This week, we urged Charlie Sheen to drop his live act and instead just make another 'Major League.'
Well, the actor addressed that very issue during Tuesday night's show in Cleveland and confirmed that 'Major League 3' is still very much part of his post-CBS plan. (Note: Another 'League' film would actually be the fourth installment in the franchise, although Sheen did not take part in 1998's disappointing "Major League: Back to the Minors.")
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It's fitting that Sheen — who came out wearing a Cleveland Indians jersey — discussed this topic in the city that serves as the main setting for both of his "Major League" films. ("Back to the Minors" was set in South Carolina and, in another unfathomable turn of events, involved the Minnesota Twins, not the Cleveland Indians.)
Sheen played relief pitcher Rick Vaughn, a hard-throwing, myopic relief pitcher better known as "Wild Thing." Last year, screenwriter David S. Ward teased that the plot of the sequel would call for Vaughn to come out of retirement to show a younger ballplayer the ropes. Sign us up!
VIDEO: Shaky Camera Captures Sheen in Cleveland
And how was the Cleveland show otherwise, you ask? By all reports — no, we weren't on hand — the concert was his best yet, although that doesn't mean it was an unqualified success.
As you can see in the video above, Sheen smartly used the same interview format he'd trotted out in Chicago on Sunday, and scored big laughs and applause when he touched on familiar themes, such as his drug use, arrests and girlfriends.
When he tried to discuss less-salacious topics, such as his childhood stutter, he lost some of the reported 3,000 fans in the audience. But overall, the show wasn't a trainwreck. Sheen even received a standing ovation at the outset.
"Let me just say this," said a humble Sheen, after he sat down in an onstage chair at the legendary Playhouse Square Center. "That was actually a lot more exciting coming down that aisle in this amazing venue in front of you bitchin' people than it was coming out of the bullpen in the first 'Major League.'"
The positive reviews give his tour some momentum as it heads to the East Coast after Wednesday's stop in Columbus. If he'd only figured out the safer interview format before the Detroit disaster, Sheen might be batting 3-for-3 on the tour. Then again, a .667 average is an outstanding line, especially for a guy who played an American League relief pitcher.