Major League Movie Analysis

When it comes to movies, there is a saying that “the original is better than the remake and/or the sequel. The Major League trilogy is a perfect example of my opinion of the quote, that in fact the original is better than the sequels. The first Major League movie focuses in on a bunch of goof-off baseball players playing for the Cleveland Indians who were designed to finish so low in the standings, that the owner would move the team to Florida, and with that get rid of all the bad players, and replace them with the best players in the game. Throughout the first part of the movie, you are introduced to the main characters, Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn, who is fresh out the California penal league who has control issues with his pitches. Pedro Cerrano, a Cuban …show more content…
There is Billy “Downtown” Anderson, who is the hot-shot player who found out throughout the movie, that there is more to the game than just hitting home runs. Hog Ellis, who is a pitcher that only has one pitch, the fastball. The other pitcher shown throughout the movie is Doc, who like Hog only has one pitch, but Doc’s pitch is a change up because his fastball speed is only 55mph, which in baseball, almost any batter that is at the plate about to hit the ball, can in fact hit a 55mph fastball. The Buzz also have “Pops”, who was a veteran who was so close to make it to the big leagues. “Pops” and Gus would become friends instantly as they talked about their days and almost “making it to the show”. The only three characters from the original movie that are in Major 3 League are Pedro Cerrano, who was added a veteran presence and his baseball ability. Roger Dorn, who is now the General Manager of the Twins, and the broadcaster of the Buzz, Harry Doyle. It was not mentioned in the movie at all why Harry went to be the broadcaster of the Buzz, after his stint in