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Major League: Back to the Minors

Major League: Back to the Minors

They're just nine players short of a dream team.

19985.01h 40m

Overview

At the behest of Roger Dorn -- the Minnesota Twins' silver-tongued new owner -- washed-up minor league hurler Gus Cantrell steps up to the plate to take over as skipper of the club's hapless farm team. But little does he know that Dorn has an ulterior motive to generate publicity with a grudge match between the big leaguers and their ragtag Triple A affiliate.

Directed by John Warren
Written by John Warren, David S. Ward
Produced by James G. Robinson
Box OfficeBudget: $18.0MRevenue: $3.6M

Top Cast

Scott Bakula

Scott Bakula

Gus Cantrell

Corbin Bernsen

Corbin Bernsen

Roger Dorn

Dennis Haysbert

Dennis Haysbert

Pedro Cerrano

Takaaki Ishibashi

Takaaki Ishibashi

Taka Tanaka

Jensen Daggett

Jensen Daggett

Maggie Reynolds

Eric Bruskotter

Eric Bruskotter

Rube Baker

Walton Goggins

Walton Goggins

Downtown Anderson

Ted McGinley

Ted McGinley

Leonard Huff

Kenny Johnson

Kenny Johnson

Lance Pere

Judson Mills

Judson Mills

Hog Ellis

Themes & Keywords

careersportsbaseballtrainerbaseball battraining

About Major League: Back to the Minors

Major League: Back to the Minors is a comedy film released in 1998 exploring themes of career, sports, baseball, trainer, baseball bat, training. Directed by John Warren, it stars Scott Bakula, Corbin Bernsen, Dennis Haysbert. At the behest of Roger Dorn -- the Minnesota Twins' silver-tongued new owner -- washed-up minor league hurler Gus Cantrell steps up to the plate to take over as skipper of the club's hapless farm team. But little does he know that Dorn has an ulterior motive to generate publicity with a grudge match between the big leaguers and their ragtag Triple A affiliate.

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