Haysbert who's been in tv shows like 24, The Unit and you may know him as the All State insurance guy. And Chelcie Ross (Harris) has appeared as the priest who married off Robert and Amy in Everybody Loves Raymond and he also played the Notre Dame coach who was hesitant to put Rudy in the last game in the movie Rudy.
I think this is your first Wesley Snipes film(Willie Mays Hayes). This was his 2nd big film. New Jack City(1991), Demolition Man(1994) and the Blade(1989) series are other good films of his.
You forgot -White men can't jump" (1992) with Woody Harrelson. He did two other movies with Woody Harrelson, one before - Wildcats (1986) starring Goldie Hawn as a football coach, I think high school and Wesley and Woody are players on the team and - Money train (1995) which actually is the film debut of Jennifer Lopez!
Dennis Haysbert (Pedro Cerrano) actually was a baseball player in high school, and could hit the curveball pretty well. According to him, he only missed because the script told him to. And Charlie Sheen (Wild Thing) pitched in high school and was offered a baseball scholarship to the University of Kansas. Tom Berenger (Jake Taylor) said that he could consistently hit 88 mph on the radar gun.
Used to be that the Indians and the Browns played in the same stadium. Before they built separate stadiums. Back in the 70’s & 80’s multi use stadiums were very popular …and cost effective.
9:20 - This was actually Milwaukee County Stadium where the majority of this was filmed. I sat in the stadium as an extra during the filming of the song "Wild Thing". In films, all numbers start with "555" because it's considered the phone prefix for films. Minimums were much lower for players in 1988. Harry Doyle is actually the famous announcer "Bob Uecker", Announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Charlie Sheen was the strange dude that hit on Ferris Bueller's sister in the police station and the star of Two and a half men as well as platoon. He is Martin Sheen's son and Emilio Estevez's brother.
You must watch The Sandlot next. All the other movies mentioned are good but The Sandlot is like the essence of baseball. What it's supposed to be. Enjoy your reactions very much🤘
There are two old baseball movies that are worth watching if you can find them: "It Happens Every Spring" and "The Kid from Left Field." Major League borrows the eyeglasses scene from the second film.
When you have the time for yourself I highly recommend watching the announcer's (Bob Uecker) guest spots on Johnny Carson, many of which are on RUclips. Carson had Uecker on around 100 times during the time he was the host of The Tonight Show.
the movie spawned 2 sequels. Another movie to check out that is similar is Bull Durham. and also Necessary Roughness. Harry Doyle was played by Bob Uecker who also played catcher in the major league. He is now a hall of fame announcer. Pedro Cerrano was played by Dennis Haysbert. You may also recognize him from tv ads, he is a spokesperson for All State Insurance. He also has appeared in both sequels (alon with Bob Uecker) Willie Mays Hays was played by future movie star Wesley Snipes Although set in Cleveland the movie was filmed in Milwaukee, wisconsin. Cleveland Stadium was a multipurpose stadium that housed the indians and browns. indians moved in 93 and the browns in 95. the stadium was demolished a few years later.
Out of all the great laughs in this movie, I think my fave is still those guys arguing 3 innings later about the ball being too high to get out.. LMAO!..
My brother and are in the 2nd movie…they filmed it here in Baltimore at Camden Yards and we are are sitting in the crowd down the 3rd base line…Charlie Sheen was very cool and signed autographs for everyone
Writer- David Ward, was an Indians fan, wanted to finally see them win. Did not want to write they won the World Series, felt that should be for real, but wrote for them to make the playoffs which they hadn't done in decades.
