best baseball movie

[The_Destroyah]

what do you think is the best of these?
(hope im posting the poll right)

[yeszir]

Field of Dreams. You don't even need a poll.

[The_Destroyah]

Field of Dreams. You don't even need a poll.

really? i love field of dreams but Bull Durham is great...

[High Mileage]

Fever Pitch.

[SCM33]

For the love of the Game.
Minus the whole lovey dovey crap, the actual baseball story was great.

[The_Destroyah]

Fever Pitch.

I didnt put Fever Pitch, the story itself was nice but Jimmy Fallon annoys me but i love being able to watch us beat NYY in the 04 ALCS in the movie ha

personally i like Bull Durham and the Rookie the best. and i used to watch Angels in The Outfield and Sandlot all the time as a kid so there is some nostalgia there.

[yeszir]

Also, no love for Bernie Mac?

http://fantastiksports.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/mr_3000.jpg

[The_Destroyah]

not really...that movie had alot of cheese, and not the Hairy Cheese that Eck likes so much, it is in no way in the runnings, vote for it if you want but it just doesnt hold a candle to the rest.

[yeszir]

...that was a joke

[The_Destroyah]

i figured...and am certainly glad it was...

[The_Destroyah]

should i include Baseketball? its about a baseball hybrid...

[Spudboy]

Young bucks.....


"Fear Strikes Out".

The Jimmy Piersall Story.


Christ, it's just not debatable.

[Spudboy]

For the love of the Game.
Minus the whole lovey dovey crap, the actual baseball story was great.

I'd like to agree here. This movie is #2-#3 on my list.

Kelly Preston? Boing!

[RedSoxRooter]

What? No A League Of Their Own???

Sexists!!! All of you!

I have to go with The Natural just because of generations and mine being ahead of most of yours.

[The_Destroyah]

no one else liked Bull Durham?or The Rookie? I actually met the guy that The Rookie was based on in Kermit, TX in 1998 great man he was extremely well spoken.

[The_Destroyah]

all of the ones i have in the poll are my favorites.

[Spudboy]

What? No A League Of Their Own???

Sexists!!! All of you!

I have to go with The Natural just because of generations and mine being ahead of most of yours.


There are no vaginas in baseball!

The natural was a very good movie. Lots of big name stars and great cinematography.

Very good movie.

[The_Destroyah]

There are no vaginas in baseball!

The natural was a very good movie. Lots of big name stars and great cinematography.

Very good movie.

agreed, The Natural is high on my list.

[WhiskeyBreath]

Bull Durham was very good.

I can't believe you left out:

http://garagesalemtl.com/The%20Fan.jpg

:lol:

[WhiskeyBreath]

Anyone ever see Cobb? It was alright.

[The_Destroyah]

Bull Durham was very good.

I can't believe you left out:

http://garagesalemtl.com/The%20Fan.jpg

:lol:

ha i did completely forget about that one, anything with DeNiro deserves atleast one vote.

[Spudboy]

Anyone ever see Cobb? It was alright.

That was an excellent movie. Tommy Lee Jones is a very convincing sicko as Cobb. And Roger Clemens is in it too!

[The_Destroyah]

That was an excellent movie. Tommy Lee Jones is a very convincing sicko as Cobb. And Roger Clemens is in it too!

Tommy Lee Jones is a great actor, but i never saw Cobb.

[Keeper]

The Scout, Rookie of the Year, and Summer Catch. These are classics.

[RedSoxRooter]

Eight Men Out was great too. There are really a lot of very good Baseball movies.

[RedSoxRooter]

There are no vaginas in baseball!

Except for ARod and JD Drew?

[The_Destroyah]

Eight Men Out was great too. There are really a lot of very good Baseball movies.

yeah i definitely dont even have half of the great ones just throwin names out there...

[Spudboy]

After reading the last few posts I've realized that there are many good movies about baseball.
One that has not been mentioned is "61" (I believed it was called). It was an HBO production about Roger Marrris breaking Babe Ruth's HR record. I'm not sure about the title. But it was very good.

[Spudboy]

Except for ARod and JD Drew?

Glad you said it and that I did not.:D

[The_Destroyah]

and what about Beer League?

[Spudboy]

and what about Beer League?

