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Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)

Actors: Gary Barber (producer), James G. Robinson (producer), Tim Ware (actor), Ted McGinley (actor), Gary Weeks (actor), Alex Van (actor), Scott Bakula (actor), Joel Thingvall (actor), Corbin Bernsen (actor), J. Don Ferguson (actor), Paul Cram (actor), Walton Goggins (actor), Dennis Haysbert (actor), Lynnanne Zager (miscellaneous crew), Robert Folk (composer),

Plot: Aging minor league pitcher Gus Cantrell is planning to retire, but then Roger recruits Gus to be the manager of the South Carolina Buzz, the Twins AAA minor league team. Gus's mission is to make a real team out of a bunch of players who include ballet dancer turned ballplayer Lance "Lance the Dance" Pere, Frank "Pops" Morgan, Rube Baker, Taka Tanaka, Pedro Cerrano, Hog Ellis, home run hitter Billy "Downtown" Anderson, and Carlton "Doc" Windgate, who throws the slowest fastball in professional baseball. Gus ends up clashing with Leonard Huff, the snobby, arrogant manager of the twins. One night in Minnestoa, Gus and his girlfriend Maggie Reynolds are having dinner with Roger and Huff at an expensive-looking restaurant, where Huff challenges Gus to a game between the Buzz and the Twins, then Huff starts a fight with Gus, who accepts the challenge. The game is scheduled to take place at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minnesota. The Twins take a 3-0 lead in the 6th inning, but Billy hits a home run that ties the game at 3-3 in the 8th inning, but in the top of the 9th inning, with two outs, while the Twins are up to bat, and Doc is one strike away from striking out bullying home run hitter Carlos Liston, Huff has the stadium's lights turned off so the game can end with a tie rather than give the Buzz a chance to win in the bottom of the 9th, and the media says that the Twins were still outplayed by the Buzz. Huff now wants to bring Billy up to the Twins, even though Billy is not yet ready to go up to the Twins. Billy jumps on the opportunity and turns his back on Gus. Without Billy, the Buzz start losing again. With the Twins, Billy starts hitting poorly, proving Huff wrong about Billy. Gus manages to get the Buzz back on track, and Billy is sent back down to the Buzz, where Gus teaches Billy how to hit for a higher batting average. Gus leads the Buzz to a division title in their league, then Gus issues a challenge for Huff to bring the Twins to Buzz stadium for another game. The way Gus has issued the challenge, if the Twins win, he'll give his salary for the year to Huff, and if Gus and the Buzz beat the Twins, Gus can take over as the manager of the Twins. Huff accepts the challenge and takes the Twins to South Carolina to play against the Buzz. This time, the Buzz are determined to complete the game and beat the Twins.

Keywords: baseball, baseball-movie, sequel, sports-team, third-part
Genres: Comedy, Sport,
Taglines: They're Just Nine Players Short of a Dream Team

Quotes:

[Gus Cantrell is gaining consciousness after being knocked out with the ball]::Gus Cantrell: God?::Pedro Cerrano: No.::Gus Cantrell: Moses?::Pedro Cerrano: No, but you're getting warm.::Gus Cantrell: Cerrano.::Pedro Cerrano: [chuckles] Hello, Gus.::Gus Cantrell: [laughs, then grabs the back of his head in pain] Oh, Jesus Christ.::Pedro Cerrano: Be careful, now.::Gus Cantrell: You scared me to death!::Pedro Cerrano: Do you mean when you realized God is black?::Gus Cantrell: Yeah... I thought She was white.::Pedro Cerrano: [laughs]::Gus Cantrell: I must've been out a long time if it's Halloween already.::Pedro Cerrano: What's your point?

Hog Ellis: Hold it right there! This here is a hundred mile hour fast ball. One of the best pitches known to man today. If it were to hit you, it would've knocked your head clean off. I can always miss, but I've been playing pretty good today, so you gotta ask yourself one question.::Carlos Liston: Do I feel lucky?::Hog Ellis: Well, do you Carlos?

Carlos Liston: Thou shalt not make fun of Carlos Liston or thou will get their asses whipped.

Doc: Skip, can I talk to you?::Gus Cantrell: Sure, whats up Doc?

Harry Doyle: And here's Cerrano, returning to baseball after taking some time off to search for... whatever the hell it was he lost. Maybe his mind!

Gus Cantrell: God... if You can hear me, *please*... send me *one* real baseball player. That's all I ask. And if you can't grant me that then... well... you might as well just strike me dead right here and now.::[he gets hit with the baseball]

Taka Tanaka: Family bicker. Customers complain. Everyone blames Taka. Have no... peace of brain.

Gus Cantrell: [looks ahead after reading the newspaper on the bus] Oh, my... Cerrano?::Pedro Cerrano: Yo?::Gus Cantrell: Cerrano!::Pedro Cerrano: [approaches Gus] Si, Gus, what?::Gus Cantrell: [points at sign ahead] Is that who I think it is?::Pedro Cerrano: [the sign is for Taka's Putt-Putt] Jesus Christo. Tanaka!

[after accidentally-on-purpose spilling a soft drink on the Minnesota announcer]::Harry Doyle: Oh, I'm so sorry. Here, here's a twenty. Go get yourself another suit.

Gus Cantrell: Pops, I got something for you.::[hands Pops a package]::Frank 'Pops' Morgan: [opens package] This is a first baseman's glove.::Gus Cantrell: That's funny, that's what the guy in the sporting goods store said it was.::Frank 'Pops' Morgan: I'm not a first baseman. I'm an outfielder. I been an outfielder my whole life.::Gus Cantrell: Look, Pops, I think it might be better for the team...::Frank 'Pops' Morgan: Wait. Hold on, now. I've been around a long time. Don't give me the best for the team speech. Give it to me straight.::Gus Cantrell: You're too old, you're too fat, you're too slow. Straight enough?::Frank 'Pops' Morgan: Yeah, yeah, that'll do it.::Gus Cantrell: But I like your bat and I need a leader on the field and I think you're my man. What do you say? You wanna give first base a try?::Frank 'Pops' Morgan: Well, you know, whatever's best for the team.