It’s actually Garter Snake…I actually found one earlier today in my Daffodils…his names Elroy…same snake I’ve seen for about 5yrs now …NEVER kill them, they’re harmless and great for the ecosystem
There are 2 sequels to this/ Major League II is the following year with mostly the same people, and a few new additions, and new hiccups. Major League: Back to the minors, is set several years later on a Twins Minor League team, with a couple of these guys trying to make comebacks plus several new characters. The Twins owner is Roger Dorn, the 3rd Baseman in this one. Some other good baseball movies to check out, are The Sandlot (featuring James Earl Jones in a small role ) Little Big League, Rookie Of The Year, Trouble With The Curve (Clint Eastwood), For Love Of The Game (Kevin Costner from Field of Dreams), and 42 (Story of Jackie Robinson) an d, A League of Their Own (Story of the womens professional baseball league that ran during World War II)
Im probably biased as a Clevelander but Ive always thought Major League is one of the best baseball movies ever, along with A League of Their Own. You're correct they used to play in the same stadium as the Browns. It held 78,000 i believe. There probably isnt a stadium nowadays that holds anywhere close to that. The 90's Indians had a historic roster. It was so good Jim Thome and Manny Ramirez batted 6th and 7th
The Indians announcer in this is the Milwaukee brewers announcer and the voodoo guy was the president on the show 24 and he was in the allstate ads and charlie sheen was on the show 2 and a half men before he stuck his foot in his mouth
There's so many good modern baseball movies, 61, 42 and Eight Men Out are all terrific but more on the serious side. Bull Durham is a fantastic comedy and I think you'd really like Rookie of the Year. But I'd like to suggest a forgotten gem.from the past - The Bad News Bears (it stars a much younger Walter Matthau)
As you see I'm a Cleveland chick. We would've won that last world series of Charlie sheen (vaughn) didn't show up with jobo. He jinxed us. Then Dolan changed the name so now a lot of us just don't care anymore. I have chief wahoo everywhere and you can actually visit the one that was on the stadium. All fixed up and just so doggone adorable.
Oh this is definitely one of my favorite comedies when it comes to sports films. Seeing you're such a big baseball fan, I highly recommend watching a movie called The silent natural. It's a film about the first deaf baseball player. He's the reason why hand signals are used in baseball.
Hey, James Another Badeball movie you might enjoy is "A League Of Their Own" which is making reference to the All-American Girls Baseball League, which is partially based on a real organization during WWII
@@AwesomeUSMovies I'd totally forgot about that What's more embarrassing is that I'd posted a comment on that video about the injuries the actresses had being real injuries instead of make-up effects🤦🤦🤦
10:12 - "555- . . . We all know that's bad, the 555 goes nowhere." TV shows and movies use 555- for phone numbers precisely because they DO go nowhere. Phone companies actually reserve fictitious 555 numbers for that purpose.
Tom Berenger (Taylor) starred in a western spoof called Rustler's Rhapsody. It's a really funny parody that doesn't get the attention it deserves because it's doomed to languish in the shadow of Blazing Saddles.
springtime in cleveland is outstanding. falls are very nice too, as it's very green for a city, and it goes orange and red and brown (our sports colors). summer is too hot and sticky, and the mosquitoes are nasty. winter is damn near unbearable. not great weather overall. not enough sunlight. but springs are nice. people are so starved for sunlight that the whole place parties in spring.
Have you not watched "The Sandlot" yet???? By far the greatest baseball movie ever and that will ever be made. A perfect movie. Just one of the greatest all-time movies in general. I have it at #9 in my all-time list out of about 1400 movies. Never gets old!
most major leaguers say while it may not be the "best" baseball movie ever made, its absolutely the most realistic about what its like to be in a big league clubhouse/struggling to stay in the majors
THe Clevecland Browns never came back. They ran off to Baltimore in the middle of the night and changed their name to the Ravens. The current Cleveland Browns was a brand new expansion team.
James, if you want to watch another great baseball movie, you should watch 1993's The Sandlot. It is about kids playing the game not pros but it is a great heartfelt film about my baseball is a beautiful game. I also suggest the 1976 film The Bad News Bears, also about kids in the game. Both films are part of a series but the best film in both franchises is the 1st one IMHO.
@AwesomeUSMovies OK, I thought I remembered that you had watched The Sandlot but as you didn't refer to it in your intro, I thought that I may have remembered incorrectly. Major League has 2 sequels you could watch. Part 2 is the better of the 2 but the 3rd one is not too bad but it pretty much has none of the original characters in it.
