FAVORITE BASEBALL MOVIES

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I apologize if this topic has already been discussed ! If not what's your'e favorite. I have several that i return to and still enjoy again and again. The ones on my list are . Bang the drum slowly (DeNiro) The Natural, Bingo Long Traveling All Stars (Pryor, James Earl Jones) The HBO film '"61" Great movie about Rodger Maris and the price he had to pay for beating Ruth's record. And a sentimental favorite of mine, Major League . Being a Tribe fan at the time this came out the Indians were still floundering in a decade of below 500 baseball this is all we had to cheer about,I'm serious! When me and my friends seen this at the theater every body had there Indians gear on and people would go crazy hi five and cheer like it was really happening. A sad and strange event.

[Slaine mac Roth]

Well, I've only seen two films about baseball and my favourite of the two is 'A League of Their Own'. 'Field of Dreams' was OK, but it didn't have Geena Davis in

[Test4VitalSigns]

I'd have to say Bull Durham is my fav baseball movie. The Natural and Eight Men Out are also personal favs...A guilty pleasure is Pride of the Yankees with Gary Cooper....though heavy on the tear-jerker side I immensely liked it for the subject; Lou Gehrig being one of those players from the past I'd wish to of seen play. I would also like to see a remake of this movie for today's audience. An underrated movie is Soul of the Game about the breaking of the colour line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love the Chinese groundskeepers in Major League...."They're still shitty.." Definitely a classic baseball comedy! (Could do without the sequels though)

[GhostGirl]

The Natural, Bull Durham, A League of Their Own , Field of Dreams

[Daylin]

QUOTE (GhostGirl @ May 28 2005, 09:00 AM)

The Natural, Bull Durham, A League of Their Own , Field of Dreams

Same here GG

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QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ May 28 2005, 04:26 AM)

I'd have to say Bull Durham is my fav baseball movie. The Natural and Eight Men Out are also personal favs...A guilty pleasure is Pride of the Yankees with Gary Cooper....though heavy on the tear-jerker side I immensely liked it for the subject; Lou Gehrig being one of those players from the past I'd wish to of seen play. I would also like to see a remake of this movie for today's audience. An underrated movie is Soul of the Game about the breaking of the colour line. I love the Chinese groundskeepers in Major League...."They're still shitty.." Definitely a classic baseball comedy! (Could do without the sequels though)

[Arndrake]

Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, The Natural

 

Funny how Costner has been in so many baseball flics. For Love Of The Game is actually quite good, looking at pitching the perfect game while thinking about the mistakes in your past ie a beautiful relationship gone awry. It makes you wonder what players are really thinking about while they are playing.

 

Damn Yankees, although it is a musical, is a good analysis of the Faust myth. I liked it.

 

I heard The Rookie was really good, but I haven't seen it yet.

 

 

When I was in college, I got to take a course on Baseball in Literature and Film. I was in heaven in that class. We had to read and review two books, one fiction, one nonfiction. So I chose Shoeless Joe and Men At Work. We had to review two films not watched in the class, so I chose A League Of Their Own and For Love Of The Game. We watched films like The Natural (and discussed the change of ending between the book and the movie; in the book, Hobbs strikes out), The Jackie Robinson Story, Damn Yankees, Eight Men Out. Heaven for a baseball fan.

 

If more classes could be geared toward something you love, more people could be college graduates.

[kazzman]

The Fan

[NeilPeartFan2112]

Major League

Field Of Dreams

The Natural

61

Bull Durham

A League Of Their Own

Eight Men Out

 

They're all so good!

[DonnaWanna]

Bad News Bears

Sandlot

[Trance]

QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ May 28 2005, 04:26 AM)

I'd have to say Bull Durham is my fav baseball movie.

My high school psychology teacher was an extra in that movie. There's a scene with the fans dancing and going wild, not sure which part of the movie though. . . but he's in it. He played it for us in slow-mo one day and there he was!

 

 

Love that movie

[spirit of radio]

QUOTE (Trance @ May 28 2005, 11:44 PM)

QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ May 28 2005, 04:26 AM) I'd have to say Bull Durham is my fav baseball movie. My high school psychology teacher was an extra in that movie. There's a scene with the fans dancing and going wild, not sure which part of the movie though. . . but he's in it. He played it for us in slow-mo one day and there he was!     Love that movie I concur...Bull Durham..." you don't need a goddamn Blauplunk, you need a curveball "

[D-13]

"Angels in the Outfield" and my alltime fav...."A League of Their Own"

[NeilPeartFan2112]

QUOTE (D-13 @ May 29 2005, 10:57 PM)

"Angels in the Outfield" and my alltime fav...."A League of Their Own"

Ah yes, Angels In The Outfield is a classic.

