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Throughout the movie, all of the new Indians' various quirks are revealed. Dorn's rookie pranks on Vaughn earn him more than a few fights, and Vaughn later sleeps with Dorn's wife (though he didn't know who she was at the time); Taylor fights to get his ex back from her new socialite boyfriend; Cerrano prays to Jobu many times, but doesn't get any closer to hitting a curveball; and Lou tries to get Hayes to hit like a leadoff man rather than a cleanup hitter.
Eventually, the owner's scheme is revealed to the team, and they go from worst to first (well, tied for first) with visual aid help from her... showgirl days. They're forced into a one-game playoff with the Yankees for the American League East title, and the ending is one of the more inventive [[Down to
The film spawned a sequel in 1994, changing leadoff men (Hayes is still there; he's just played by Omar Epps) and leading men (Berenger for Sheen). Here, Vaughn has let the fame of the previous year go to his head, mostly seeking lucrative endorsement deals. This is elaborated by having to choose between two [[Love Interests]], publicist Rebecca Flannery ([[Allison Doody]]), and philanthropist Nikki Reese ([[Michelle Burke]]). One wants to build his image, the other to keep him down-to-earth.
The other team members have their own subplots. Taylor is cut from the team for the new rookie Rube (a country boy who can't throw the ball back to the pitcher) and big offseason acquisition Jack Parkman (a no-nonsense guy who is pretty much the epitome of "clubhouse cancer", but is a very good hitter), but is retained as one of Lou's assistant managers; Dorn is retired and has bought the team, but has to sell it back to the [[Rich Bitch]] after financial troubles force him to trade Parkman; Cerrano, having converted to Buddhism, is now a happy guy who's lost his edge until he's challenged by Japanese acquisition Taka Tanaka; Hayes, like Vaughn, let the previous year go to his head; he shot a movie with Jessie Ventura in the offseason and lost his edge on the basepaths. Another worst-to-first comeback ensues, though under the guidance of Taylor after Lou has a heart attack; the [[Down to
In 1998, another sequel, ''Major League: Back to the Minors,'' came out, which focused on a minor league team (The Salt Lake Buzz) with a new manager (played by Scott Bakula) and a pretty much all new cast of characters. The only carryovers from the original movies are Dorn (who now owns the Minnesota Twins, who the Buzz are the AAA farm team), Cerrano, Tanaka, Baker (who are players on the team), and Harry Doyle (Bob Uecker, the announcer). This one focuses mostly on Bakula's manager, especially with his teaching methods with a hot batting prospect and a pitching prospect who has a blazing fastball but no other pitches, and his battles with the manager of the Twins (played by [[Ted McGinley]], signifying the series' [[Jump the Shark]] moment).
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* [[Bald of Awesome]]: Cerrano. We even see him shaving for the coolness... ''using a big-ass knife''.
* [[Big Game]]: An [[Enforced Trope]] in all three films.
* [[Bowdlerise]]: Sits with ''Die Hard 2'' and ''The Big Lebowski'' as maybe the funniest dubbed-over-cussing TV edits in existance (for example, Dorn's [[I Have Just One Thing to Say]] speech below replaces "motherfucker" with "guy" in a completely different inflection, sort of like what you got from the announcers in the early [[Madden NFL
* [[California Doubling]]: The scenes set in the Indians' home park were actually filmed in Milwaukee's County Stadium, then-home of the Brewers.
** In the second movie, Oriole Park at Camden Yards doubled as Cleveland Stadium.
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** Many [[Real Life]] relief pitchers now have a [[Theme Song]] that plays when they come in, in imitation of Rick Vaughn's ''Wild Thing'' intro.
** Mitch Williams of the Philadephia Phillies, known for his lack of control much like Ricky Vaughn, acquired the nickname "Wild Thing" not long after this movie. He also switched his jersey number to 99... just like Vaughn.
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* [[Father to His Men]]: Lou proves to be a solid coach - demanding when needed, defending his players when it becomes known the bitch owner is screwing the team.
* [[Foreign Cuss Word]]: When Rachel Phelps buys back the team in the sequel and taunts her way through the locker, Tanaka is able to toss some vicious insults at Phelps in his native Japanese. Since he does it with a polite smile and bow, Phelps thinks he's complimenting her.
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