This is my favorite baseball movie! Other great baseball movies: The Scout (1994) A League of Their Own (1992) Moneyball (2011) The Babe (1992) The Comrades of Summer (1992) 42 (2013) The Rookie (2002) Major League 2 (1994) (Good enough to watch and enjoy but a large step down from the first film.) Baseball movies that are also Family films... be great to watch with your grandchildren when the get to be about 9 ot 10 years old: 😊 Rookie of the Year (1993) Little Big League (1994) Angels in the Outfield (1994) The Sandlot (1993) (But you saw this one too, though, yes? It's a family film but it definitely counts as a baseball movie too! A wonderful one!) *Lots* of great baseball movies between 1992 - 1994! We needed them because in 1994 we had no World Series! In October 1994 we went to the movies and saw *The Scout* and that's all the baseball we got! I don't think the brilliance of *The Scout* is talked about nearly enough. It's my second favorite baseballs movie! It's funny, it's heartening, it's therapeutic to the soul. It stars Brenden Fraser and yes, he's awesome in all his movies but between this movie and *School Ties,* ...I believe these are the movies that for those of us who loved Fraser since back in the day made us see the caliber of actor he is that the Academy and the rest of the award shows finally saw this year! I think *The Babe* is a seriously misunderstood film. It got a lot of criticism for being so historically inaccurate. But the director _wasn't going for_ accuracy. He was out to tell the _Legend_ of Babe Ruth. He was making an American tall tale story. He was telling a story to fit in with the tales of John Henry, Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, and Pecos Bill! All actual history was in the movie for reference only. Accept the movie like that and I think you will really love it! Best Regards!
Wild Thing (Charlie Sheen) is also in a true story b-ball movie called 8 Men Out. About the 1919 White Sox that gamblers paid to lose. Another 1 you'd like is Bull Durham, it's about life in the minor league. At the very least make your nephew watch that 1
You should react to one of my favorite movies, Quiz Show. It is seriously underrated and gets like no love from the reaction community. I think OGB Reacts was the only one who ever featured it. Anyway, just trust me on this one. It's a slow burn of a film, but the fascinating and true story will definitely suck you in. 👍
I knew nothing of the rules of baseball when I saw Major League.. I've still yet to watch a full game of baseball and am still hazy on some rules but THIS is my favourite sports movie of all time
It's "spring training", not "spring break". Baseball players go to spring training to get in shape for the upcoming season. College kids go on spring break to drink, have sex, and sometimes semi-destroy Florida beaches and towns. Big difference; work vs play.
Harry Doyle is played by the legendary baseball announcer Bob Uecker. He actually announced real life games like this 😂
Still announces for Milwaukee Brewers. He also was in a TV series called Mr Belvedere in the late 80’s which ran for five years.
Ueck was a player first
Bob Uecker was also a frequent guest on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson. He was hilarious, you can find all his Carson appearances on YT.
@@puppybrap4524 I didn't know he was still announcing! I didn't know he was still alive! Learning this has warmed my heart! ♥
@@puppybrap4524 I used to watch Mr. Belvedere when it was on. The only thing I really remember about it was Bob Uecker.
"Harry Doyle, he's got a great voice!"
That's Bob Uecker, former Braves player and current announcer/comedian. He's hilarious! I know him mainly from the TV show Mr Belvedere 😅
Love the announcer in this played by Bob Uecker, The voice of the Brewers. Wish they would of had him announce during the Indians / Cubs world series.
This is one of my all time favorite movies EVER. I'm about to turn 41 and my dad had it on VHS when I was a kid and I watched it non-stop, I can probably quote the entire thing. In retrospect, It might not have been the best movie for a kid to watch, but my parent's were always really cool about letting me watch whatever movies I wanted growing up. My grandmother took me to see the sequel in theaters which was a lot more family friendly.
Yes, I am 43, but this was one if the few movies I had on vhs. Watched it atleast a hundred times but also moved to medina, OH in the mid 90s which is close to Cleveland and they had a great team then, made it to the world series only to lose in 7 games and extra innings. Damn that lineup though. Jim thome, Manny Ramirez, Albert Belle, Roberto and sandy alomar, David justice....come to think about it belle was gone after 96 great player horrible attitude. Anyway, they are my second favorite team, my no 1 team is the cubs. 2016 was awesome!
2016 was a heck of a series. Turned off Game 7 for a while until it got close again. Damn rain.
@@kennyfleck8630 Cant forget Kenny Lofton, Omar Vizquel and Baerga too. That 90's team was so good Thome and Manny Ramirez batted 6th and 7th. One of the best lineups in history. That lineup would crush any of the historic Yankees lineups ever
@@kennyfleck8630 That team ('94) almost mirrored this team! Willie Mayes Hayes will always be Kenny Lofton in my eyes!!!
@@puppybrap4524 one of the best world series imo. And I couldn't help but notice the final score of that game 7, 10-8 and it had been 108 years since we won. I don't know that another moment in sports can ever top that. Just year after year of saying, wait til next year and feeling like it really wasn't going to happen, just unbelievable
One of the funniest sports comedy movies ever made.
