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  1. theme (genre convention): Moneyball → Major League. Like Major League, Moneyball does not end with winning the World Series.
    “major league famously doesn't end with winning the World Series, but The movie almost doesn't care if you don't get that.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:09:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Major League → Wesley Snipes. There are no shots of Snipes throwing a ball in Major League because it was so bad they couldn't use it.
    “There's like no shots of him throwing a ball in major league because it was so bad they couldn't use it.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:17:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Tom Berenger → Major League. Berenger had the Major League decade and a solid career.
    “He's the major league decade.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:56:19 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage): The Natural → Major League. The 80s baseball movies (The Natural, Field of Dreams, Major League) follow the old-school rags-to-riches arc, Rocky as a baseball team.
    “the natural field of dreams, major league with the old school kind of start to finish, rags to riches, rocky as a baseball team”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:25:37 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  5. programming (programming): The Natural → Major League. Major League and Field of Dreams are the next two Rewatchables.
    “we're going to be doing Major League and Field of Dreams over the next couple weeks.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:46:33 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)