I've never heard of it.

[WhiskeyBreath]

and what about Beer League?

That movie is hilarious.

Softball movie tho Spud

[yankees228]

Eight Men Out

[The_Destroyah]

For Love of the Game is another favorite one i forgot to mention

[The_Destroyah]

why does Kevin Kostner do so many baseball movies?

[The_Destroyah]

whatever you do dont see Game 6...

[pedroia_the_destroyah53]

I am the only voter for Major League? Obviously only the 1st one though.

It ROOLZ

[yankeessuck013]

not really...that movie had alot of cheese, and not the Hairy Cheese that Eck likes so much, it is in no way in the runnings, vote for it if you want but it just doesnt hold a candle to the rest.

There's a little bit of sneaky cheese to it

[Sox Fan on Cape]

A couple more, The Lou Gehrig Story and It Happens Every Spring/

[VA Sox Fan]

A League of Their Own
Field of Dreams
Bull Durham
The Natural
Pride of the Yankees

Of course I liked Fever Pitch but can't put it in the same category as the above flicks.

[VA Sox Fan]

why does Kevin Kostner do so many baseball movies?

He loves baseball and can actually play.

[Coco's Disciples]

I vaguely recall enjoying 61.

[BoSox21]

I vaguely recall enjoying 61.

It was a good movie.

Field of Dreams is king though.

[The_Destroyah]

is 61 the one about M. Mantle and R. Maris?

[BoSox21]

indeed, it has that guy from Knockaround Guys playing Maris

[TheKilo]

61* is probably my favorite.

[The_Destroyah]

I think The Rookie was great but apparently no one else was fond of it...

[yeszir]

Oh right. Major League's up there.

[VA Sox Fan]

I think The Rookie was great but apparently no one else was fond of it...

I did like The Rookie, just haven't seen it in a while. I'll have to check it out again. Dennis Quaid was good.

[BSN07]

Field of Dreams.


The kid in me screams "The Sandlot" though.


Major League has to be top 3

[BSN07]

61* is probably my favorite.

I watched that recently. Really good movie even with it being all about Yankee players. His name slips my mind at the moment, but the guy that played Mantle did a really nice job.

[BoSox21]

Rookie of the Year should be on the list. thats the one where the little kid breaks his arm and can throw like 200 mph when it heals

[RedSoxRooter]

I'd also nominate the original Bad News Bears for something.

[The_Destroyah]

For Love of the game is another good one.
Im honestly suprised that everyone is voting Field of Dreams, im not saying it isnt a good movie worthy of praise it jus suprised me that that was everyones favorite.

[High Mileage]

I didnt put Fever Pitch, the story itself was nice but Jimmy Fallon annoys me but i love being able to watch us beat NYY in the 04 ALCS in the movie ha

I was kidding. That movie sucked. I barely made it all the way through.

[VA Sox Fan]

I'd also nominate the original Bad News Bears for something.


The original, definitely.

[Dojji]

Rookie of the Year should be on the list. thats the one where the little kid breaks his arm and can throw like 200 mph when it heals

That's a little gimmicky, and it's not really about baseball. Sport is the backdrop at best. That movie is a veiled effort to talk about child movie stars actually and some of the crap they put up with.

Anywho, I have to admit my ignoraice to a lot of these. Never really got a chance to see bull Durham, Fever Pitch or Eight Men Out. I did see Angels in the Outifeld but again, that's not really a movie ABOUT baseball. It's a movie that uses baseball to talk about something else.

The two really good movies ABOUT baseball that I've seen are The Natural, and Major League. The first one. Before they murdered Roger Dorn's character in cold blood and before Rachel Phelps was a TOTAL caricature.

(Anyone else read the book The Natural was based on BTW? It gets into a lot of stuff the movie doesn't touch)

Of the two, I think the Natural loses points because it's a little dated. It also loses points because it Disnifies the ending from the book. So I went with Major League, more or less by default.

[BoSox21]

That's a little gimmicky, and it's not really about baseball. Sport is the backdrop at best. That movie is a veiled effort to talk about child movie stars actually and some of the crap they put up with.

you can debate underlying themes in a family movie all you want but it's about baseball

[Dojji]

No, it really isn't. It's related to baseball, it shows baseball as part of the action of the movie, but Rookie of the Year isn't really about baseball at all.

