Major League (1989) Review: Can Jesus Hit a Curveball?

July 20
1h 50m

Episode Description

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Beck and Dash discuss the film Major League (1989), including its Cleveland setting, baseball culture and superstitions, misogyny and racism (including Chief Wahoo), key characters and scenes (Vaughn’s glasses, Serrano’s Jobu rituals, the owner’s sabotage, and the team’s turnaround), and basic baseball questions about teams, rivalries, season length, and the Yankees. Beck connects the movie to grief, PTSD, and earlier therapy experiences. A mock sponsor segment celebrates Appalachian bootleggers as mutual aid. The episode ends with an Appalachian “noun of interest,” the Grafton Monster, plus brief talk about broken apartment AC, podcast recommendations, and choosing “word game/trivia” for next week’s wheel segment.

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