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* SaveOurTeam: With 40 games to go in the regular season, Charlie reveals Rachel's SpringtimeForHitler plan to Lou. When Lou relays this to the clubhouse, Taylor remarks that the only thing left for the team to do is "win the whole fucking thing".

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* SaveOurTeam: With 40 games to go in the regular season, Charlie reveals Rachel's SpringtimeForHitler plan to Lou. When Lou, telling him that Rachel intentionally built this year's team to fail, so she can move the team to Miami and fire everyone for better personnel in Miami OR to build an ''even worse'' team next year in Cleveland. After Lou relays this information to the clubhouse, Taylor remarks that the only thing left for the team to do is "win the whole fucking thing".

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In this case, the misfits in question are the Cleveland Indians,[[note]] now the Cleveland Guardians [[/note]] a UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball team that hasn't made a postseason appearance in over three decades and is indisputably the most moribund franchise in the sport (which, at the time, was TruthInTelevision). After the team's elderly owner suddenly expires, ownership passes to his much younger, ex-showgirl TrophyWife Rachel Phelps (Creator/MargaretWhitton), who's a RichBitch and CorruptCorporateExecutive. Despising both the dreary city of Cleveland and the terrible reputation of the team, Phelps dreams of moving the Indians to a sunnier, more glamorous location – and it turns out that she can make this dream come true, as a clause in team's contract with the city states that if attendance falls low enough she will have the right to unilaterally relocate the team.

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In this case, the misfits in question are the Cleveland Indians,[[note]] now the Cleveland Guardians [[/note]] a UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball team that hasn't made a postseason appearance in over three decades and is indisputably the most moribund franchise in the sport (which, at the time, was TruthInTelevision). After the team's elderly owner suddenly expires, ownership passes to his much younger, ex-showgirl TrophyWife Rachel Phelps (Creator/MargaretWhitton), who's a RichBitch and CorruptCorporateExecutive. Despising both the dreary city of Cleveland and the terrible reputation of the team, Phelps dreams of moving the Indians to a sunnier, more glamorous location – and it turns out that she can make this dream come true, as a clause in team's contract with the city states that if attendance falls low enough below 800,000, she will have the right to unilaterally relocate the team.



* BigBadEnsemble: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Rachel Phelps]] and the [[OpposingSportsTeam New York Yankees]].

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* BigBadEnsemble: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Rachel Phelps]] in the front office and the [[OpposingSportsTeam New York Yankees]].Yankees]] on the field.



* SaveOurTeam: With 40 games to go in the regular season, Charlie reveals Rachel's SpringtimeForHitler plan to Lou. When Lou relays this to the clubhouse, Taylor remarks that the only thing left for the team to do is "win the whole fucking thing".



* SpringtimeForHitler: Rachel's scheme to move the Indians to Miami in the first movie involves putting together a team so bad it drives away fans and causes attendance at the stadium to plummet so much she'll get the team out of it's contract with the city of Cleveland. Of course, the team she creates ends up becoming so popular that it drives attendance through the roof.

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* SpringtimeForHitler: Rachel's scheme to move the Indians to Miami in the first movie involves putting together a team so bad bad, it drives away fans and causes attendance at the stadium to plummet so much she'll invoke an escape clause get the team out of it's contract its lease with the city of Cleveland. Of course, the team she creates ends up becoming so popular that it drives attendance through the roof.
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* CharactersMostHatedSong: Rachel Phelps, the corrupt owner of the Cleveland Indians, cannot ''stand'' "Wild Thing", Rick Vaughn's entrance theme.
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* SpeakOfTheDevil: When Lou is fed up with the "nickel-and-dime" equipment and resources in the clubhouse, he says aloud that he's "gonna get that bitch on the phone"; the camera pan reveals Rachel Phelps already there, firing back, "You wanted to talk to the bitch?"