The Browns became the Ravens, they almost immediately won the Superbowl. That's Bob Uecker, calling the game. He called games for the Brewers for years.
Bob Uecker is a national treasure. He was hilarious in the old Lite beer commercials.
@@donjackson5522 seems to be a fantastic guy. I didn't find anything stating he passed, so...
A great classic baseball movie to check out is the original "The Bad News Bears" (starring Walter Matthau) from 1976.
I like the remake too, but I guess it is better to start with the classic
I am a Clevelander. Yes, our name changed last season, but our logo, Chief Wahoo, was retired 4 years ago. We do have 2 stadiums now, but when this movie was made, we only had Cleveland Municipal Stadium for both the Browns and Indians. (Browns have Cleveland Browns Stadium and the Indians play at First Energy Field now.)The nun in the Indians coat, God rest her soul, went to every game for 32 years, with the exception of times of illness. The guys playing the drums...one of them played the drum for a long time. He passed a few months ago. Did I miss any questions?
Most of this movie was actually filmed in Milwaukee. All the game scenes were at least. The old Milwaukee stadium looks alot like the Cleveland Municipal. Fun fact Cleveland Municipal was original designed to host the olympics, b/c in the world of 120 years ago Cleveland actually thought they could get an Olympics.
@@fahqfassebookman5157 my dad ran the warehouse at Muni. I got to meet a lot of players over the years.
James, in answer to your question about the actor who played Harry Doyle, his name is Bib Ueker, he had played professional baseball himself before becoming an actor
Another notable role that bob had was the dad on the 80's sitcom "Mr. Belvedere"
I'm stunned he didn't recognize him as a baseball fan. Did loads of light beer from Miller commercials in the 1980s also.
He missed the tag!… bawahahaha!..
Bob Uecker.
@@johnwjr7 I didn't realize that I misspelled his name
"Just a bit outside" became a staple for announcers whenever a pitcher threw a pitch like Wild Thing.
Announcer Harry Doyle was played by Bob Uecker, as previously noted by others. He turned a mediocre baseball career with the Braves, Cardinals, and Phillies into a career as self-depreciating comedian. He was on the Tonight Show 100 times- Johnny Carson gave him his nickname, “Mr. Baseball”. His lifetime batting average of .200 was outweighed by his defensive strengths as a catcher.
He began announcing for the Milwaukee Brewers (Ueke was born in Milwaukee) in 1971 and is still calling games. He’s very knowledgeable about the game, has plenty of anecdotes to tell when things get slow, and is just as funny as ever. He’s in the Hall of Fame as a broadcaster- find the RUclips video of his acceptance speech, it alone would be worth a reaction video!
BTW, Major League was shot at the old Milwaukee County Stadium, so Ueke was right at home.
Filmed inside Milwaukee County Stadium (torn down, now little league field next to American Family Field). Bob Uecker (Harry Doyle) is doing the play-by-play. In 2023, he began his 53rd season calling Brewers games.
Edit to add: I love the new rules this year. Games on pace like it was in 1984. Seeing more stolen base attempts too.
Juuuuuuust a bit outside
I was about to say this same thing but figured someone had to have said it already. I grew up in Wisconsin (about an hour outside of Milwaukee) and Uecker was the voice of the Brewers all of my life. I know some people who went to fill the stands for the games at County Stadium.
Harry Doyle (Bob Uecker) - broadcaster, player, actor, pitch man. Legendary. "Must be in the front row"
Remember the old saying: you’re going to win 50 and lose 50; it’s the other 62 that count.
The announcer is Bob Euker, known as “Mr. Baseball.” He’s a former catcher turned commentator, actor, etc. He’s known for saying “it isn’t difficult to catch for a knuckleball pitcher; just wait until the ball hits the backstop and then run back and pick it up.”
One of my favorite baseball movies. Another one with Costner after Field of Dreams would be for love of the game
And Bull Durham.
My 2nd favorite baseball movie of all time. My favorite is Bull Durham staring Kevin Costner and Tim Robbins. It's another baseball comedy. I think it's Costner's best baseball movie. Have a good day my friend
Great movie
Another must see baseball movie is *The Bad News Bears* from 1976 with Walter Matthau from *Grumpy Old Men* as a coach of a little league team.
*Mr. 3000* is a comedy about a player in search of his 3,000th hit (only 33 have done it).