[BoSox21]

yea yea yea, its about family and friends and whats really important life and all that shit...I get that

you could argue underlying themes in every movie and if you do, The Natural isnt about baseball, neither is Field of Dreams

[Dojji]

I still think you're missing the point, but whatever. Not worth arguing about.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Major League was my absolute favorite. Close seconds for Major League II and BUll Durham.

I refuse to consider the abortion that was Major League: Back to the Minors a movie.

[BoSox21]

I still think you're missing the point, but whatever. Not worth arguing about.

no, I see your point. I just think the term "baseball movie" falls under a wider scope than you do. But I do agree it's not worth arguing about

[suns]

Major League. I think you know why.

[Dojji]

Major League was my absolute favorite. Close seconds for Major League II and BUll Durham.

I refuse to consider the abortion that was Major League: Back to the Minors a movie.

Has BTTM been officially declared non-canon?

I still wish they'd go back. A sensitive sequel still has a chance to be a good thing for the series and genre, and I don't think they told all the story that could have been told in the first two movies.

I sometimes try to imagine how that team would react to winding up under a Chuck Finley style, meddling enthusiast owner who thinks he knows more about baseball than he actually does. Or dealing with losing a beloved player to free agency. Or trying to deal with having a player out with a long term injury. There's definitely enough plot for another one if they ever decide to tell it.

[MANNYHOF24]

No love for the sandlot?

[The_Destroyah]

No love for the sandlot?

Sandlot and Angels in the Outfield were my favorite movies as a kid but as an adult i prefer Bull Durham, Major League, The Natural, The Rookie, and For Love of The Game.

[BSN07]

No love for the sandlot?

It was my #2(#1 when I was a kid).

As an adult I can really appreciate Field of Dreams on a different level.

[Gom]

I vote for Pride of the Yankees. One of the most touching stories about one of the best players, or better yet, person, to play the game.

[The_Destroyah]

I vote for Pride of the Yankees. One of the most touching stories about one of the best players, or better yet, person, to play the game.

I did leave that one out but dont forget The Pride of St.Louis ha
and everyone steer away from the movie Game 6

[Dipre]

I vote for Pride of the Yankees. One of the most touching stories about one of the best players, or better yet, person, to play the game.

Of course you do.

[Quinny]

i voted for The natural. The Rookie is second on my list.

[Keeper]

You could almost make the argument that Frequency is a baseball movie.

[redsoxrules]

The Rookie

[The_Destroyah]

The Rookie

Thank you, I love that movie, I actually met the guy that story is based off of when I was like 8 years old, didnt know who he was at the time but all I remember is that he was kind of a nerdy older guy...

[MDF3530]

Pride of the Yankees
Bad News Bears
Eight Men Out

[SoxSport]

The Natural, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams

These movies are aided tremendously by stars who played serious baseball in their younger days--Redford and Costner. Redford's idol growing up in San Diego was Ted Williams. Field of Dreams is just a great story.

[Gom]

Of course you do.

Did you ever see the movie? Do you even know who Lou Gehrig is, you ignoramus?

Lou Gehrig made the most memorable speech in baseball history, while suffering from a debilitating disease that would take his life two years later. It has nothing to do with him being a Yankee, it had to do with his life, not his uniform.

Go back to watching cartoons in Spanish after you make me some tacos, bitch.

[Dipre]

Did you ever see the movie? Do you even know who Lou Gehrig is, you ignoramus?

Lou Gehrig made the most memorable speech in baseball history, while suffering from a debilitating disease that would take his life two years later. It has nothing to do with him being a Yankee, it had to do with his life, not his uniform.

Go back to watching cartoons in Spanish after you make me some tacos, bitch.

I saw the movie, you bumbling idiot, and i'm apparently better in English grammar than you, Mr. Roy HallIday, it's a good movie, but it's not the best, and since you're a homer and an idiot, the rest speaks for itself.

[Gom]

I saw the movie, you bumbling idiot, and i'm apparently better in English grammar than you, Mr. Roy HallIday, it's a good movie, but it's not the best, and since you're a homer and an idiot, the rest speaks for itself.