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* SpeakOfTheDevil: When Lou is fed up with the "nickel-and-dime" equipment and resources in the clubhouse, he says aloud that he's "gonna get that bitch on the phone"; the camera pan {{pan}} reveals Rachel Phelps already there, firing back, "You wanted to talk to the bitch?"
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To accomplish this goal, she assembles the sorriest bunch of ballplayers she can find. This includes aging, past their best veterans like catcher Jake Taylor (Creator/TomBerenger) whose knees and career are hanging by a thread, former star Roger Dorn (Creator/CorbinBernsen), who now pays much more attention to managing his investments than to baseball, and Eddie Harris (Chelcie Ross), a pitcher who doesn't have much life left in his arm but makes up for it with a combination of cunning and various ''thoroughly'' illegal tricks and substances which he uses to give a little extra juice to his pitches. The veterans are joined by off-the-street rookies with no experience or reputation, like hot-headed, ex-con pitcher Rick Vaughn (Creator/CharlieSheen), who's got serious control issues with both his pitches and his personal life, and the voodoo-practicing slugger Pedro Cerrano (Creator/DennisHaysbert), who can't hit a curveball to save his life. Lastly there's the brash and fast Willie Mays Hayes (Creator/WesleySnipes), who just sort of shows up at the team's training camp despite not being invited and wows the staff enough to earn a spot. All of the above players wind up under the gruff but caring guidance of new manager Lou Brown (James Gammon), who's spent his entire career with the minor league Toledo Mud Hens [[note]]a real-life AAA farm team for the Detroit Tigers[[/note]] and has never managed a game at the big-league level.

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To accomplish this goal, she assembles the sorriest bunch of ballplayers she can find. This includes aging, past their best veterans like catcher Jake Taylor (Creator/TomBerenger) whose knees and career are hanging by a thread, former star Roger Dorn (Creator/CorbinBernsen), who now pays much more attention to managing his investments than to baseball, and Eddie Harris (Chelcie Ross), a pitcher who doesn't have much life left in his arm but makes up for it with a combination of cunning and various ''thoroughly'' illegal tricks and substances which he uses to give a little extra juice to his pitches. The veterans are joined by off-the-street rookies with no experience or reputation, like hot-headed, ex-con pitcher Rick Vaughn (Creator/CharlieSheen), who's got serious control issues with both his pitches and his personal life, and the voodoo-practicing slugger Pedro Cerrano (Creator/DennisHaysbert), who can't hit a curveball to save his life. Lastly there's the brash and fast Willie Mays Hayes (Creator/WesleySnipes), who just sort of shows up at the team's training camp despite not being invited and wows the staff enough to earn a spot. All of the above players wind up under the gruff but caring guidance of new manager Lou Brown (James Gammon), who's spent his entire career with the minor league [[UsefulNotes/MinorLeagueBaseball Toledo Mud Hens Hens]] [[note]]a real-life AAA farm team for the Detroit Tigers[[/note]] and has never managed a game at the big-league level.
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* CallingYourShots: Invoked, lampshaded and then subverted. Early in the first film when he first gets to the Indians' stadium, Jake Taylor (Creator/TomBerenger) steps up to the plate and [[ActingOutADaydream imagines successfully calling a home run]]. Near the end of the movie he pulls out this ChekhovsGun during the BigGame, apparently emulating the famous occasion where Babe Ruth did this. [[spoiler:[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Then he bunts, and the Yankees are completely unprepared for it]]]].

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* CallingYourShots: Invoked, lampshaded and then subverted. Early in the first film when he Taylor first gets to the Indians' stadium, Jake Taylor (Creator/TomBerenger) he steps up to the plate and [[ActingOutADaydream imagines successfully calling a home run]]. Near the end of the movie he pulls out this ChekhovsGun during the BigGame, apparently emulating the famous occasion where Babe Ruth did this. [[spoiler:[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Then he bunts, and the Yankees are completely unprepared for it]]]].
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** While it's TruthInTelevision that most catchers will develop knee problems due to the stress the position puts on the knees, Jake's knees seem too far gone for him to believably be the starting catcher for a Major League Baseball team and to be able to last through an entire season. This is especially true on a team that is being shorted on therapeutic equipment/supplies and medical attention, as is depicted in the movie. Anyone with knee problems can tell you that Jake would be lucky to still be standing after a game, let alone after 162 of them. Realistically, the team would have at least one backup catcher.