Dennis Haysbert plays Pedro Cerrano. He's now best known as the spokesman for Allstate Insurance in all their commercials.
No matter how many times I see this my eyes water a bit. I used to play a few sports including baseball. I tore my ACL but finished the game on it but I've never played since. For those reasons...Jake beating the throw with his knees..and Willie scoring who had been cut before it started...man...it just hits the heart.
A few years before this movie came out charlie sheen and Tom berenger stared in a movie called platoon with some of the best actors working to this day you should react to platoon
This movie is hilarious all the way through, but for me the funniest part is former Cy Young Award winner and Milwaukee Brewer Pete Vukovich as Triple Crown Winner Haywood, the mustache guy.
Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert) was in another baseball movie *(Mr. Baseball* with Tom Selleck), and also the voice of Master Storming Ox in *Kung Fu Panda 2.*
To answer a question- this was 1989, so the Browns would have be the original, pre-"moving out of the city in the dead of night" Browns. The Browns were sharing the stadium with the Indians until the mid 90s when Jacobs Field opened. The Browns stayed there until, well, they skipped town.
Moneyball is a fantastic baseball movie, and a true story.
Yes, Moneyball was great
He is an actual announcer for the Brewers... People call him Mr. Baseball.
The play by play guy is the famous baseball player and advertising pitch man legend Bob Ueker
You might recognize Cerrano(Dennis Haysbert) from the All-State commercials. He's also famous for playing the president of the USA on the tv show 24.
In 1989, when this movie was released, league minimum was $68,000. Not $100,000. While this movie was being produced, written, and shot, in 1988, the league minimum was $62,500.
Bob Uecker was a player for a bit, then turned to radio and entertainment. He was known for being quite a character.
Moneyball and little big league would be other baseball movie suggestions. But this one is great. Bob uecker(Harry Doyle) is known as mr baseball. He had a really mediocre playing career but has been the brewers play by play man for many years. Wesley snipes(hayes) and Charlie sheen(Vaughn) are in hundreds of movies you probably never saw. Dennis haysbert(cerrano) is in both sequels and another baseball movie mr baseball(not about uecker lol) and did a bunch of Allstate commercials a couple years ago. Theres two sequels. The second one is the next season and they immediately explain what happened after the end of this movie. The third movie is back to the minors. Uecker returns along with several characters who joined cleveland in the sequel as well as roger dorn and like I said cerrano
"Are you trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?!"
Major League is full of great lines, particularly where Cerrano and Mays are involved. The coach also has some great lines with his gravelly delivery. The sequel is also worth a watch.
"Ok, sh!t. Can we try this again?" Lmao
Major League 2 is also funny. Also, the actor who plays Pedro Cerano is from the Allstate Insurance commercials.
This is a great cast:
James Gammon, of the unmistakable gravelly voice, was Lou. He was one of my favorite supporting actors, always playing someone of reassuring calm and unshakable common sense - he's also in "Milagro Bean Field War".
The pitcher you recognized was Charlie Sheen.
I was surprised you didn't know Wesley Snipes as Willie Mays Hayes, but that was him.
Cerrano was the wonderful Dennis Haysbert, who, in addition to making a series of popular insurance commercials, was the President in the tv series "24".
The title song was by Randy Newman, very popular at the time, and capable of composing songs from deep, quiet melancholy to wicked, tongue-in-cheek mockery. The song is actually about a terrible fire in the Cuyahoga River, caused by pollution.
A story I end up telling every time I watch a reaction to this fun movie: I first watched this movie with my brother, who was helping me learn about baseball. When Taylor calls his shot and makes his move, I asked my brother if he could really do that. "Yes," he replied. "But only once."
Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger also share the screen in the classic movie Platoon.
Pedro Cerrano is played by Dennis Haysbert who's been in tv shows like 24, The Unit and you may know him as the All State insurance guy. And Chelcie Ross (Harris) has appeared as the priest who married off Robert and Amy in Everybody Loves Raymond and he also played the Notre Dame coach who was hesitant to put Rudy in the last game in the movie Rudy.
I think this is your first Wesley Snipes film(Willie Mays Hayes). This was his 2nd big film. New Jack City(1991), Demolition Man(1994) and the Blade(1989) series are other good films of his.
