I stick it up for you Jobu. You no help me now...I say fark you Jobu. I sell Allstate insurance myself.

*snerk*

It might work if they make them kids,

Major League 4 "the little league years" A down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.

borg: Major League 4 "the little league years" A down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.

That is a brand new idea!

That guy she was with? I'm sure he's a close personal friend, but tell me, what was he doing with her panties on his head?

Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust a bit outside.

Say what you will about the idiotic "Major League" franchise, but Bob Uecker is one of the funniest motherf*ckers in America.

I saw a segment on Charles Grodin's old show with him, Fred Willard, and Dabney Coleman - just basically talking to and insulting one another - and it was one of the funniest things I've ever seen on televsion.

Bob Uecker should pick up a new career as a Biden impersonator.

Holy Hell, Bob Uecker is alive?

/better add him to my pool then.
//coulda swore...

sigdiamond2000: Say what you will about the idiotic "Major League" franchise, but Bob Uecker is one of the funniest motherf*ckers in America.

I saw a segment on Charles Grodin's old show with him, Fred Willard, and Dabney Coleman - just basically talking to and insulting one another - and it was one of the funniest things I've ever seen on televsion.

I can believe it. According to the Major League DVD, Uecker's scenes in the booth were improvised and they had trouble cutting it down to what ended up in the film.


"No runs on one hit... That's it? One goddamn hit?!?"
"You can't say 'goddamn' on the air!"
"Don't worry, nobody's listening."

Will zombie Mr. Belvedere make a special appearance in the movie?

Oh COME ON. Really, Hollywood? REALLY?

1. I'm dimly aware of a Major League 2, but 3?

2. Bob Uecker is still alive?

3. I had a homo-crush on the teenage son in Mr. Belvedere.

Remember Major League 2, when they couldn't get Wesley Snipes to come back for the sequel?

These days they'd probably have a harder time getting Omar Epps to come back to the role of Willy Mays Hayes than they would snaring Wesley. Life's funny sometimes, I guess.

It's the only way that Bob Uecker and Corbin Bernsen can find work these days.

HellblazerPrime: Remember Major League 2, when they couldn't get Wesley Snipes to come back for the sequel?

These days they'd probably have a harder time getting Omar Epps to come back to the role of Willy Mays Hayes than they would snaring Wesley. Life's funny sometimes, I guess.

They'll be down to Dulé Hill at this point.

LeafyGreens: 1. I'm dimly aware of a Major League 2, but 3?


3 was enough of a flop that it killed the franchise.

IIRC, it was about a minor league team with Scott Bakula and Corbin Bernsen since the Indians were actually making to the World Series by the time it was made.

Major League was a classic that will be quoted as long as baseball is around.

Major League 2 was a shell of the first, but ended up being a fun movie with a couple great lines (mostly by Uecker).

Major League 3 was a shell of the sequel, and the only funny thing about it was the thought of actually seeing it.

Major League 4 will be straight to DVD if they are lucky, and will be about as funny as a Rick Reilly column.

Are you trying to tell me that Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?

Seriously, this is crazy. It's obvious now that Hollywood is creatively barren.

Thank God I have my Police Academy 1 - 15 collection to remind me of cinematic glory days.

Mr. Slippyfist: Major League was a classic that will be quoted as long as baseball is around.

Although it would be better if you just ditched the romance part. The whole Rene Russo thing just... ugh. But the baseball scenes definitely had their moments.

Mr. Slippyfist: Major League 2 was a shell of the first, but ended up being a fun movie with a couple great lines (mostly by Uecker).

No. ML2 rehashed the first by destroying everything that happened in the first- it was the definition of returning to the well.

Mr. Slippyfist: Major League 3

Honestly, I never heard of it. Didn't know it even existed. I'm okay with this.

Hollywood has no marbles!

teke184: sigdiamond2000: Say what you will about the idiotic "Major League" franchise, but Bob Uecker is one of the funniest motherf*ckers in America.

I saw a segment on Charles Grodin's old show with him, Fred Willard, and Dabney Coleman - just basically talking to and insulting one another - and it was one of the funniest things I've ever seen on televsion.

I can believe it. According to the Major League DVD, Uecker's scenes in the booth were improvised and they had trouble cutting it down to what ended up in the film.


"No runs on one hit... That's it? One goddamn hit?!?"
"You can't say 'goddamn' on the air!"
"Don't worry, nobody's listening."

His work as himself (well, actually his head) on an episode of Futurama was great too. How so? Well, according to the episode commentary, a line as originally written (before Uecker was committed but they were writing for him) said something about "...and I've seen Mr. Belvedere naked! *shiver*" Well, when they got him, they changed the line to something less, err, risque. Anyways, Uecker is doing his lines, and they come to the lamer re-written line, and he tries it a few ways (can't remember what they changed it too)... not working right. Uecker then says, on his own, without having seen the original line, "why don't I just say I saw Mr. Belvedere naked?"