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** While it's TruthInTelevision that most catchers will develop knee problems due to the stress the position puts on the knees, them, Jake's knees seem too far gone for him to believably be the starting catcher for a Major League Baseball team and to be able to last through an entire season. This is especially true on a team that is being shorted on therapeutic equipment/supplies and medical attention, as is depicted in the movie. Anyone with knee problems can tell you that Jake would be lucky to still be standing after a game, let alone after 162 of them. Realistically, the team would have at least one backup catcher.
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In this case, the misfits in question are the Cleveland Indians,[[note]] now the Cleveland Guardians [[/note]] a Major League Baseball team that hasn't made a postseason appearance in over three decades and is indisputably the most moribund franchise in the sport (which, at the time, was TruthInTelevision). After the team's elderly owner suddenly expires, ownership passes to his much younger, ex-showgirl TrophyWife Rachel Phelps (Creator/MargaretWhitton), who's a RichBitch and CorruptCorporateExecutive. Despising both the dreary city of Cleveland and the terrible reputation of the team, Phelps dreams of moving the Indians to a sunnier, more glamorous location – and it turns out that she can make this dream come true, as a clause in team's contract with the city states that if attendance falls low enough she will have the right to unilaterally relocate the team.

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In this case, the misfits in question are the Cleveland Indians,[[note]] now the Cleveland Guardians [[/note]] a Major League Baseball UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball team that hasn't made a postseason appearance in over three decades and is indisputably the most moribund franchise in the sport (which, at the time, was TruthInTelevision). After the team's elderly owner suddenly expires, ownership passes to his much younger, ex-showgirl TrophyWife Rachel Phelps (Creator/MargaretWhitton), who's a RichBitch and CorruptCorporateExecutive. Despising both the dreary city of Cleveland and the terrible reputation of the team, Phelps dreams of moving the Indians to a sunnier, more glamorous location – and it turns out that she can make this dream come true, as a clause in team's contract with the city states that if attendance falls low enough she will have the right to unilaterally relocate the team.
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* DemotedToExtra: Lynn Wells, Jake Taylor's LoveInterest in the first movie, gets one scene in the sequel and is never even mentioned again. The same can be said for Taylor himself, who is the main character of first movie, has a much smaller role in the second, and doesn't appear at all in the third.

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* DemotedToExtra: Lynn Wells, Jake Taylor's LoveInterest in the first movie, gets one scene in the sequel and is never even mentioned again.again; Creator/ReneRusso reprised the role uncredited. The same can be said for Taylor himself, who is the main character of first movie, has a much smaller role in the second, and doesn't appear at all in the third.
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* ProductPlacement: Averted in some places (see below), but also enforced elsewhere, like the team filming the commercial for American Express.
-->'''Hayes:''' The American Express card. Don't steal home without it.

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** Only eight spots in the batting order, not nine, elapse between Taylor's groundout in the 7th inning and his bunt single in the 9th. See the Website/IMDb [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097815/goofs/?tab=gf&ref_=tt_trv_gf Goofs page]].

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** Only eight spots in the batting order, not nine, elapse between Taylor's groundout in the 7th inning and his bunt single in the 9th. The earliest batter that would've been up with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th should've been Jack Taylor. See the Website/IMDb [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097815/goofs/?tab=gf&ref_=tt_trv_gf Goofs page]]. [[https://youtu.be/1xeamHyi9u8?si=_1XtNLsCibhOiyGH&t=3461 Vlogger "Baseball's Not Dead"]] laid it out visually in 2023.



** [[https://youtu.be/1xeamHyi9u8?si=_1XtNLsCibhOiyGH&t=3461 As explained by vlogger "Baseball's Not Dead"]] in 2023, there is a deficit of one batter for the Indians among the final three innings of the climactic final game of the season. Pedro Cerrano, who was batting 4th, hit his 2-run home run with 2 outs in the bottom of the 7th inning. Willie Mays Hayes, who was batting leadoff (1st), got on base in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs. At that point, the earliest batter with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th should've been Jack Taylor, who was batting 2nd in the lineup.
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** [[https://youtu.be/1xeamHyi9u8?si=_1XtNLsCibhOiyGH&t=3461 As explained by vlogger "Baseball's Not Dead"]] in 2023, there is a deficit of one batter for the Indians among the final three innings of the climactic final game of the season. Pedro Cerrano, who was batting 4th, hit his 2-run home run with 2 outs in the bottom of the 7th inning. Willie Mays Hayes, who was batting leadoff (1st), got on base in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs. At that point, the earliest batter with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th should've been Jack Taylor, who was batting 2nd in the lineup.

