Ohio -- Margaret Whitton, who played Cleveland Indians owner Rachel Phelps in the 1989 film "Major League," has died. Whitton died Sunday at her home in Florida from cancer, her husband told the New York Times. She was 67. Major League (9/10) Movie CLIP - We're Contenders Now (1989) HD For the past 25 years, Indians fans have loved to hate Whitton's character in "Major League," a classic sports film that is so cherished in these parts that when Charlie Sheen agreed to appear in character at Game 7 of the World Series it was the lead story on all local newscasts. Whitton played a former Vegas showgirl who tries to sabotage the Indians season so she can move them to Miami. The team, a mishmash of washed-up veterans, unproven players, an ex-con and maybe even a dead guy, defies the odds and starts winning. At one point, after she's turned off the heat and makes them travel in a prop plane, the team is motivated b...
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