The Arizona Wildcats' latest in-house video was big-league — and big-time. 

The Wildcats parodied the hit movie "Major League" just in time for Friday's season opener against Eastern Kentucky. As of Wednesday morning, the video had been retweeted (and praised) by Major League Baseball, other national media and countless players. Check it out by clicking below: 

The connection between the real Arizona Wildcats and the movie's Indians: Hi Corbett Field. The Wildcats' home park was the Cleveland Indians' spring training stadium for decades; as such, the facility plays a starring role early in the comedy hit.

The video is the brainchild of UA infielder Sawyer Gieseke, an aspiring filmmaker who got plenty of screen time during last year's College World Series for his karaoke cover of the Goo-Goo Dolls' "Slide."

 You can check out his past work here, and follow him here.  


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