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* TheAllegedCar: Jake's 1972 Chevrolet Impala sedan; it's body had seen better days and the engine sounds pretty worn down as well.

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* TheAllegedCar: Jake's 1972 Chevrolet Impala sedan; it's its body had has seen better days and the engine sounds pretty worn down as well.



** While it's TruthInTelevision that most catchers will develop knee problems due to the stress the position puts on the knees, Jake's knees seem too far gone for him to believably be the starting catcher for a Major League Baseball team and to be able to last through an entire season. This is especially true on a team that is being shorted on therapeutic equipment/supplies and medical attention, as is depicted in the movie. Anyone with knee problems can tell you that Jake would be lucky to still be standing after a game, let alone after over a hundred of them.

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** While it's TruthInTelevision that most catchers will develop knee problems due to the stress the position puts on the knees, Jake's knees seem too far gone for him to believably be the starting catcher for a Major League Baseball team and to be able to last through an entire season. This is especially true on a team that is being shorted on therapeutic equipment/supplies and medical attention, as is depicted in the movie. Anyone with knee problems can tell you that Jake would be lucky to still be standing after a game, let alone after over a hundred 162 of them.them. Realistically, the team would have at least one backup catcher.



** On the managerial side of things, the film seems to present things as though the team is built from scratch with seemingly none of the players from the previous year being retained. There is a ''long'' list of reasons why this would be unlikely at the very best, unless Phelps pulled some sort of trick such as buying out the contract of every player from the previous team. Even so, one would think these odd/unprecedented moves would have drawn much more attention from the press and fans, exposing the SpringtimeForHitler plan.
** Dorn is apparently still a very good hitter, but his defense is absolutely terrible (though partially due to apathy, it's not without reason since he got injured earlier in his career). Given such a situation, it's very unlikely that a player like Dorn would be placed at such a key defensive position like Third Base, rather than moved to a position like First Base, Right Field, or Designated Hitter.

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** On the managerial side of things, the film seems to present presents things as though the team is built from scratch with seemingly next to none of the players from the previous year being retained. (Dorn at least is established as a returner, as well as probably Harris.) There is a ''long'' list of reasons why this would be unlikely at the very best, unless Phelps pulled some sort of trick such as buying out the contract of every player from the previous team. Even so, one would think these odd/unprecedented moves would have drawn much more attention from the press and fans, exposing the SpringtimeForHitler plan.
** Dorn is apparently still a very good hitter, but his defense is absolutely terrible (though partially due to apathy, it's not without reason since he got injured earlier in his career).apathy; he's being cautious of injury after a close call). Given such a situation, it's very unlikely that a player like Dorn would be placed at such a key defensive position like Third Base, rather than moved to a position like First Base, Right Field, or Designated Hitter.



** Hayes attempts to create one introducing himself as "I run like Mayes and I hit like Hayes." After a few at bats, Lou replies that he runs like Mayes, but hits like shit.

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** Willie Mays Hayes attempts to create one introducing himself as "I play like (baseball immortal Willie) Mays and I run like Mayes (Olympic medal sprinter and I hit like football star) Robert Lee Hayes." After a few at bats, Lou replies that he runs like Mayes, Hayes, but hits like shit.shit. (Or, in the censored version, "like my sister.")



* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In the opening scene Phelps hands out the list of spring training invitees. One of the board members points out that one of them is dead. Phelps flatly tells him to just cross the name off the list.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In the opening scene Phelps hands out the list of spring training invitees. One of the board members points out that one of them is dead. Phelps flatly sarcastically tells him to just cross the name off the list."Cross him off, then."