Oh...so I misspelled someone's NAME...and that makes you better at grammar? Idiot.

By the way...if you're so good at grammar, you would know that you CAPITALIZE I'm and do not type it as i'm. Go back to mowing-grass school.

[Dipre]

Oh...so I misspelled someone's NAME...and that makes you better at grammar? Idiot.

By the way...if you're so good at grammar, you would know that you CAPITALIZE I'm and do not type it as i'm. Go back to mowing-grass school.

Here here, burguer-serving taxi driver, they sell lotions for butt-pain in aisle 6 of the supermarket you clean aisles at for a 3rd job.

Still, i fail to see why you're so butthurt because i called you out on your grammar failure, it's what we expect from idiots.

[RedSoxRooter]

lol.

But I still say the Natural - because it's supposed to be the way it was played in the early days of the game. When I say early days, I mean well before I was born. I don't really consider Baseball 1973 to now the "Best Years Of Baseball" like old Bud does, but the old glory days to me were the first 70 years of this century - or basically the history of the game before I was born.

So in that respect, I like the Natural more. And I really do like A League of Their Own for much the same nostalgic reason. Plus, I was like 11 when it came out and I was still playing and it was a time I was first getting into the Red Sox and, again, for the time it was released, it looked AMAZING.

I should read the book. "Pick me out a winner Bobby." and then THAT MOMENT still brings me crumbling to tears. :o

And HELLZ YEAH youtube has it!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54-6yimtjtA)

[The_Destroyah]

I will agree with you Gom that Pride of the Yankees was very good and that Lou Gehrig is actually one of my favorite all time players of the game along with Yogi Berra even though they wore pinstripes they both were great players and were extremely likeable.
Dont worry guys my FAVORITES are Ted Williams, Yaz, and Fisk.
and i also love Randy Jackson, and Roger Clemens (pre-roids).

[Keeper]

I should read the book. "Pick me out a winner Bobby." and then THAT MOMENT still brings me crumbling to tears. :o

I've read it. It's good, but don't expect the feel-good ending from the movie.

[Dipre]

I will agree with you Gom that Pride of the Yankees was very good and that Lou Gehrig is actually one of my favorite all time players of the game along with Yogi Berra even though they wore pinstripes they both were great players and were extremely likeable.
Dont worry guys my FAVORITES are Ted Williams, Yaz, and Fisk.
and i also love Randy Jackson, and Roger Clemens (pre-roids).

lolwut?

[Dojji]

Right. They disnified the ending of The Natural for the movie. In the book Roy does not make the right choice -- and pays for it. In the end, as I remember it (haven't read the book in a decade) he winds up alone and screwed over by everyone. The last line of the book is Roy, alone, facing a kid holding a newspaper article declaring his permanent ban from the league and all his records repealed, and hearing the kid plead for him to "say it ain't so, Roy, say it ain't so!"

[The_Destroyah]

lolwut?

haha my bad that'd be my Dyslexia and my general retardedness acting up that should read Randy Johnson.
not the black guy from american idol he isnt as high on my list of favorite baseball players.:harhar:

[ms_sox]

Of the ones in the actual poll, Field of Dreams.
The Natural was preposterous, but very entertaining.
I found Bull Durham good technically (acting...) but boring emotionally. Put me to sleep.

I'd also have to list Pride of Yankees as an old fave.

[ScousePatriot]

Out of the movies listed in the poll, I've only ever seen Rookie and Sandlot. I voted for 'Other' though as Fever Pitch (Perfect Catch over this side of the pond) is the best one I've seen.

I'll have to hunt down a few of the others next time I'm looking for a movies to watch. If this was a 'Best Football movie poll' I'd of seen the majority.

[The_Destroyah]

yeah pretty much any movie on that list is worth seeing if you get the chance, also any of the numerous others listed throughout this thread.

[CrespoBlows]

Eight Men Out.

[mvp 78]

Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch

[Emmz]

Sandlot, but most of the others are very good. And lol^

[RWTP24]

Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch


:lol::lol:

You can't be serious?

[26 to 6]

I love and own them all! Baseball stories make for the best movies. If I had to pick a favorite it would probably be The Natural, with Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, 61*, and the Sandlot following close behind.