<P> The film was notable for featuring several actors who would go on to stardom: Snipes and Russo were relative unknowns before the movie was released, while Haysbert remained best known as Pedro Cerrano until he portrayed US President David Palmer on the television series 24 . The longshoreman who is occasionally seen commenting and is shown in the final celebration inside a bar is Neil Flynn, who later achieved fame playing the Janitor in Scrubs . This is Flynn's first credited movie role . </P> <P> The film also featured former Major League players, including 1982 American League Cy Young Award winner Pete Vuckovich as Yankees first baseman Clu Haywood, former Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Willie Mueller as the Yankees pitcher Duke Simpson, known as "The Duke", and former Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Steve Yeager as third - base coach Duke Temple . Former catcher and longtime Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker played the Indians' broadcaster Harry Doyle . The names of several crewmembers were also used for peripheral players . </P> <P> Sheen himself was a pitcher on his high school's baseball team . At the time of filming Major League, his own fastball topped out at 85 miles per hour . (In 2011, Sheen said that he had used steroids for nearly two months to improve his athletic abilities in the film .) </P> <P> The film debuted at No. 1 at the box office . The movie had a mostly positive reception . It has an 82% "fresh" rating on review website Rotten Tomatoes based on 38 reviews, with trade magazine Variety calling it "sheer crowd pleasing fun". </P>

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