* DrowningMySorrows: Rick after learning Lou is selecting Harris to start the do-or-die game with the Yankees

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* DrowningMySorrows: Rick after learning Lou is selecting Harris to start the do-or-die game with the YankeesYankees. Then a hot blonde walks up and hits on him, leading to a different kind of distraction altogether...



-->'''Jake''': (''at dinner with Hayes and Vaughn, before the season starts'') Here's to baseball. And the start of two new great careers. And for me (beat) just one more good year in the sun.



** Where Vaughn hits a cardboard pitching dummy during spring training. ''The dummy collapses in pain''.

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** Where Vaughn hits a cardboard pitching dummy during spring training. ''The dummy collapses tips over in pain''.



* GutFeeling: Lou summons Vaughn to face Haywood in the ninth inning, in a tie game with runners on. Taylor questions it (Haywood had homered in the two previous times he faced Vaughn on-screen, with the implication that he'd done plenty more in games the audience didn't see), but Lou coolly says, "I got a hunch he's due." Ricky proves him right.

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* GutFeeling: Lou summons Vaughn to face Haywood in the ninth inning, in a tie game with runners on. Taylor questions it (Haywood had homered in "homered the only two previous times he he's faced Vaughn on-screen, with the implication that he'd done plenty more in games the audience didn't see), Vaughn"), but Lou coolly says, "I got a hunch he's due." Ricky proves him right.



* LaserGuidedKarma: After Harris finds himself alone in the the locker room, he notices the rum that Cerrano has poured out for Jobu and, despite an earlier warning that it is very bad to steal Jobu's rum, takes it, toasts Jobu with an insult and then downs it. Upon walking onto the field and mockingly telling Cerrano that Jobu needs a refill, a player practicing hitting the ball loses his grip on the bat mid-swing, sending it sailing through the sky before Harris is hit in the back of the head by the wayward bat and goes down on impact.
* LazyBum: Dorn is apparently still a pretty good hitter (we don't really ''see'' that, but the coaches explicitly say as much). But he's terrible defensively because he's long past caring. He does have an explanation/excuse (he took a ground ball off his face in a previous season, and he's not willing to lose an eye playing for a terrible team), but neither Lou nor Jake are very sympathetic.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: After Harris finds himself alone in the the locker room, he notices the rum that Cerrano has poured out for Jobu and, despite an earlier warning that it is very bad to steal Jobu's rum, takes it, toasts Jobu with an insult and then downs it. Upon walking onto the field and mockingly telling Cerrano that Jobu needs a refill, a player practicing hitting the ball loses his grip on the bat mid-swing, sending it sailing through the sky before Harris is hit in the back of the head by the wayward an accidentally-thrown bat and goes down on impact.
* LazyBum: Dorn is apparently still a pretty good hitter (we don't really ''see'' that, but the coaches explicitly say as much). But he's terrible defensively because he's long past caring. He does have an explanation/excuse reason (he took a ground ball off his face in a previous season, the eye the year before, and he's not willing to lose an eye his sight playing for a terrible team), but neither Lou nor Jake are very sympathetic.



* MysteriousPast: It's never stated where Hayes came from or how he showed up to the Indians' spring training. Touched on by Doyle, who remarks that "we don't know where Hayes played last season."

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* MysteriousPast: It's never stated where Hayes came from or how he showed up to the Indians' spring training. Touched on by Doyle, who remarks that "we don't know where Hayes played last season.year."



-->'''Harry''': He's not the best color man in the business for nothing, folks!

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-->'''Harry''': He's not the best color man in the business league for nothing, folks!



-->'''Jake:''' Ya know Dorn, I liked you so much better when you were just a ballplayer. If you wanna be an interior decorator now that's none of my business. But some of us still need this team. Now you listen to me! This is my last shot at a winner, and for some of the younger guys, it could be their ''only'' shot! I don't know what happened to you. But if you ever, ''ever'' tank another play like you did today, I'm gonna cut your nuts off and stuff 'em down your [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] throat!

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-->'''Jake:''' Ya You know Dorn, I liked you so much better when you were just a ballplayer. If you wanna be an interior decorator now that's none of my business. But some of us still need this team. (Dorn rolls his eyes) Now you listen to me! This is my last shot at a winner, and for some of the younger guys, it could be their ''only'' shot! I don't know what happened to you. But if you ever, ''ever'' tank another play like you did today, I'm gonna cut your nuts off and stuff 'em down your [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] throat!



