I'll be honest, I'm surprised Brian Wilson is still unsigned. I know he stunk last year (75 ERA+), but he's a Proven Closer™ and the Dodgers are paying his $9.5 million salary, so any team can sign him for the pro-rated portion of the league minimum. I figured some team would take a flier by now, but I guess not.

Anyway, thanks to all this downtime, it appears Wilson has taken up a new hobby: acting. Well, sort of. According to Dave Schilling of Grantland, Wilson recently took part in a live reading of the movie Major League. It was part of the Film Independent Live Read series at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Wilson fittingly played Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn and came to the live read wearing a full Indians uniform. Here are some photos (all via Getty):

Looks like Wilson finally trimmed his beard. Here's more on the live read from Schilling:

As is customary with the Film Independent Live Read series, the casting is often against type or so perfectly on the nose that you can’t help but laugh about it. Former Giants and Dodgers closer Brian Wilson portrayed Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn, mimicking Charlie Sheen’s trademark laconic delivery and even coming to the event in a period-appropriate Indians uniform.

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Since this was a reading of the original screenplay and not a transcript of the finished film, there were subtle differences. Cerrano offers the aforementioned Jobu gin instead of rum. It’s an odd thing to have changed, but rum does seem slightly more exotic and appropriate than gin. Also, the phrase “first division” is used throughout the script to describe the Indians’ goal for the season. While in the film, Lou Brown says “We’re contenders now” during the classic American Express commercial from the second act; the script has him say “We’re in the first division now.”

Among the other celebrities to take part in the reading were Sofía Vergara (as Pedro Cerrano) and Sharon Osbourne (as team owner Rachel Phelps). Schilling also says the live read included the film's alternate ending, in which Moneyball is born.