You forgot -White men can't jump" (1992) with Woody Harrelson. He did two other movies with Woody Harrelson, one before - Wildcats (1986) starring Goldie Hawn as a football coach, I think high school and Wesley and Woody are players on the team and - Money train (1995) which actually is the film debut of Jennifer Lopez!
Dennis Haysbert (Pedro Cerrano) actually was a baseball player in high school, and could hit the curveball pretty well. According to him, he only missed because the script told him to. And Charlie Sheen (Wild Thing) pitched in high school and was offered a baseball scholarship to the University of Kansas. Tom Berenger (Jake Taylor) said that he could consistently hit 88 mph on the radar gun.
Used to be that the Indians and the Browns played in the same stadium. Before they built separate stadiums. Back in the 70’s & 80’s multi use stadiums were very popular …and cost effective.
15:15 "BLADE TAPE" LOL
9:20 - This was actually Milwaukee County Stadium where the majority of this was filmed. I sat in the stadium as an extra during the filming of the song "Wild Thing". In films, all numbers start with "555" because it's considered the phone prefix for films. Minimums were much lower for players in 1988. Harry Doyle is actually the famous announcer "Bob Uecker", Announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Charlie Sheen was the strange dude that hit on Ferris Bueller's sister in the police station and the star of Two and a half men as well as platoon. He is Martin Sheen's son and Emilio Estevez's brother.
Oh yeah
"Nice catch, Hayes. Don't ever f***in' do it again."
Joboo (Dennis Haysbert is the spokesman for All-State insurance. And was the getaway driver IN HEAT.
You must watch The Sandlot next. All the other movies mentioned are good but The Sandlot is like the essence of baseball. What it's supposed to be. Enjoy your reactions very much🤘
There are two old baseball movies that are worth watching if you can find them: "It Happens Every Spring" and "The Kid from Left Field." Major League borrows the eyeglasses scene from the second film.
Cleveland is the home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is also known as the "MISTAKE BY THE LAKE"
also known as Fury on the Erie.
When you have the time for yourself I highly recommend watching the announcer's (Bob Uecker) guest spots on Johnny Carson, many of which are on RUclips. Carson had Uecker on around 100 times during the time he was the host of The Tonight Show.
the movie spawned 2 sequels.
Another movie to check out that is similar is Bull Durham. and also Necessary Roughness.
Harry Doyle was played by Bob Uecker who also played catcher in the major league. He is now a hall of fame announcer.
Pedro Cerrano was played by Dennis Haysbert. You may also recognize him from tv ads, he is a spokesperson for All State Insurance. He also has appeared in both sequels (alon with Bob Uecker)
Willie Mays Hays was played by future movie star Wesley Snipes
Although set in Cleveland the movie was filmed in Milwaukee, wisconsin.
Cleveland Stadium was a multipurpose stadium that housed the indians and browns. indians moved in 93 and the browns in 95. the stadium was demolished a few years later.
Out of all the great laughs in this movie, I think my fave is still those guys arguing 3 innings later about the ball being too high to get out.. LMAO!..
The asst coach Art LeFleur played Babe Ruth in the SANDLOT
One of the greatness is Major League 3 back to the minors is known for the final trade for the guy who readied a red paper clip for a house.
My brother and are in the 2nd movie…they filmed it here in Baltimore at Camden Yards and we are are sitting in the crowd down the 3rd base line…Charlie Sheen was very cool and signed autographs for everyone
Major League II and Major League: Back to the Minors are just as good and deserve a watch
Writer- David Ward, was an Indians fan, wanted to finally see them win. Did not want to write they won the World Series, felt that should be for real, but wrote for them to make the playoffs which they hadn't done in decades.
It’s actually Garter Snake…I actually found one earlier today in my Daffodils…his names Elroy…same snake I’ve seen for about 5yrs now …NEVER kill them, they’re harmless and great for the ecosystem
There are 2 sequels to this/ Major League II is the following year with mostly the same people, and a few new additions, and new hiccups. Major League: Back to the minors, is set several years later on a Twins Minor League team, with a couple of these guys trying to make comebacks plus several new characters. The Twins owner is Roger Dorn, the 3rd Baseman in this one. Some other good baseball movies to check out, are The Sandlot (featuring James Earl Jones in a small role ) Little Big League, Rookie Of The Year, Trouble With The Curve (Clint Eastwood), For Love Of The Game (Kevin Costner from Field of Dreams), and 42 (Story of Jackie Robinson) an d, A League of Their Own (Story of the womens professional baseball league that ran during World War II)
Im probably biased as a Clevelander but Ive always thought Major League is one of the best baseball movies ever, along with A League of Their Own. You're correct they used to play in the same stadium as the Browns. It held 78,000 i believe. There probably isnt a stadium nowadays that holds anywhere close to that. The 90's Indians had a historic roster. It was so good Jim Thome and Manny Ramirez batted 6th and 7th
The Indians announcer in this is the Milwaukee brewers announcer and the voodoo guy was the president on the show 24 and he was in the allstate ads and charlie sheen was on the show 2 and a half men before he stuck his foot in his mouth
Funniest sports movie ever!!! This was a favorite in my house in the 80’s and as an Ohioan, we just love it!