* ReligiousRussianRoulette: Pedro Cerrano threatens to leave Jobu unless he helps him hit a curveball. Then he does in his last at-bat:
-->"I pissed off now, Jobu. Look, I good to you. I stick up for you. You no help me now...(beat)...I say ''fuck you'', Jobu. I do it myself".

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* ReligiousRussianRoulette: Pedro Cerrano threatens to leave Jobu unless he helps him hit a curveball. Then he does in his last at-bat:
-->"I pissed off now, Jobu. Look, I good to you. I stick up for you. You no help me now...(beat)...I say ''fuck you'', Jobu. I do it myself". (And he does, knocking a curve out of the stadium to tie the game.)



* RousingSpeech: The one Lou gives he gives when he finds out about the SpringtimeForHitler plot (complete with showgirl visual aid).
* RuleOfThree: It takes Vaughn a third attempt at Clu Haywood to get the better of him, and Cerrano's third at-bat in the climactic game to finally solve the Yankees pitcher after striking out twice, hitting the game-tying homer.

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* RousingSpeech: The one Lou gives he gives when he finds out about the SpringtimeForHitler plot (complete with showgirl cutout visual aid).
* RuleOfThree: It takes Vaughn a third attempt at Clu Haywood to get the better of him, and Cerrano's third at-bat in the climactic game to finally solve the Yankees pitcher after striking out twice, hit a curveball, hitting the game-tying homer.



* SpeakOfTheDevil: When Lou is fed up with the "nickel-and-dime" equipment and resources in the clubhouse, he says aloud that he's "gonna get that bitch on the phone"; the camera pan reveals Rachel Phelps already down there, firing back, "You wanted to talk to the bitch?"

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* SpeakOfTheDevil: When Lou is fed up with the "nickel-and-dime" equipment and resources in the clubhouse, he says aloud that he's "gonna get that bitch on the phone"; the camera pan reveals Rachel Phelps already down there, firing back, "You wanted to talk to the bitch?"


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** Also seen on the drummers in the bleachers, as well fans entering the stadium before the final game.


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** Before the final game, Harry Doyle puts out a bunch of ''verbal'' TribalFacePaint:
-->'''Doyle''': "a big Wahoo! welcome... where tonight before a capacity crowd of 75,000 screaming featherheads, the Fighting Braves of the Cuyahoga will leave their teepees..."
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** Dorn is apparently still a very good hitter, but his defense is absolutely terrible (though partially due to apathy, it's not without reason since he got injured earlier in his career). Given such a situation, it's very unlikely that a player like Dorn would be placed at such a key defensive position like Third Base, rather than moved to a position like First Base, Right Field, or Designated Hitter.
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* LazyBum: Dorn is apparently still a pretty good hitter (we don't really ''see'' that, but the coaches explicitly say as much). But he's terrible defensively because he's long past caring. He does have an explanation/excuse (he took a ground ball off his face in a previous season, and he's not willing to lose an eye playing for a terrible team), but neither Lou nor Jake are very sympathetic.
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* SpringtimeForHitler: Rachel's scheme to move the Indians to Miami in the first movie involves putting together a team so bad it drives away fans and causes attendance at the stadium to plummet so much she'll get the team out of it's contract with the city of Cleveland. Of course, the team she creates is ends up becoming so popular that it drives attendance through the roof.

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* SpringtimeForHitler: Rachel's scheme to move the Indians to Miami in the first movie involves putting together a team so bad it drives away fans and causes attendance at the stadium to plummet so much she'll get the team out of it's contract with the city of Cleveland. Of course, the team she creates is ends up becoming so popular that it drives attendance through the roof.

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Power Walk has been renamed to Team Power Walk and only applies to a group walking.


