"Major League," the 1989 comedy by David S. Ward that documented a rag-tag bunch of fictitious Cleveland Indians, was undoubtedly on heavy rotation in DVD players around the country this weekend.Why? Actor James Gammon, who played the team's gravel-voiced manager Lou Brown, died at age 70 on Friday.
Actor James Gammon, known as manager Lou Brown in "Major League", died on Friday.Most of Brown's memorable lines can't be published here, but the longtime manager of the Toledo Mud Hens and -- of course -- Tire World made simple phrases like "I dunno" "Give 'em the heater" and "Shut up, Dorn!" staples of many a baseball-meets pop culture soundtrack.
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c'mon, Dorn!
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