{"id":2192,"date":"2014-04-08T02:49:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T02:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2024-09-08T10:08:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T14:08:17","slug":"beisbol-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/2014\/04\/08\/beisbol-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beisb\u00f2l"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bit behind thanks to our travels and visitors last week. But I have to offer up some MLB predictions.<\/p>\n<p>First, though, I must link to this fine story about the 25th anniversary of <em>Major League<\/em>. It arrived during that brief glut of baseball movies in the late 1980s.<sup id=\"fnref-2192-1\"><a href=\"#fn-2192-1\" rel=\"footnote\">1<\/a><\/sup> You can argue it is the best. I\u2019m more of a <em>Bull Durham<\/em> guy, but <em>Major League<\/em> isn\u2019t far behind.<\/p>\n<p>I did not know this:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>THE ENDING WE KNOW ISN\u2019T THE ORIGINAL ENDING<br \/>\n  There\u2019s an alternate ending to \u201cMajor League\u201d that was actually the film\u2019s original ending, but it tested so poorly, Ward re-wrote it. In the original ending, cheapskate owner Rachel Phelps reveals that she never wanted to move the team to Miami. She actually believed in the team and was playing the villain role to help them rally together. After spending the whole movie hating her, viewers weren\u2019t ready for that swerve. This ending was included in a 2007 DVD re-release of the film, so some people may know the story.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/blogs\/mlb-big-league-stew\/-major-league--turns-25-\u2014-here-are-15-things-you-didn-t-know-about-the-beloved-film-091540571.html\">\u2018Major League\u2019 turns 25 \u2014 here are 15 things you didn&#8217;t know about the movie<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>OK, predictions. As always, half-assed and quarter-considered.<\/p>\n<h3>American League<\/h3>\n<h4>East: Tampa<\/h4>\n<h4>Central: Detroit<\/h4>\n<h4>West: Anaheim<\/h4>\n<h4>Wild Cards: Texas, Oakland<\/h4>\n<h4>Playoffs:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Oakland over Texas<\/li>\n<li>Tampa over Oakland<\/li>\n<li>Detroit over Anaheim<\/li>\n<li>Detroit over Tampa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>National League<\/h3>\n<h4>East: Washington<\/h4>\n<h4>Central: St. Louis<\/h4>\n<h4>West: Los Angeles<\/h4>\n<h4>Wild Cards: San Francisco, Atlanta<\/h4>\n<h4>Playoffs:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>San Francisco over Atlanta<\/li>\n<li>St. Louis over San Francisco<\/li>\n<li>Washington over Los Angeles<\/li>\n<li>St. Louis over Washington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>World Series<\/h3>\n<p>St. Louis over Detroit. Yawn.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City wins 83 games and falls just short of making the playoffs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\n<hr \/>\n<ol>\n<li id=\"fn-2192-1\">\nOthers were <em>Bull Durham<\/em>, <em>Field of Dreams<\/em>, and <em>Eight Men Out<\/em>.&#160;<a href=\"#fnref-2192-1\" rev=\"footnote\">&#8617;<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bit behind thanks to our travels and visitors last week. But I have to offer up some MLB predictions. First, though, I must link to this fine story about the 25th anniversary of Major League. It arrived during that brief glut of baseball movies in the late 1980s.1 You can argue it is the best. I\u2019m more of a Bull Durham guy, but Major League isn\u2019t far behind. I did not know this: THE ENDING WE KNOW ISN\u2019T THE ORIGINAL ENDING There\u2019s an alternate ending to \u201cMajor League\u201d that was actually the film\u2019s original ending, but it tested so poorly, Ward re-wrote it. In the original ending, cheapskate owner Rachel Phelps reveals that she never wanted to move the team to Miami. She actually believed in the team and was playing the villain role to help them rally together. After spending the whole movie hating her, viewers weren\u2019t ready for that swerve. This ending was included in a 2007 DVD re-release of the film, so some people may know the story. \u2018Major League\u2019 turns 25 \u2014 here are 15 things you didn&#8217;t know about the movie OK, predictions. As always, half-assed and quarter-considered. American League East: Tampa Central: Detroit West: Anaheim Wild Cards: Texas, Oakland Playoffs: Oakland over Texas Tampa over Oakland Detroit over Anaheim Detroit over Tampa National League East: Washington Central: St. Louis West: Los Angeles Wild Cards: San Francisco, Atlanta Playoffs: San Francisco over Atlanta St. Louis over San Francisco Washington over Los Angeles St. Louis over Washington World Series St. Louis over Detroit. Yawn. Kansas City wins 83 games and falls just short of making the playoffs. Others were Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, and Eight Men Out.&#160;&#8617;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,76],"class_list":["post-2192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-baseball","tag-mlb"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14315,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192\/revisions\/14315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}