Great minds think alike. He's a class act, and hilarious.

/especially interesting since that ep (Leela becomes the world's worst Blernsball pitcher) also co-starred Hank Aaron as himself (and his future self), and the Home Run King was apparently something of an ass to work with. And it comes through on the commentary loud and clear.

t3knomanser:

Mr. Slippyfist: Major League 3

Honestly, I never heard of it. Didn't know it even existed. I'm okay with this.

It had one funny part. The old, wise pitcher with the array of off-speed stuff comes into the game at a crucial moment and Scott Bakula suggests he be "crafty". The pitcher ("Doc", or something like that as I recall) says, with a tinge of mystery, "You want me to give him the... offspeed stuff?" Bakula: "... do you have anything else?" Doc: "... no."

"Man I haven't seen play this bad since the days of Bob Uecker! This is Bob Uecker saying thanks for watching!"

"Oh, I must be in the front roooow"

/Bob Uecker is a living god
//crappy baseball player, but funny as anything

The Dreaded Rear Admiral: t3knomanser:

Mr. Slippyfist: Major League 3

Honestly, I never heard of it. Didn't know it even existed. I'm okay with this.

It had one funny part. The old, wise pitcher with the array of off-speed stuff comes into the game at a crucial moment and Scott Bakula suggests he be "crafty". The pitcher ("Doc", or something like that as I recall) says, with a tinge of mystery, "You want me to give him the... offspeed stuff?" Bakula: "... do you have anything else?" Doc: "... no."

I liked the part at the beginning where he threw the frozen ball and was caught by the ump and he says something to the effect of "Well, I HAD to try something"

Will the new movie have hats for bats?

Hollywood has moved to the Direct to DVD territory, you mean.

KY ball,swing and a miss

KingKauff: The Dreaded Rear Admiral: t3knomanser:

Mr. Slippyfist: Major League 3

Honestly, I never heard of it. Didn't know it even existed. I'm okay with this.

It had one funny part. The old, wise pitcher with the array of off-speed stuff comes into the game at a crucial moment and Scott Bakula suggests he be "crafty". The pitcher ("Doc", or something like that as I recall) says, with a tinge of mystery, "You want me to give him the... offspeed stuff?" Bakula: "... do you have anything else?" Doc: "... no."

I liked the part at the beginning where he threw the frozen ball and was caught by the ump and he says something to the effect of "Well, I HAD to try something"

I caught that thing on HBO and I was actually liking up until the play the parent club-they're the AAA team of the Twins-in the Metrodome and they used cheap ass CGI for a shot of one of thir characters making a play in the Metrodome outfield.
That, and Ted McGinley playing the douchebag manager of the Twins with the running joke about how much he loves his hair-so he never wears a cap. But it was the first thing I saw Walten Groggins of The Sheild in.

Uecker is a Wisconsin treasure. You try sitting through all those seasons of horrible Brewer baseball. His stories during a game or his honest reactions to horrible plays make it seem like you are drinking a few with your crazy old uncle.

What's the storyline? Rick Vaughn putting snot on the ball?

Seeing as Corbin Bernsen and Tom Berenger have been scarce and Wesley Snipes needs the money and it's the twentieth anniversary of the original ... hmm. In the right hands, it might not suck.

I will hang on to this delusion until someone proves me wrong.

/original in my all-time top five
//"You may run like Hayes, but you hit like shiat!"

Did he say "free and queer"?

/How's your wife and my kids?

"YO! BARTENDER! JOBU NEEDS A REFILL!"

*sigh* Classic.

tick1111: Hollywood has no marbles!

Uecker has certainly cut down on his announcing but he is still a lot of fun to listen to.

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I forgot how many good quotes and one-liners were in the original.

DrMcNinja: tick1111: Hollywood has no marbles!

My day is now complete.

BTW....where are the Michelle Pfeiffer pics from that movie?

mrmaster: Uecker has certainly cut down on his announcing but he is still a lot of fun to listen to.

\last name uecker
\\not related

Cut down on announcing????

He still, and has since 1970, announced every single brewer game. He splits the game with a co-announcer, but I have never heard a game where that was not the case.


Uecker, as other have said, is what made MANY years of Brewer suck-i-tude bearable.

eagles95: BTW....where are the Michelle Pfeiffer pics from that movie?

Dude, I think that movie only exists in your head. Michelle Pfeiffer was not in Major League.

I really like the fact that he did this and no one caught on.

