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Major league is minor league Bull Durham clone by Chuck Vinch Suff writer in n world when there supposedly ire pc w in a luus Here s one you Bank on when someone tomes up Wilh n great original movie i loll Wood s clone meisters will c rank out numerous Pale imitations almost immediately. A Case in Point is major league which rides the Coal Lails of last year s Bull durum so blatantly that writer director David Ward should be sued for plagiarism. The Story centers on the Cleveland indians the american league s perennial patsies. Their lovable longtime owner has just died and left the team to his Lashy upscale wife Margaret Whitton who played Michael. Pox s aunt in the secret of my Success. There Aren t enough of her kind of people the country club set in Cleveland so she conspires to exercise .1 clause in the City s stadium lease that would let her move the team to Miami if attendance Falls Low enough. To accomplish that she assembles a roster of has begins never cases and never will bus. Jut these Guys refuse to play Down to i Peu Lions and unexpectedly make a run for the division Crown led by aging Catcher Ake Taylor torn Hen liner and i k wild i Hing Vaughn Charlie Shornin a Sci Ulric Fla Mellower who can t find Llie late. Think about it losers overcoming All Odds on the Road to Victory Over the Hill Catcher wacko pile her. Is hat the Bull Durham scenario or what Cven so there Are things to like about major league. In the Early going it s the Vaughn for example is a pos Punk car thief whose last Slop before Cleveland was the California penal there s also Wesley Snipes As Willie Mays Hayes and Dennis Haysbert As Pedro Cerrano who has a voodoo shrine in his locker. And there s Corbin Bernsen of to s la. Law As an infielder who cares More about his Slock portfolio than ground balls. Bob Uecker of Licor commercial Fame has a great Cameo role As the team s Long suffering radio announcer. The ending when the boys take on Llie new York Yankees in a playoff for the title also is Strong if formulaic. It s hard not to get caught up in the fun w Hen Sheen strides in from the Hulljr a in Pilch the ninth inning. If you be Ever wondered what 70,000 people singing the 60s cult hit wild Hung would sound like Here s your Chance. But the hour or so Between the beginning and end Are like a fastball without any zip. The film just does t go anywhere and it in t helped by a hopelessly lame subplot involving Berenger and his sex wife Kene Kusso. If you think such retread efforts As Crocodile Dundee hand Kocky Ivam Cinema Art you la probably bomb me for not liking major league. It has a few Good moments but the Bottom line Mill is that it s a shameless rip off. Bull Durham was n major league Story Sel in the minors. Major league is just the opposite. I m giving it Only two stars. 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