Beckster24 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I will have to check those out, I'm sure they would be available to buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroEric Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Rookie Of The Year was pretty good I guess. I hated The Sandlot, half of the movie has nothing to do with baseball. But that's sort of the point. That's the reason I prefer baseball movies to football movies, or hockey movies, or virtually any other kind of sports movie. There's something about the game of baseball that encourages filmmakers to dig beneath the "do we win or lose" surface into subject matter that gives us a deeper glimpse of humanity. Did anyone say Bingo Long and his Travelling All-Stars? --Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred13 Posted August 13, 2006 Author Share Posted August 13, 2006 What about hardball. I forgot to include it in my list but remembered because its on right now on TNT. lol. Thanks for all the input guys. One of the reasons I started this was that I could find out some movies I havnt seen and hunt them down and watch them. Thanks Again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyMcM93 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 *61 Angels In The Outfield (the one with Danny Glover) The Babe The Bad News Bears (original) Bang The Drum Slowly The Benchwarmers Bull Durham Cobb Eight Men Out Fever Pitch Field Of Dreams (this is the best baseball movie of all-time) Game 6 Hustle The Jackie Robinson Story A League Of Their Own Major League Mickey (with Harry Connick Jr.) Mr. 3000 The Natural The Rookie The Sandlot Not all of these movies are incredible but they are worth a watch. That's an awesome list. I totally forgot about Mr. 3000 and The Benchwarmers. Not to mention A League of Their Own and Field of Dreams. Man, there's some good baseball movies out there. Netflix here I come... One other I'd like to add, Hardball. Now that's a movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoCubs720 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 This Old Cub, the story of Ron Santo's life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred13 Posted August 13, 2006 Author Share Posted August 13, 2006 I hated Mr. 3000. It had no purpose and was a complete waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidalwav90 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 mr. 3000 was entertaining benchwarmers sucked so much a$$ it was amazing unless you're 9 that movie is not entertaining. bull durham: what do you guys think of it? i heard it was the best sports film of all time but i didn't think it was the greatest angels in the outfield: never seen it field of dreams and rookie were touching/i loved those edit: this old cub was amazing, so sad and it was a great watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kblavie Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 That's an awesome list. I totally forgot about Mr. 3000 and The Benchwarmers. Not to mention A League of Their Own and Field of Dreams. Man, there's some good baseball movies out there. Netflix here I come... One other I'd like to add, Hardball. Now that's a movie. Thank you, I should have added Hardball, that was a great movie. Very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourhomiejosh Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 What about Mr. Baseball, that movie with Tom Sellick? From what I remember, it was alright. I still have it on VHS. or... The Fan, with Wesley Snipes. Whatever, I just found this page with a bunch of movies on it. http://www.bostonbaseball.com/whitesox/bas...ras/movies.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kblavie Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 What about Mr. Baseball, that movie with Tom Sellick? From what I remember, it was alright. I still have it on VHS. or... The Fan, with Wesley Snipes. Whatever, I just found this page with a bunch of movies on it. http://www.bostonbaseball.com/whitesox/bas...ras/movies.html I've never seen th fan so I didn't put it on. I thought Mr. Baseball kinda sucked, it wasn't all that funny, or good. I mean Benchwarmers isn't one of the best movies of all-time, but it was pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 *61 = Best baseball movie ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northpaw Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Bull durham is indeed the best baseball movie of all time....barely and i mean barely beats out field of dreams but only because bull durham deals more with the inner workings of baseball. Although its a lot better if your a pitcher or catcher. So many memorable quotes from that movie... "First lesson, dont think. It can only hurt the ballclub" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MudvayneRocker Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Field of Dreams is the BEST EVER This old cub is amazing also Bull Durham Major League 1&2 A League of their Own i dont know how u can consider fever pitch a baseball movie, its a love story and doesn't even show that much baseball. i still liked the movie however, just not as a baseball movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash #25 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I'm surprised no one has mentioned "The Winning Team." Just kidding, that's probably the worst. You got Ronald Reagan as Grover Cleveland Alexander, Doris Day as his wife, and Frank Lovejoy as Rogers Hornsby (who is a real nice guy in this movie). This was made in about 1952, so you've got to dig for it. Seriously though, I'd like to see someone make a better version of a movie about Ty Cobb. "Cobb", based on the Stump book, was good, but you could do a really good period piece on this guy. And hopefully they wouldn't cast Russell Crowe as the lead. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete17665 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Sandlot Field of Dreams Bull Durham Best three of all time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckdodger215 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I thought Mr. Baseball was pretty good. Thought about posting Hardball earlier today. now... what about Baseketball???? haha my top 5 (probably in order): Field of Dreams Major League (I or II... go to hell, III) Bull Durham Bad News Bears The Sandlot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 1. Field of Dreams 2. The Natural 3. Bull Durham 4. For Love of the Game 5. Major League 6. Mr. Baseball my main favorites, although i like most of the ones mentioned. some that haven't been mentioned (maybe cause they are more documentaries than movies) that i enjoy are: "Baseball" by Ken Burns the "When it Was a Game" series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinghernandez Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I liked Eight Men Out because that is part of baseball history even if it is bad. What about that terrible ESPN movie about Pete Rose? What was that called again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Applejak Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I havent seen the new Fever Pitch, but you guys know its based on an semi-autobiographical book and film set in London during Arsenals League winning season, right? By Nick Hornby, the same guy who wrote "about a boy". I hope they had a good rewriter, because it's not jut a love story with a winning ending, it had loads of little insights too, of how it felt to be a fan that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdewals Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 btw, can any european member on here point me to a site that legally has the movie Cobb in region 0 or region 2?? I cant find it anywhere :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonj92 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 My top 5 favorites. Did you know that 61* was filmed at TIGER Stadium. Finally Billy Crystal gets something right. 1. 61* 2. Bad News bears (1973) 3.Field of Dreams 4. The Sandlot 5. Bad News Bears (2005) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mets1fan Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 My favorite baseball movie is Bleacher Bums. It was a made-for-showtime movie that I caught once. It's almost impossible to find on TV or in stores, but it's available on Amazon for $10. It's about a group of Cubs fans sitting in the bleachers for a game against the Cardinals. Of course, MLB wouldn't agree to license the movie, so it's not the Cubs and Cardinals. It's the Bruins and Eagles. And instead of Sammy Sosa, there's Manny Losa. Rod Beck is Todd "Give 'Em Hell" Heck. And Big Mac is Mike McGwinn (or something like that). It's a great movie about baseball, gambling, and life in general. And of course, it provides the necessary hot female character. The others on my top 5 list, in no particular order, would be Major League 1 & 2, 61*, and Rookie Of The Year (because it was my favorite movie when I was younger). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotman69 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Not really a movie, but... Baseball by Ken Burns is a good PBS series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emil Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Mr. 3000 J/k :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJEagles Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Field Of Dreams Major League I and II 61* For Love Of The Game Fever Pitch Game 6 was excellent also, just saw it the other night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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