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re: Best film about Baseball IYO (non-children's film)

Posted on 3/13/17 at 9:15 am to
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
36039 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 9:15 am to
quote:

Best film about Baseball IYO


Gotta' be Twilight.

Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 9:19 am to
quote:

Gotta' be Twilight.


Also no love for Summer Catch:

































































































Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
56317 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 9:46 am to
quote:

Long Gone
I'd forgotten about that one. Great movie, a Bull Durham before Bull Durham.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51270 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 9:48 am to
quote:

Followed by Rookie of the year.


I don't get the love for this movie. It is just so bad.
Posted by VinegarStrokes
Georgia
Member since Oct 2015
13295 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 9:56 am to
In no particular order, some of my favorites (other than the top one, which is my favorite)

Eight Men Out
Soul of the Game
61*
The Sandlot
Major League
A League of Their Own
Bad News Bears
Mr. Baseball

I left out Rookie of the Year and Little Big League since the OP stated non-childrens movies. I don't really consider The Sandlot and Bad News Bears to be childrens movies even though they primarily have children in the casts.
Posted by LanierSpots
Sarasota, Florida
Member since Sep 2010
61635 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 10:04 am to
No love for The Babe



Posted by Kill Switch
Miamisburg, OH
Member since Sep 2010
2387 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 10:10 am to
Field of Dreams
The Rookie
Trouble With the Curve
Sandlot
Hardball
Posted by Erin Go Bragh
Beyond the Pale
Member since Dec 2007
14916 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 10:14 am to
I'm a sucker for the older baseball movies like:

The Pride of the Yankees

It Happens Every Spring - My favorite

The Stratton Story


Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
22898 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 10:15 am to
The Natural or The Sandlot
Posted by jeff5891
Member since Aug 2011
15761 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 10:20 am to
quote:

Ray, people will come, Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway, not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. "Of course, we won't mind if you have a look around," you'll say. "It's only twenty dollars per person." They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it; for it is money they have and peace they lack

And they'll walk out to the bleachers, and sit in shirt-sleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game, and it'll be as if they'd dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick, they'll have to brush them away from their faces.

People will come, Ray.

The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again. Ohhhhhhhh, people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
36039 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 10:25 am to
My problem with The Natural...

One of the biggest moments in baseball history, and this lady is blocking my view.

"HEY LADY! SIT DOWN! WE'RE TRYING TO WATCH THE GAME HERE!"

Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81620 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 10:39 am to
quote:

The Natural and Field of Dreams.


Add For The Love of the Game for me.
Posted by Loungefly85
Lafayette
Member since Jul 2016
7930 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 11:32 am to
8 Men Out is up there.

Also Cobb with Tommy Lee Jones.
Posted by LSUDAN1
Member since Oct 2010
8962 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 1:10 pm to
The Natural
Eight Men Out
Sandlot
Original Bad News Bears
Posted by jb4
Member since Apr 2013
12654 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 1:24 pm to
Summer catch was a rip off of good will hunting
Posted by BlackAdam
Member since Jan 2016
6450 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 1:31 pm to
Where does Little Big League stack up?
Posted by Lord_Ford
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2016
3998 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 1:46 pm to
Benchwarmers
Posted by TigerLunatik
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2005
93674 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 2:38 pm to
Benchwarmers is hysterical. There must steroids in Mac and cheese.
Posted by Warfarer
Dothan, AL
Member since May 2010
12125 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 2:58 pm to
quote:

Was watching Major League and forgot how much I enjoy this film. Tom Berenger was great, underrated actor IMO. (love his war films)



Major League is way up there. Might be the most enjoyable and Major League 2 was still a fun watch.

Best baseball movie in my opinion though is the Natural. Roy hobbs is the man.

Other damn good ones would be Sandlot, Bull Durham, League of Their Own, and Bad News Bears.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
65881 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 3:34 pm to
A League of Their Own
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