Major League was released in 1989 and is rated R, mostly for salty language, which fits well with the comedy. So the tv-edited version is best for kids - but don't cheat yourself with 50 commercial interruptions and the edits. It is highly quotable. Just seeing the photo of Charlie Sheen is a reminder of what he said and did. Any one of these characters was worth the price of admission. The Japanese Academy nominated it for the 1990 Best Foreign Language Film!