The big Yankee nemesis Clu Haywood was a former MLB pitcher (oddly enough) and a pitching coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates as well. Pete Vuckovich
You're gonna love A League of Their Own. And I look forward to seeing the reaction.
He's already done A League of Their Own.
There's so many good modern baseball movies, 61, 42 and Eight Men Out are all terrific but more on the serious side. Bull Durham is a fantastic comedy and I think you'd really like Rookie of the Year.
But I'd like to suggest a forgotten gem.from the past - The Bad News Bears (it stars a much younger Walter Matthau)
My favorite baseball movie of all time
Great movie. The second one was good and even back to the minors was a decent movie.
As you see I'm a Cleveland chick. We would've won that last world series of Charlie sheen (vaughn) didn't show up with jobo. He jinxed us. Then Dolan changed the name so now a lot of us just don't care anymore. I have chief wahoo everywhere and you can actually visit the one that was on the stadium. All fixed up and just so doggone adorable.
Not much of a fan if you ask me. Or just a fan of Sambo? You can keep all the racist logos in your house, they don't need to be on the team.
Oh this is definitely one of my favorite comedies when it comes to sports films. Seeing you're such a big baseball fan, I highly recommend watching a movie called The silent natural. It's a film about the first deaf baseball player. He's the reason why hand signals are used in baseball.
Hey, James
Another Badeball movie you might enjoy is "A League Of Their Own" which is making reference to the All-American Girls Baseball League, which is partially based on a real organization during WWII
I've already reacted to it Karl, go check it out: A League of Their Own: ruclips.net/video/_6lS0Jyyy0g/видео.html
@@AwesomeUSMovies I'd totally forgot about that
What's more embarrassing is that I'd posted a comment on that video about the injuries the actresses had being real injuries instead of make-up effects🤦🤦🤦
10:12 - "555- . . . We all know that's bad, the 555 goes nowhere."
TV shows and movies use 555- for phone numbers precisely because they DO go nowhere.
Phone companies actually reserve fictitious 555 numbers for that purpose.
Love it
Tom Berenger (Taylor) starred in a western spoof called Rustler's Rhapsody. It's a really funny parody that doesn't get the attention it deserves because it's doomed to languish in the shadow of Blazing Saddles.
The announcer is Bob Eucher. He played 6 years in the pros as a catcher then became a comedian and a baseball announcer.
This is a great baseball movie. I love all the different characters.
If you liked this one, make sure to check out Major League 2.
11:07 This guy was a real baseball announcer, then later he played the dad on the 80s sitcom Mr. Belvedere.
fun, he had a great voice for the game
Still is the Brewers announcer!
springtime in cleveland is outstanding. falls are very nice too, as it's very green for a city, and it goes orange and red and brown (our sports colors). summer is too hot and sticky, and the mosquitoes are nasty. winter is damn near unbearable. not great weather overall. not enough sunlight. but springs are nice. people are so starved for sunlight that the whole place parties in spring.
A couple of fun baseball movies you might enjoy are Rookie of the Year and The Scout. They've been favorites of mine since I was a kid.
The Scout is serious as heck. Funny, but some very serious acting/writing.
Have you not done Bull Durham 1988? Swore you watched that one. Another great baseball film that stars Kevin Costner.
Nope haven't seen that, added
Love major league watch it every year on the eve of opening day
The Rookie (starring Kevin Costner) was a good baseball movie too.
BASEketball is a movie kinda about baseball. Written by the South Park guys.
Have you not watched "The Sandlot" yet???? By far the greatest baseball movie ever and that will ever be made. A perfect movie. Just one of the greatest all-time movies in general. I have it at #9 in my all-time list out of about 1400 movies. Never gets old!
