‘Major League’ a hit with mix of antics, believable action

Before Hall of Famers Mariano Rivera and Trevor Hoffman took the mound with this type of fanfare, there was Ricky Vaughn, the fictitious bad-boy pitcher who entered the climactic game of the movie “Major Leagueâ€� with the song “Wild Thingâ€� announcing his presence. “I was listening to the recording of ‘Wild Thing’ – not the original one by the Troggs, but the one by X, and it was such a big sound, it sounded like a thousand people were singing it,â€� said David S. Ward, the movie’s director. “Major Leagueâ€� didn’t invent the idea of an entrance song for a reliever, but the 1989 film was certainly onto something when Vaughn, played by Charlie Sheen, strode to the mound to help the Cleveland Indians out of a jam in the ninth inning against the Yankees.