10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Movie Major League

The 1989 baseball movie Major League featured a half-dozen stars from the 1980s and '90s, and was quite a hit, although its two sequels were nothing to write home about. The Cleveland Indians owner sabotages the team in order to move it to Florida. The mediocre replacement players have to rise to the occasion, so you can see the ending coming a mile away. Those who remember Major League fondly will want to learn some trivia about it.   

5. Charlie Sheen actually took steroids for this role.

He admitted this to Sports Illustrated and said that taking steroids was what allowed him to actually pitch an 85 mile an hour fastball.

4. The MLB salary minimum back then was a little over $60,000 a year.

This was double the average household income so it was a good paycheck for just being the minimum as Jake says it is.

Read more about Major League at TVOM.


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