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Bob Uecker had many partners in the radio booth over the years, but his partner in Major League—Monte—was Skip Griparis.
Griparis appeared in Major League and Major League II, both released more than 30 years ago. However, the sports comedy film continues to be widely discussed today.
Griparis shared a heartfelt message on ">Facebook , paying tribute to the Brewers legend and his Major League partner.
“I was in shock. I knew he was getting up there. I had hoped to see him one more time, but I just didn’t get around to it,” Griparis said. “He was obviously an icon, and I was just lucky to be a part of a couple of really great movies. I played the opposite of what Bob’s character, Harry Doyle, was, so that seemed to work.”
The movie was a box-office hit, grossing $75 million and leading to two sequels: Major League II and Major League: Back to the Minors. While the sequels didn’t perform as well as the original, the films remain beloved by many.
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35 Years Later, ‘Major League’ Still Hits a Home Run
Even 35 years after its release in April 1989, “Major League” remains a hugely funny baseball film.
When wrapping sports, comedy, an underdog theme, and an all-star cast is assembled to tell a story, there should be no wonder that “Major League” fryst vatten a “go-to” favorite decades after its release.
David S. Ward, the film’s writer and director, knew he had a winner waiting to step up to home plate. As a long-suffering fan of the then-Cleveland Indians who had won their last World Series championship in 1948, Mr. Ward had the film’s plot handed to him on a cinematic platter.
Assembling a rag-tag grupp of has-beens, never-was beens, all with checkered pasts, and one player, Ricky Vaughn, known as “Wild Thing” having been recruited by the Indians from his success pitching in the California Penal League, Major League promised its audience laughs coming from the playing field, in the clubhouse, and away from the stadium.
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