Lost in all the hubbub over the death of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner last week was the fact that another legendary baseball figure also passed away - actor James Gammon, who portrayed Lou Brown, the manager of the Cleveland Indians in the movie "Major League".
Brown was famously managing a tire shop when he got the unsolicited job offer. But instead of leading the Indians to a dead-last finish as hoped by team management, he masterfully melded the talents of Willie "Mays" Hayes, Roger Dorn, Pedro Cerrano and Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn and led them past the Yankees to the AL East title.
The gravelly-voiced actor uttered such unforgettable lines as "Give 'em the heater!" and "We're out of towels!" and will live on in our memories. I haven't seen the edited-for-TV version of Major League playing on USA or TBS lately. Fortunately, I have it taped. You would be wise to avoid the non-edited version due to some other unforgettable lines.
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