You guys won one yesterday. We win one today, that's two in a row. We win one tomorrow, that's a called "a winning streak." It HAS happened before.

/everyone forgets that was in II, not the original

You can't say shiat on the radio.
No one's listening anyway.

I don't know. I've got a guy on the other line interested in a pair of white walls.

Grey Street: Dude, I think that movie only exists in your head. Michelle Pfeiffer was not in Major League.

Rene Russo, who was amazingly hot in that movie.

The real 2009 Cleveland team is worse than the fake Major League team.

robsul82: You guys won one yesterday. We win one today, that's two in a row. We win one tomorrow, that's a called "a winning streak." It HAS happened before.

/everyone forgets that was in II, not the original

I love that line. That, along with Rube's "we're in the gal darn Major Leagues" speech keep running through my head as I watch the Mets go out there every day and play like a bunch of a-holes.

Definitely wasn't the greatest movie, but it was watchable with a couple great lines.

Which was the one that had Shane and Lem from "The Shield" as teammmates -- was that #3?

I would watch another Major League movie if it were a crossover with The Shield.

T.rex: The real 2009 Cleveland team is worse than the fake Major League team.

And neither are bad as the 2009 Washington Nationals.

teke184: And neither are bad as the 2009 Washington Nationals.

You want a challenge? Fire up Baseball Mogul 2010 and try playing as the Nationals.

Hilarious thing to do: watch all the extras in the background of Major League- especially in the clubhouse scenes. Fantastic collection of mullets, cutoff shorts, and hilariously awkward hijinks.

Major League IV: The Neverending Quest for .500

Starring your Pittsburgh Pirates.


/we should've got a live chicken

Grey Street: eagles95: BTW....where are the Michelle Pfeiffer pics from that movie?

Dude, I think that movie only exists in your head. Michelle Pfeiffer was not in Major League.

Meant Rene Russo....my bad....its Monday and work is sucking.

zarberg: teke184: And neither are bad as the 2009 Washington Nationals.

You want a challenge? Fire up Baseball Mogul 2010 and try playing as the Nationals.

Ugh. The only thing close to that challenge would be playing as the 2003 Detroit Tigers, when they lost about 120 games.

I'm all for Major League 4, so long as it ends with the Indians winning the World Series.

I mean, hell. It's pretty much the only way I'm ever going to see the Indians win the World Series in my lifetime.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...whoa, Bob Uecker is still ALIVE??

This. I did not expect...

"Heywood leads the league in most offensive categories, including nose hair. When this guy sneezes, he looks like a party favor."

PsyLord: It's the only way that Bob Uecker and Corbin Bernsen can find work these days.

Um, Bob Uecker has a job.

Parkman doing his little shuffle in the box. It makes all the women in Cleveland puke.

Harry Doyle: Monty, anything to add?
Monty: Umm...no.
Harry: They don't call him the best colorman in the league for nothing, folks!

all these major leage quotes

it makes me smile

/should have gotten the live chicken

Ya know, it seems like most of the people from the original haven't been up to much lately, but that actually isn't true.

Charlie Sheen (Rick Vaughn) - pretty successful on 2 and a half men, highest paid person on a TV Sitcom

Tom Barenger (Jake Taylor) - Was on the TV Show October Roads, and also makes a TON of Indie movies, he's got 7 coming out this year alone

Corbin Bernsen (Roger Dorn) - Does pretty well with his supporting roll on the show Psych. Also does some Indy movies, mostly ones he writes, directs, and produces. Has 3 movies coming out this year

Dennis Haysbert (Perdro Cerrano) - Had a pretty good run on 24, and now has been the star of The Unit , which is in it's 4th season. Also does some movies here or there, has a movie with Pierce Brosnan coming out later this year

Wesley Snipes (Willie Mays Hayes) - Yes we know about the tax stuff, but he still keeps active. Was just in Brooklyns Finest with Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, and Ethan Hawke. Also has 3 other movies currently in production

James Gammon (Manager Lou Brown) - He's a million years old, but he still does one or two Big Budget movie a year to keep active.

Chelcie Ross ( Eddie Harris) - Keeps busy with guest rolls in TV shows, and supporting rolls in movies, most recent movie was Drag Me to Hell

The only main person from the original movie who hasn't done anything in a while is Rene Russo. She hasn't made a single movie or TV appearance in 4 years.

I thought Back to the Minors was surprisingly entertaining for an essentially straight to video second sequel. My 2 1/2 year old son enjoys it as it is baseball

If the reviews make it seem anywhere near as good as the 1st, I'll definitely watch it. Maybe even buy it. The 2nd, it may be download-worthy. The 3rd, well, I won't reveal my plans just yet. They may void my insanity plea and could act as evidence that my actions were pre-mediated