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OK,it's silly and a little dated but its still funny as hell.So many inside jokes and outside for that matter that it ranks up there with north dallas forty as a comedy about sports that you don't have to be a jock to understand.ND40 was much more serious however.In this film we have a rich showgirl who becomes owner of the Cleveland indians a terrible team,and wants them to be worse so she can break her stadium lease and move them to Miami Florida.Now a show girl did own the St Louis Rams in football and won a superbowl with them.There is a baseball team in Miami now and when this film was released in 1989 the Indians were on the rise.So much for reality.This team is made up of has beens,never was's and misfits but they have some talent and finally they have to beat the NY Yanks to win the pennant in a single game playoff.The real ex major league baseball player Bob Uecker plays Harry Doyle,a frustrated radio announcer for the team and became a house name after the films success because of the way he played his role.Much more famous for having been in this film than his own BB career. The film runs 107 minutes and I took only 1 star off because it can be very silly in spots and its a little dated,but all in all a really funny sports film.The cast is standout but I have to single out Wesley Snipes as Willie Mays Hayes.He'll leave you laughing.James Gammon as Lou Brown is the sort of manager you would imagine with such a team.Outstanding.Charlie Sheen,Tom Berenger,Corbin Bernsen,Chelcie Ross and Dennis Haysbert round out the team with Margaret Whitton as "bad girl" team owner and Rene Russo as a love interest round out the major roles in this film.
There are a few real BB players playing yanks,but none are real yanks or even recognizable to me,good luck if you can recognize them. Trailer follows the pix.SEE IT
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