History Film / MajorLeague

* HypocriticalHumor: When Cerrano interrupts Harris' locker room prayer, Harris yells out in frustration, "Jesus Christ, Cerrano!" Harris is also reading a Playboy magazine on the airplane while mocking Cerrano's religion.

* SpinningPaper: Well, not spinning, but the worst-to-first montages captured shots from the wins in paper form.

* CrazyEnoughToWork: Taylor signaling to Brown for a squeeze play with Hayes on ''second''. Brown notes that it's "a hell of an idea" and relays it to Coach Temple and Hayes. TruthInTelevision, it's been pulled off before, as seen [[http://m.mlb.com/video/v23645367/toroak-gose-scores-davis-from-second-with-sac-bunt here]] with Toronto's Anthony Gose and Rajai Davis. Taylor's is more impressive, as it's with two outs in the inning, so he has to beat out the throw for Hayes to have a chance to score.

* CerebrusSyndrome: The first film plays the climactic game as straight as can be with minimal attempts at humor, which drives home how important the game is for the cast-offs.

* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: With Taka several times in the third movie.

* Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn (CharlieSheen), a recently released felon with a blazing fastball and control issues (both with his pitching and his temper);

* DisproportionateRetribution: In the third movie, when Anderson hits a game-winning home run instead of laying down a bunt as he was told, he's benched for a 3-game series.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Level-headed team leader Taylor threatening to castrate Dorn if he ever lacks for hustle again. Dorn's prima-donna antics pretty much stop after that.

A 1989 movie about a RagtagBunchOfMisfits. In this case, they're the Cleveland Indians, a baseball team that hadn't made a playoff appearance in over 30 years. No one in Cleveland knew who was on the team, which was a calculated move by Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton), the RichBitch team owner. It's all part of her ploy to get the franchise to fail so badly there won't be any objections to her moving them out of blue-collar Cleveland and into sunny Florida. To this end, she assembles the sorriest bunch of ballplayers she can find. If that sounds unrealistic, keep in mind, this was before either the Miami Marlins or Tampa Bay Rays existed, and seven years before the Cleveland ''Browns'' moved to Baltimore.

** Hayes himself does this in the second movie: after hitting a high pop fly, he runs the bases, gets behind the 2nd baseman, then yells "I GOT IT!", causing him to drop the ball.

* UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}: Phelps chose the Indians based on their mediocrity at the time

** In the first movie, [[TheFundmentalist Harris]] steals "Jobu's" rum and snarls a curse at him. He is promptly hit on the head by a flying bat.

* Eddie Harris (Chelcie Ross), a somewhat preachy and nearly-worn-out veteran pitcher who's been resorting to loading balls with his own snot, Vaseline, and, in his words, anything else he can find.

* Eddie Harris (Chelcie Ross), a somewhat preachy and nearly-worn-out veteran pitcher who's been resorting to loading balls with his own snot (among other things).

* ThisTropeIsBleep: The television edit of the film for TBS and syndication is just as enjoyable as the original, if only because of the silly words (and substitute dubbers who sound nothing like their actor counterparts) replacing the cursing.

* Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernsen), a third baseman who is the epitome of the prima donna, more concerned with his endorsements and contract stipulations than his field play;

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.

A 1989 movie about a RagtagBunchOfMisfits. In this case, they're the Cleveland Indians, a team that hadn't made a playoff appearance in over 30 years. No one in Cleveland knew who was on the team, which was a calculated move by Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton), the RichBitch team owner. It's all part of a ploy to get the franchise to fail so badly it will be moved out of blue-collar Cleveland and into sunny Florida. To this end, she assembles the sorriest bunch of ballplayers she can find. If that sounds unrealistic, keep in mind, this was before either the Miami Marlins or Tampa Bay Rays existed, and seven years before the Cleveland ''Browns'' moved to Baltimore.