The film was a critical and commercial success, with many of its memorable quotes worming its way into the baseball lexicon ("Juuuust a bit outside!"). Longtime baseball man Creator/BobUecker, an announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers who was also a comedic actor and played the Indians' snarky play-by-play man Harry Doyle, became a truly iconic, humorous figure within the sport thanks in large part to this movie. The Indians' fanbase (along with the rest of Major League Baseball) embraced the film as the best thing to happen to the franchise in decades, and it served as an unintentional precursor to the team's real-life winning ways in the 1990s, even popularizing Rick Vaughn's climactic PowerWalk out of the bullpen into a now-common practice in [=MLB=].

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The film was a critical and commercial success, with many of its memorable quotes worming its way into the baseball lexicon ("Juuuust a bit outside!"). Longtime baseball man Creator/BobUecker, an announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers who was also a comedic actor and played the Indians' snarky play-by-play man Harry Doyle, became a truly iconic, humorous figure within the sport thanks in large part to this movie. The Indians' fanbase (along with the rest of Major League Baseball) embraced the film as the best thing to happen to the franchise in decades, and it served as an unintentional precursor to the team's real-life winning ways in the 1990s, even popularizing Rick Vaughn's climactic PowerWalk stride out of the bullpen into a now-common practice in [=MLB=].



* PowerWalk: Charlie Sheen does an epic ''solo'' power walk near the end of the movie, as his character's theme music plays over the stadium loudspeakers and the crowd goes wild.
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* ShoutOut: One of the sponsors Dorn gets for the Indians is "Emilio's Repo Service", a likely reference to ''Film/RepoMan'' which Sheen's brother, Creator/EmilioEstevez, starred in.

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* TheAllegedCar: Jake's 1972 Chevrolet Impala sedan; it's body had seen better days and the engine sounds pretty worn down as well.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Inside the empty stadium, Taylor imagines himself calling his shot a la Babe Ruth and hitting a home run. He tries this ploy in the climactic game, [[spoiler:although he subverts it by making the shot call a fakeout - he's tricking the fielders into backing up slightly in preparation for a big hit, and are unprepared when he ''bunts'']].

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Inside the empty stadium, Taylor imagines himself calling his shot a la Babe Ruth and hitting a home run. He tries this ploy in the climactic game, [[spoiler:although he subverts it by making the shot call a fakeout - he's tricking the fielders into backing up slightly in preparation for a big hit, and are unprepared when he ''bunts'']].''bunts'']].
** Cerrano sternly warns Harris that taking Jobu's rum will have consequences. Not only does this foreshadow Harris tempting fate, but after Harris swipes the rum and mocks Cerrano, Jobu's theme begins playing.



** When Vaughn hits a cardboard pitching dummy during spring training. ''The dummy collapses in pain''.

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** When Where Vaughn hits a cardboard pitching dummy during spring training. ''The dummy collapses in pain''.


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* LaserGuidedKarma: After Harris finds himself alone in the the locker room, he notices the rum that Cerrano has poured out for Jobu and, despite an earlier warning that it is very bad to steal Jobu's rum, takes it, toasts Jobu with an insult and then downs it. Upon walking onto the field and mockingly telling Cerrano that Jobu needs a refill, a player practicing hitting the ball loses his grip on the bat mid-swing, sending it sailing through the sky before Harris is hit in the back of the head by the wayward bat and goes down on impact.


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* WomanScorned: Suzanne Dorn, wife of Roger. After catching her husband in the background heading upstairs with a random woman on a news report at a hotel loaded with Indians fans, she immediately shuts off the television and hits the town in a very skimpy red dress, zeroing in on the first Indians player she finds, who happens to be Rick Vaughn, and bedding him, not disclosing who she is until the morning after. Next time she sees her husband, she absolutely delights in the fact she has something to tell him.
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** Hayes attempts to create one introducing himself as "I run like Hayes and I hit like Mayes." After a few at bats, Lou replies that he runs like Hayes, but hits like shit.

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** Hayes attempts to create one introducing himself as "I run like Hayes Mayes and I hit like Mayes.Hayes." After a few at bats, Lou replies that he runs like Hayes, Mayes, but hits like shit.
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** Hayes attempts to create one introducing himself as "I run like Hayes and I hit like Mayes." After a few at bats, Lou replies that he runs like Hayes, but hits like shit.

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