Corrected entry: Throughout the movie Jake Taylor bats second in the lineup. No sane manager would ever put his 30-something-year-old catcher, with bad knees, in the two hole. Slow base runners tend to hit into a lot of double plays, which would negate Willie Mays Hays' speed advantage at the top of the line-up.
LorgSkyegon
17th May 2004
Major League (1989)
Correction: Mud Hens are never explained where they play. They could be semi-pro, minor league or bush league. They could be an under-15 team. He has no major league experience and didn't seem overly interested to start with. We can assume he doesn't have the best baseball instinct to begin with.
Phelps says the Toledo Mud Hens of the International League, which are Triple-A. Someone who has been in baseball as long as Charlie would certainly know this.
Correction: True, but remember, Lou Brown was working at a tire store before he was the Indians' manager. He isn't exactly Joe Torre.
Rachel Phelps said that Lou Brown had managed the Toledo Mud Hens for the past 30 years.