Let’s get this straight right away: "Major League II" is a terrible movie. Its score of 5 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, compared with 82 percent for the film it follows, is completely understandable.

Uecker was so popular in the role that he returned five years later to reprise the role in 1994's "Major League 2" (and again in 1998's "Major League: Back to the Minors"). In this scene ...