Baddest Baseball Movie Villain

1) Rachel Phelps, Major League



Her quest to undermine her own franchise, forsaking the rabid, blue collar Clevelanders to take her talents to South Beach is perhaps only rivaled by the true life tale of Matt Millen's crafty general mismanagement of the Detroit Lions. Her despicable intentions motivated a team and a city to not only compete for championships but to watch her, and her cardboard cutouts to burn in merciless hell.

2) Jack Parkman, Major League 2



The ultimate baseball a-hole. At first, he seems to just be another wily ego thrown into the mix with the Wild Thing, Pedro Cerrano and Willy "Mays" Hayes... but it soon becomes apparent that his attitude and arrogance disrupt the chemistry of the team. Hell, he used two bats... one to dust his cleats, the other to frickin' mash and wore a helmet with no ear flap, ala John Olerud in the field. Did I mention his frickin' shoulder shimmy struck fear into the hearts of pitchers? Parkman is eventually dealt to the rival White Sox for a Chinaman (frick the proper nomenclature) who crashes walls like Wilmer Valderamma does celebrity parties.

To make matters worse, Parkman owns Wild Thing, and routinely crushes "the Terminator" into stratospheres unknown. Of course, in a double-bit of bad assery, Willie Mays Hayes (now played by Omar Epps because Wesley Snipes was "too big for Major League", I suppose), returning to his speed roots, outfoxes Parkman at the plate with an epic leap over, crawl back and tag home "slide" ("Don't stand on the tracks when the train is coming through."). And then Vaughn polishes him off to send the hapless Indians to the World Series.

3) Inner Demons/Love/Old Age, For Love of the Game



Billy Chapel battled these beasts en route to a perfect game. This is more an internal than external foe, and probably ranks lower than the rest.

4) Alejandro "Butch" Heddo, Rookie of the Year



What a tenacious little cock devil this tool was. After roping a homer deep off the lovable handicapped Henry Rowengartner (seriously, who picks on the handicapped?), he mocks and taunts his way around the bases. Later, in a bit of sheerly poor baseball luck, Henry trips and snaps the magic right out of his arm. Bye bye 100 mph fastball, hello palm-down floater to strike out Heddo (and what a bitch he is to strike out on 3 slow pitches).

5) Roy Turner, Bad News Bears



The slimy, hard-driving little league coach is not too unlike many parents today. Maybe Turner isn't the real villain though, because Bad News Bears may be the first real shred of evidence of the pussification of America... teaching children that trophies and victory aren't as important as "trying hard."

Awww frick that, Walter Mathau drinking brew, insulting kids and just generally moping is pure gold. That rotten frick Turner had no respect for the game of baseball, and that may make him the greatest villain of them all.

6) The Beast, Sandlot



This ball thieving, human-eating monster has a reputation that far outlasts his character. Whole horror stories are devoted to his lore. When he captures the famed "Baby Ruth" ball, he becomes the ultimate baseball villain (and perhaps the only thing that can catch Benny "the Jet" Rodriguez).

Of course, he turns out to be meek as shite, and therefore lacking any real punch as best baseball villain.



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