Filed under: Cleveland Indians, Jake Taylor, Major League, Roger Dorn, Topps | Tags: 1989 topps, 2014 topps Archives, Topps
Holy. Shit.
Real card-maker Topps is making real Major League cards with real licensing from Paramount and the real 1989 Topps card design in a set coming out next year.
Beckett Media’s Chris Olds has the story.
He’s a bit obsessed about Major League and so am I.
— Lou Brown
Filed under: Harry Doyle, Jobu, Major League, Major League II, Major League: Back to the Minors, Pedro Cerrano, Roger Dorn | Tags: Cleveland Indians, Corbin Bernsen, Dorn, Harry Doyle, Indians, Lou Brown, Major League, Major League II, Major League movie, Major League: Back to the Minors, Pedro Cerrano, Roger Dorn
Roger Dorn poses with Indians fans before the game. (Image courtesy of http://twitter.com/tribetalk)
Roger Dorn threw out the first pitch today in Cleveland, which also happens to be the 12th anniversary of Major League: Back To The Minors‘ theatrical release.
Harry Doyle said his pitch was juuuuuuust a bit outside, but personally I think his vision is getting bad.
It’s worth noting that Dorn is one of only four Major Leaguers to appear in all three films — him, coach Duke Temple, Pedro Cerrano and Doyle.
— Lou Brown
Filed under: Duke Temple, Jake Taylor, Lou Brown, Major League, Pedro Cerrano, Pepper Leach, Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn, Roger Dorn, Willie Mays Hayes | Tags: Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Indians memorabilia, Duke Temple, indians major league movie, Jake Taylor, Jobu, Lou Brown, Major League, Pedro Cerrano, People Magazine, Pepper Leach, Ricky Vaughn, Roger Dorn, Sports Illustrated, Wild Thing, Willie Mays Hayes
For all of the things I saved through the years, I never did latch onto copies of People and Sports Illustrated where my guys appeared on the covers.
“Wild Thing” appeared on the Sept. 18, 1988, cover of People, while several of us appeared on a SI cover that fall, too.
Have one? E-mail me…
– Lou Brown
Filed under: "That bitch" Rachel Phelps, Baseball cards, Billy "Downtown" Anderson, Duke Temple, Gus Cantrell, Harry Doyle, Hog Ellis, Isuro "Taka" Tanaka, Juan Lopez, Major League: Back to the Minors, Pedro Cerrano, Pops Morgan, Roger Dorn, Rube Baker, Tanaka | Tags: baseball, Baseball movies, Corbin Bernsen, Dennis Haysbert, Gus Cantrell, Harry Doyle, indians major league movie, Jobu, Major League, Major League: Back to the Minors, MiLB, MLB, Pedro Cerrano, Roger Dorn, Scott Bakula
The off-season is like watching Major League: Back To The Minors — you just can’t wait for it to end.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not the worst baseball movie I have ever seen — even if it takes the Major League name created by my boys, my Cleveland Indians, and stomps it into the ground complete with a bee sting in the ass.
From the mascot? We could only be so lucky — that’s one big bee. (And he’s got an attitude as you can see at left.)
It’s worth watching once, OK maybe twice, just so you can get the full impact of computer-generated baseballs — from the pitcher’s hand to the plate and off the bat and into the outfield — along with Ted McGinley.
The Ted McGinley.
(Can’t hate Scott Bakula, err Gus Cantrell … he’s all this movie’s got.)
If it had nothing to do with the Major League franchise, then some of the players might be acceptable, funny, characters. But what they did to Pedro Cerrano once again?
And how did Roger Dorn find all that money to buy the Minnesota Twins when “that bitch” Rachel Phelps took him to the cleaners when he owned the Tribe? And when did Harry Doyle lose his job in Cleveland?
Painful.
But at least there are baseball cards.
See them all below.
Filed under: Major League II, Roger Dorn | Tags: autographs, baseball memorabilia, Baseball movies, Corbin Bernsen, indians major league movie, Major League, Major League II, Roger Dorn
Lou Brown has been known to pick up an autograph or two — call them mementos of my team — but I’m not sure if this one (sold on eBay from JG Autographs Inc.) will join the ol’ collection.