Sandlot is on his channel.
"I don't think you're allowed to hold the bat while you run..."
Problem Child, with John Ritter, would disagree.
most major leaguers say while it may not be the "best" baseball movie ever made, its absolutely the most realistic about what its like to be in a big league clubhouse/struggling to stay in the majors
In 1989 the minimum salary was $68k
THe Clevecland Browns never came back. They ran off to Baltimore in the middle of the night and changed their name to the Ravens. The current Cleveland Browns was a brand new expansion team.
IMHO this is the greatest baseball movie ever made
James, if you want to watch another great baseball movie, you should watch 1993's The Sandlot. It is about kids playing the game not pros but it is a great heartfelt film about my baseball is a beautiful game. I also suggest the 1976 film The Bad News Bears, also about kids in the game. Both films are part of a series but the best film in both franchises is the 1st one IMHO.
Actually, I already did. I linked it as a pinned comment.
@AwesomeUSMovies OK, I thought I remembered that you had watched The Sandlot but as you didn't refer to it in your intro, I thought that I may have remembered incorrectly. Major League has 2 sequels you could watch. Part 2 is the better of the 2 but the 3rd one is not too bad but it pretty much has none of the original characters in it.
This is my favorite baseball movie!
Other great baseball movies:
The Scout (1994)
A League of Their Own (1992)
Moneyball (2011)
The Babe (1992)
The Comrades of Summer (1992)
42 (2013)
The Rookie (2002)
Major League 2 (1994) (Good enough to watch and enjoy but a large step down from the first film.)
Baseball movies that are also Family films... be great to watch with your grandchildren when the get to be about 9 ot 10 years old: 😊
Rookie of the Year (1993)
Little Big League (1994)
Angels in the Outfield (1994)
The Sandlot (1993) (But you saw this one too, though, yes? It's a family film but it definitely counts as a baseball movie too! A wonderful one!)
*Lots* of great baseball movies between 1992 - 1994! We needed them because in 1994 we had no World Series! In October 1994 we went to the movies and saw *The Scout* and that's all the baseball we got!
I don't think the brilliance of *The Scout* is talked about nearly enough. It's my second favorite baseballs movie! It's funny, it's heartening, it's therapeutic to the soul. It stars Brenden Fraser and yes, he's awesome in all his movies but between this movie and *School Ties,* ...I believe these are the movies that for those of us who loved Fraser since back in the day made us see the caliber of actor he is that the Academy and the rest of the award shows finally saw this year!
I think *The Babe* is a seriously misunderstood film. It got a lot of criticism for being so historically inaccurate. But the director _wasn't going for_ accuracy. He was out to tell the _Legend_ of Babe Ruth. He was making an American tall tale story. He was telling a story to fit in with the tales of John Henry, Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, and Pecos Bill! All actual history was in the movie for reference only. Accept the movie like that and I think you will really love it!
Best Regards!
Wild Thing (Charlie Sheen) is also in a true story b-ball movie called 8 Men Out. About the 1919 White Sox that gamblers paid to lose. Another 1 you'd like is Bull Durham, it's about life in the minor league. At the very least make your nephew watch that 1
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You should react to one of my favorite movies, Quiz Show. It is seriously underrated and gets like no love from the reaction community. I think OGB Reacts was the only one who ever featured it. Anyway, just trust me on this one. It's a slow burn of a film, but the fascinating and true story will definitely suck you in. 👍
Cleveland is miserable all year round. It is the primary export as people escape. 27 years there.
One of my all-time favorite movies!
You should see For Love of the Game starring Kevin Costner. Really good baseball movie
Bob Ueker, absolute legend
Yeah I always questioned the ending as well. Like no world series lol? Or I wish part 2 would have picked up from after this game
The sequel is worth a watch
I knew nothing of the rules of baseball when I saw Major League.. I've still yet to watch a full game of baseball and am still hazy on some rules but THIS is my favourite sports movie of all time
You've gotta watch A League of Their Own. Great baseball flick with Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, and Madonna.
I think you would also enjoy Kevin Costner's other two baseball movies. Bull Durham and For Love Of The Game. A League of Their Own is also brilliant.
It's "spring training", not "spring break". Baseball players go to spring training to get in shape for the upcoming season. College kids go on spring break to drink, have sex, and sometimes semi-destroy Florida beaches and towns. Big difference; work vs play.