Major League (1989) Poster

(1989)

Wesley Snipes: Willie Mays Hayes

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  • Lou Brown : [at a team meeting]  Can I have your attention, please?

    [picks up a bat and leans on it like a walking stick] 

    Lou Brown : I have something I think you all ought to know about.It seems that Mrs. Phelps doesn't think too highly of our worth. She put this team together because she thought we'd be bad enough to finish dead last, knocking attendance down to the point where she could move the team to Miami... and get rid of all of us for better personnel.

    Roger Dorn : Even me?

    Lou Brown : Even you, Dorn.

    Eddie Harris : What if we DON'T finish last?

    Lou Brown : She'll REPLACE you with somebody who WILL. After this season, you'll be sent back to the minors or given your outright release.

    Jake Taylor : [Jake stands up]  Well then I guess there's only one thing left to do.

    Roger Dorn : What's that?

    Jake Taylor : Win the whole fucking thing.

    [long pause] 

    Willie Mays Hayes : [Willie stands up]  Yeah.

    Pedro Cerrano : [Pedro pounds his hand]  YES!

    [everyone talks amongst themselves] 

  • Jake Taylor : That's my wife...

    Willie Mays Hayes : Does she know that?

    Jake Taylor : Well, she would've been if I hadn't screwed it up... who's that guy she's with?

    Willie Mays Hayes : I don't know. He's not wearing a nametag.

    Rick Vaughn : Want me to drag him outta here, kick the shit out of him?

  • Heywood : [Hayes has just reached on an infield single]  You really knocked the crap out of that one.

    Willie Mays Hayes : Oh, I plan to get at least a double out of this.

    [shows Heywood his black gloves] 

    Willie Mays Hayes : I bought a hundred of these. One for every base I'm gonna steal. Excuse me while I take my first step toward the Hall of Fame.

    Heywood : My ass.

    Harry Doyle : [Hayes takes his lead off first base]  We don't know where Hayes played last year, but I'm sure he did a hell of a job.

    Heywood : Real hard to steal second with your shoe untied.

    Harry Doyle : [Hayes looks down, then gets thrown out by the pitcher]  Throw to first... Hayes is picked off! Personally, I think we got hosed on that call.

  • [Dressed in tuxedos, every team member, except Willie, stands behind Home Plate and looks at us] 

    Everybody : Hello. Do you know us?

    [Everybody, except Rick, puts on their caps] 

    Everybody : We're a Major League Baseball team.

    Jake Taylor : But since we haven't won a pennant in over 30 years, nobody recognizes us - not even in our own home town.

    Eddie Harris : That's why we carry the American Express card.

    Rick Vaughn : No matter how far out of first we are, it's cool. You know, it keeps us from getting shut out at our favorite hotels and restaurant-type places.

    Pedro Cerrano : [pointing to us]  So if you're looking for some Big-League clout, apply for that little green home-run hitter.

    Roger Dorn : Look what it's done for US. People still DON'T recognize us but...

    [Roger snaps his fingers] 

    Lou Brown : We're contenders now.

    [Also dressed in a tuxedo, Willie slides into home plate and holds up a green credit card] 

    Willie Mays Hayes : The American Express card: Don't steal home without it.

  • Willie Mays Hayes : What the hell league you been playing in?

    Rick Vaughn : California Penal...

    Willie Mays Hayes : Never heard of it. How'd you end up playing there?

    Rick Vaughn : Stole a car.

  • Willie Mays Hayes : [waking up to find himself outside with the others already running]  Shit! I've been cut already?

    [runs in his pajamas along with the two players already being timed] 

    Pepper Leach : Who the hell is that?

    [Hayes overtakes the other 2 players despite their head start. Leach shows his time on the stopwatch to Lou Brown] 

    Lou Brown : Get him a uniform.

  • [the Indians are on a plane during a thunderstorm] 

    Willie Mays Hayes : Call the stewardess, Vaughn. I need one of those bags.

    Rick Vaughn : There aren't any stewardesses.

    Willie Mays Hayes : I wonder if they are any pilots.

  • Heywood : Going somewhere, meat?

    Willie Mays Hayes : About 90 feet.

  • Willie Mays Hayes : [looks over Jake's shoulder and see's him reading]  Moby Dick? What you reading that for?

    Jake Taylor : This happens to be a masterpiece of American Literature.

    Willie Mays Hayes : [chuckles]  Lynn turn you on to that?

    Jake Taylor : Yeah... a long time ago.

    Willie Mays Hayes : Well listen, if we ever get out of here, me and the other guys are going to a club later on tonight. You want to come with us?

    Jake Taylor : [frustrated]  Oh, I can't, I got some reading to do.

    Willie Mays Hayes : [rolls his eyes]  What man, you got a test or something? Jake, man why don't you just go over there and see her. Maybe she'll let you slide on a couple of these.

    Jake Taylor : Well I would if I knew where she lived.

    Willie Mays Hayes : That's easy! Just tail her home from the library.

    Jake Taylor : You mean sit in my car and wait for her to get out of work and then follow her? That's kind of juvenille don't you think?

    Willie Mays Hayes : [ponders it for a split second]  Yeah!

  • [sliding into home plate in a tux] 

    Willie Mays Hayes : The American Express Card. Don't steal home without it.

  • [Introducing himself] 

    Willie Mays Hayes : Willie Mays Hayes. I hit like Mays, and I run like Hayes.

  • Willie Mays Hayes : [to Jake]  Cerrano's looking for some extra power for tonight. He's looking to sacrifice a live chicken. Man, we can't have people puking in the locker room before the game!

  • Willie Mays Hayes : We should've got the live chicken.

  • Lou Brown : Well, you can run like Hays, but you hit like shit. With your speed, you should be hitting the ball on the ground and be legging them out. Everytime I see you hit one in the air, you owe me 20 push-ups.

    Willie Mays Hayes : Hey, no problem!

    [pops a ball up] 

    Willie Mays Hayes : Shit.

    [does push-ups] 

  • Eddie Harris : [looking at Vaughn's new glasses]  Hey, man, they look nice. I had a pair just like them.

    Rick Vaughn : Well, after the game I'm gonna go pick out a pair that's more me.

    Eddie Harris : Good luck.

    Lou Brown : They look good. Besides, seeing is the most important thing, son.

    Willie Mays Hayes : I don't think it's that important.

    Rick Vaughn : [looking back into mirror]  Fuck...

  • Willie Mays Hayes : Don't you guys go anywhere. I plan to put on a hitting display.

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