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The original ending of Major League

Posted on 4/22/21 at 10:35 pm
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Posted on 4/22/21 at 10:35 pm
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It’s pretty dumb but also jarring
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
116167 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 10:39 pm to
That’s way too much exposition for the ending of a movie. It comes off like the main character of a procedural drama wrapping up a show at the end of an episode
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
61475 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 10:39 pm to
Makes sense when you think about the fact that if she really wanted to lose she always could have just traded away the guys who were playing well and brought up scrubs from the minors.
Posted by SECSolomonGrundy
Slaughter Swamp
Member since Jun 2012
18324 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 10:47 pm to
I just need a version where it shows her tits on that life-size cutout.
Posted by Lakefront-Tiger
Da Lakefront
Member since Nov 2004
6088 posts
Posted on 4/23/21 at 7:23 am to
I like it
Posted by CrazyTigerFan
Member since Nov 2003
3624 posts
Posted on 4/23/21 at 7:48 am to
This deleted scene does address why she wouldn't just send players down to the minors to further try and tank the team. But it also opens the rather large problem that if she was such a big fan of the team and also such an extraordinarily gifted talent scout then why the hell did she sit back for years and let her dying husband run the team into bankruptcy and shittiness to begin with? That would have been stupid.
Posted by Spelt it rong
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
10919 posts
Posted on 4/23/21 at 9:27 am to
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But it also opens the rather large problem that if she was such a big fan of the team and also such an extraordinarily gifted talent scout then why the hell did she sit back for years and let her dying husband run the team into bankruptcy and shittiness to begin with? That would have been stupid.

Because who the frick would have listened to the wife of the owner?
Posted by Brummy
Central, LA
Member since Oct 2009
4670 posts
Posted on 4/23/21 at 9:46 am to
I'm assuming by her saying "Go get em tonight" that this would have been before the final game against the Yankees? It would have killed all the tension for the final game. There's no consequences for losing except that the season is over. Glad that was left out.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
156577 posts
Posted on 4/23/21 at 9:51 am to
Yeah that would've been a terrible ending. She was a great villain in the movie, and turning her at the end would've felt cheap and stupid.
Posted by indianswim
Plano, TX
Member since Jan 2010
22112 posts
Posted on 4/23/21 at 9:57 am to
This scene would have undone several classic scenes from the movie. The best being in the final game, Vaughn comes out of the bullpen, and Wild Thing starts blaring.

Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
38431 posts
Posted on 4/23/21 at 10:06 am to
That looks like an audition tape.
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
32719 posts
Posted on 4/23/21 at 10:11 am to
Glad they didn't use this. Margaret Whitton (RIP) nailed the villainousness of the role.
Posted by truthbetold
Member since Aug 2008
7637 posts
Posted on 4/23/21 at 10:17 am to
I think I both like the scene but also am glad they didn't keep it.
Posted by CrazyTigerFan
Member since Nov 2003
3624 posts
Posted on 4/23/21 at 1:28 pm to
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Because who the frick would have listened to the wife of the owner?
You mean other than every player or coach who she would have been duping into doing what she wanted? The character would have been fundamentally changed if this scene was in the movie. If she was a super-smart manipulator trying to build a winning team on a budget instead of just a gold-digging ex-model trying to move the team, she could have just manipulated her husband into not sucking as an owner before running the team into near bankruptcy.
This post was edited on 4/23/21 at 1:30 pm
Posted by Geauxlden Eagle
125 miles W. of God's Country
Member since Feb 2013
2020 posts
Posted on 4/23/21 at 3:50 pm to
Liked her much better as the Evil Bitch
Posted by SUB
Silver Tier TD Premium
Member since Jan 2009
25525 posts
Posted on 4/23/21 at 5:56 pm to
Makes sense why they didn't include it. She's not supposed to be likeable. Having her character do a 180 at the end is stupid.
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