It’s not because I already own three Corbin Bernsen-signed … err Roger Dorn … items.
And it’s not because I don’t dislike the idea of inscriptions from the film — or that this one’s a tad overwhelming.
It’s just that I do believe in calisthenics.
Filed under: Baseball cards, Chicago White Sox, Jack Parkman, Jake Taylor, Major League II, Pedro Cerrano, Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn, Roger Dorn, Tanaka, Upper Deck, Willie Mays Hayes | Tags: 1990 Upper Deck, Baseball cards, Charlie Sheen, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Corbin Bernsen, David Keith, Dennis Haysbert, indians major league movie, Jack Parkman, Jake Taylor, Jobu, Major League II, Omar Epps, Pedro Cerrano, Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn, Roger Dorn, Tanaka, Tom Berenger, Upper Deck, Willie Mays Hayes
Hot off the heels of yesterday’s landmark — some might say exclusive (but it’s much, much bigger than that) — find, we have gotten our hands on the cards that were intended to be in the 1990 Upper Deck baseball set.
These feature the stars of Major League II — a few guys you have heard of and, based on the box office attendance, some guys you haven’t.
(We won’t mention that the sequel came in 1994 — Major League II documents my squad’s second pennant-winning season, which is firmly 1989.)
— Lou Brown
See the rest of the “missing” 1990 cards after the jump.
Filed under: "That bitch" Rachel Phelps, Baseball cards, Charlie Donovan, Clew Haywood, Eddie Harris, Harry Doyle, Jake Taylor, Lou Brown, Mike Rexman, New York Yankees, Oakland A's, Pedro Cerrano, Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn, Roger Dorn, Upper Deck, Willie Mays Hayes | Tags: 1989 Upper Deck, baseball card, Baseball cards, Baseball movies, Bob Uecker, Charlie Donovan, Charlie Sheen, Cleveland Indians, Clew Haywood, Corbin Bernsen, Dennis Haysbert, Duke Temple, Eddie Harris, Harry Doyle, indians major league movie, Jake Taylor, Jobu, Major League, Mike Rexman, New York Yankees, Oakland A's, Pedro Cerrano, Pepper Leach, Rachel Phelps, Ricky Vaughn, Roger Dorn, Tom Berenger, Upper Deck, Wesley Snipes, Willie Mays Hayes
We’ve done some nosing around and have found this exclusive first look world premiere scoop of all scoops — the 14 cards pulled at the last second from the 1989 Upper Deck baseball card set. (Including a card of yours truly, Lou Brown.)
You see, Upper Deck had better things to do in 1989 than include a real Star Rookie named Ricky Vaughn in its inaugural baseball card set. (They instead opted for some bum named Ken Griffey Jr. for card No. 1.)
And they made some other last-second changes to the set — opting to not include managers, bench coaches, announcers and even some Major Leaguers in the 700-card first series.
My team was very, very disappointed. However, after 20 years these “missing” cards have been discovered and can only be found here on my blog.
— Lou Brown
See all of the cards after the jump.
Filed under: Baseball cards, Donruss, Meet the team, Roger Dorn | Tags: 1989 Donruss, baseball, Baseball cards, Baseball movies, Cleveland Indians, Corbin Bernsen, Donruss, indians major league movie, Lou Brown, Major League, MLB, Roger Dorn
Roger Dorn.
I never really liked that guy — probably because his car cost more than I made in my last five seasons managing the 
Toledo Mud Hens combined.
Then, again, I did manage to get him a good deal on some whitewalls at Tire World. After that — and our pennant — he gave me a Rolex, so I can’t complain.
Once he got over my stance on calisthenics, and stopped acting like he was centerstage in the Playa Tijuana bullfighting stadium, he became quite a spark for my team. For some reason, he also seemed to listen to Jake Taylor a little more as the season progressed. And he always seemed to light a fire under Ricky Vaughn, too.
He’s good with his investments, so I’m sure he’s rebounded quite well from his short-lived stint as the Indians owner.
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