Baseball Movies

[crgildart]

What's your favorite baseball movie and why?

So many great ones. I'm going with the original Bad News Bears. Watching it right now.

 

[coskigirl]

A League of Their Own.

 

[Bad Bob]

A League of Their Own. Will always hold a special place for me. We lived a few blocks down the road from the ball park in C d' A, ID when they were filming it. They rebuilt the entire facility for the movie. Have watched a few games there.

 

[Uncle-A]

For The Love of the Game, Keven Costner. When ever I am channel surfing and come across it, I stop to watch it. Not only about baseball but also about relationships.

 

[BC.]

Bull Durham....life in the minors...

 

[BC.]

The Natural.....read the book as a kid...really liked the movie/ending of Roy Hobbs playing catch with his son back on the farm....

*RIP Wilford Brimley

 

[BC.]

Field of Dreams....the father/son/daughter relationship of playing catch.

 

[crgildart]

A League of Their Own.

Watched that Friday night. Been awhile, still great!

 

[Philpug]

A League of their Own own for sure. "Put these things on a leash"
Field of Dreams always makes me tear up " If he was such a good friend, he would have told you himself"
The Natural has corn it in that Iowa

What has not been mentioned...Major League..."Juuuust a bit out side. "

 

[chip inderhol]

For The Love of the Game, Keven Costner. When ever I am channel surfing and come across it, I stop to watch it. Not only about baseball but also about relationships.

Yes, Very metaphoric. And anytime you get to hear Vin call a game, it's magic.

 

[dbostedo]

What has not been mentioned...Major League...

Not sure what my favorite is - probably Bull Durham.

But I'll also bring up The Sandlot as a good one... and Moneyball was really good (and I had read the book, which may have colored my view)... and I remember liking Eight Men Out, but haven't seen it in a long, long time.

 

[Jacob]

Can I say the Ken Burns documentary series Baseball? Or, does that not really count as a movie?

 

[scott43]

What has not been mentioned...Major League..."Juuuust a bit out side. "

I wasn't going to mention it... But now that you have and you're American..
What League you play in last?
California penal..

 

[Jim McDonald]

Bull Durham at the top, definitely. Always happy to see any of the others mentioned except Field of Dreams, just not in my strike zone.
A good one not yet mentioned is The Old Rookie with Dennis Quaid.
Pride of the Yankees and '61 are must-see for us Yankee fans (but FFW past the mcgwire crap).

 

[Philpug]

I did enjoy "For the love of the game", I have come to like Justin Timberlake as an actor.

 

[dbostedo]

A good one not yet mentioned is The Old Rookie with Dennis Quaid.

I think it was just called "The Rookie"... but it was about an old rookie.

 

[Jim McDonald]

I gave you the Japanese title

 

[Coach13]

Sandlot for me. I could just always relate to the neighborhood games and all the shenanigans that went on amongst the kids. Field of dreams is a close second. I just liked the concept of the movie and the historical players coming back to play.

 

[graham418]

Not a movie , but a brilliant series - 'Brockmire' Hank Azaria is a play by play announcer. Hilarious

 

[Bad Bob]

Has "Damned Yankees" ever been made into a movie. That fun story, it should be.