[anagramking]

John Goodman was in one about Babe Ruth called The Babe, I think. Also, Tommy Lee Jones played Ty Cobb in Cobb, I think. The Babe was mediocre, Cobb was pretty interesting. Ty Cobb was not a nice guy, that's for sure, and it was captured pretty well in the movie.

 

My personal favorite baseball movie is the Hank Greenberg Story. A must for any true baseball fan. It's got interview footage with old teammates like Charlie Gehringer and Hal Newhouser. Greenberg had to overcome adversity of his own, being Jewish in a largely anti-Semitic environment. One of the interesting stories has Jackie Robinson colliding on the basepaths with Greenberg, and a silence falling over the park. Greenberg helped him up and told him that he was going to do just fine, and that he had been there and knew. Anyway, go rent it.

 

Otherwise, I liked most of the movies mentioned in this thread, though it's been many years since I've seen a lot of them. I've heard that Tom Hanks' character in A League of Their Own is supposed to be based on Jimmie Foxx. I love that signature call by Uecker in Major League.. "Juuuuuuuuusssssstttt a bit outside!!" I loved Bull Durham. Pride of the Yankees was great. How could one not be a Lou Gehrig fan? Seeing the old time players in Field of Dreams was neat. If you build it, they will come.... Gotta see the Natural again. It's been too long. I heard that Bad News Bears is going to be remade, starring Billy Bob Thornton. Should be interesting.

 

 

 

 

[kazzman]

QUOTE (NeilPeartFan2112 @ May 30 2005, 08:48 PM)

QUOTE (D-13 @ May 29 2005, 10:57 PM) "Angels in the Outfield" and my alltime fav...."A League of Their Own"        Ah yes, Angels In The Outfield is a classic. The original or remake?

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QUOTE (anagramking @ May 30 2005, 08:49 PM)

John Goodman was in one about Babe Ruth called The Babe, I think. Also, Tommy Lee Jones played Ty Cobb in Cobb, I think. The Babe was mediocre, Cobb was pretty interesting. Ty Cobb was not a nice guy, that's for sure, and it was captured pretty well in the movie. My personal favorite baseball movie is the Hank Greenberg Story. A must for any true baseball fan. It's got interview footage with old teammates like Charlie Gehringer and Hal Newhouser. Greenberg had to overcome adversity of his own, being Jewish in a largely anti-Semitic environment. One of the interesting stories has Jackie Robinson colliding on the basepaths with Greenberg, and a silence falling over the park. Greenberg helped him up and told him that he was going to do just fine, and that he had been there and knew. Anyway, go rent it. Otherwise, I liked most of the movies mentioned in this thread, though it's been many years since I've seen a lot of them. I've heard that Tom Hanks' character in A League of Their Own is supposed to be based on Jimmie Foxx. I love that signature call by Uecker in Major League.. "Juuuuuuuuusssssstttt a bit outside!!" I loved Bull Durham. Pride of the Yankees was great. How could one not be a Lou Gehrig fan? Seeing the old time players in Field of Dreams was neat. If you build it, they will come.... Gotta see the Natural again. It's been too long. I heard that Bad News Bears is going to be remade, starring Billy Bob Thornton. Should be interesting.

Forgot about Tommy Lee Jones in Cobb add that to my list! The Hank Greenberg story is one I'm going have to rent, A rare hard to find movie i would like to locate is called"The Kid from Cleveland" it came out i believe in 1949 the year after the Indians won world series. Some of the Bowery Boys i think were in this, sappy gosh golly baseball flick of the time.

[rushgoober]

I'm surprised that no one has said this before, but for me Field of Dreams is THE best baseball movie ever, and while there are a lot of other great ones, and I haven't seen every one ever made, I can't imagine one I could possibly love more. Not only is it the best baseball movie, but it will also be in my top ten favorite movie list of all time forever, regardless of subject matter. The way this movie infused the supernatural into it, with great acting and an amazing cast, and more importantly made people who aren't even baseball fans care about baseball is beyond compare. Also, deeply touching and the part at the end when he plays catch (I won't give it away for those who haven't seen it yet) just gets me crying every time - what a perfect f**king movie!