December 19, 20187 yr Started this to save the Penny Marshall thread. GOAT of baseball movies... GO! 10 off the top of my head in no particular order: Pride of The Yankees 61* The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings Bull Durham Major League A League of Their Own The Final Season Angels in The Outfield (original) The Rookie The Stratton Story Edited December 19, 20187 yr by RPM
December 19, 20187 yr Was that because The Natural and Field of Dreams go without saying? 61* is underrated af.
December 19, 20187 yr Yeah The Natural & Field of Dreams go without saying. So does The Sandlot. Little Big LeagueRookie of the YearSummer Catch (hi Jessica Biel)The BabeCobb2011 World Series Game 6 (wait, that wasn't just a movie with a bad ending? Damn.)
December 19, 20187 yr The Fan The Scout Mr. Baseball ( not saying these are Top 3, necessarily; but definitely entertaining on their own.) Bad News Bears, the original Edited December 19, 20187 yr by slorch
December 19, 20187 yr Redford’s acting takes The Natural down a notch for me, but it’s still a great fucking movie. Bull Durham is my favorite sports movie of all time.
December 19, 20187 yr The Fan The Scout Mr. Baseball ( not saying these are Top 3, necessarily; but definitely entertaining on their own.) Bad News Bears, the original I forgot about Mr. Baseball. I loved that movie when I was a kid. Time for a revisit.
December 19, 20187 yr Albert Brooks is outstanding in The Scout. The Comrades of Summer is pretty good. Anyone ever watch It Happens Every Spring? Cheesy, corny movie with Ray Milland, wrote a script with a similar premise, then Rookie of the Year kind of stole my thunder for it.
December 19, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Whatever said: 3 hours ago, slorch said: The Fan The Scout Mr. Baseball ( not saying these are Top 3, necessarily; but definitely entertaining on their own.) Bad News Bears, the original I forgot about Mr. Baseball. I loved that movie when I was a kid. Time for a revisit. it's absolutely terrible.
December 19, 20187 yr 8 minutes ago, strangulation! said: it's absolutely terrible. That’s the beauty of it. It doesn’t pretend otherwise...
December 19, 20187 yr Author 5 hours ago, Whatever said: 7 hours ago, slorch said: Mr. Baseball I forgot about Mr. Baseball. I loved that movie when I was a kid. Time for a revisit. I watch that 2 - 3 times a year. It still holds up. 5 hours ago, Underdog said: Albert Brooks is outstanding in The Scout. The Comrades of Summer is pretty good. Anyone ever watch It Happens Every Spring? Cheesy, corny movie with Ray Milland, wrote a script with a similar premise, then Rookie of the Year kind of stole my thunder for it. Agree with all of this. Forgot about CoS. Great little film. IHES is a classic. Milland did another baseball comedy, Rhubarb. 7 hours ago, Whatever said: Summer Catch (hi Jessica Biel) Great flick.
December 19, 20187 yr bull durham league of their own eight men out the natural major league little big league field of dreams moneyball the rookie fever pitch end of list.
December 19, 20187 yr Already mentioned but The Stratton Story is a good one, “guess I started my slide too early” is classic. Joe E. Brown made a couple of baseball movies that are pretty good, light-fare viewings. Talent for the Game Can’t remember the name of the baseball movie with Eastwood and Amy Adams, never watched the whole movie. That one and the one with an Arquette sister and the kid from Caddyshack, The Baseball Wife? Tried watching *61 while on a bus to a Yankees game a few years back but was too noisey, need to watch it again. Surprised nothing’s been made in regards to Mantle himself, would be a fascinating story I think.
December 19, 20187 yr 11 minutes ago, Underdog said: Already mentioned but The Stratton Story is a good one, “guess I started my slide too early” is classic. Joe E. Brown made a couple of baseball movies that are pretty good, light-fare viewings. Talent for the Game Can’t remember the name of the baseball movie with Eastwood and Amy Adams, never watched the whole movie. That one and the one with an Arquette sister and the kid from Caddyshack, The Baseball Wife? Tried watching *61 while on a bus to a Yankees game a few years back but was too noisey, need to watch it again. Surprised nothing’s been made in regards to Mantle himself, would be a fascinating story I think. Trouble With the Curve. I liked it. I also liked For Love of the Game.
December 19, 20187 yr Baseball movies >> other sports. I think the game just lends itself to film more. The actors can be regular guys instead of mutants for football and basketball, and the action is stuff regular guys can imitate. Nothing is dumber looking than slow motion footage of a sloppy looking undersized lineman giving a devastating block sending someone flipping through the air with 12 well timed cuts to hide the fact the actors can’t do anything close to that.
December 19, 20187 yr 10 hours ago, South Austin said: Redford’s acting takes The Natural down a notch for me, but it’s still a great fucking movie. wait wut? You thought he blew it? I thought he pulled it off pretty well, and that was a lot of the charm of the film.
December 19, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, slorch said: wait wut? You thought he blew it? I thought he pulled it off pretty well, and that was a lot of the charm of the film. No, he didn’t blow it. He acted about the same as he has in all his movies.
December 19, 20187 yr 8 minutes ago, South Austin said: No, he didn’t blow it. He acted about the same as he has in all his movies. Pick me out a winner, Bobby...
December 19, 20187 yr 5 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said: I really liked Moneyball I enjoyed the shit out of that movie.
December 20, 20187 yr 12 hours ago, Underdog said: Long Gone - HBO but still an excellent baseball movie. Fuck, I was racking my brain trying to think of this one before reading the replies. Had it on VHS way back when.
December 20, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, hobbes2702 said: Is there such thing as a bad baseball movie? Major League
December 20, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, Underdog said: Major League You're a lousy fucking baseball critic, Jack!
December 20, 20187 yr Trouble With the Curve. I liked it. I also liked For Love of the Game. For the love of the game has been playing on the mlb network. The more I see it the more I like it.
December 20, 20187 yr 3 minutes ago, slorch said: You're a lousy fucking baseball critic, Jack! That’s Mr. Meoph too you, mister.
December 20, 20187 yr i have no fucking idea from what movie that's from... even after googletronning it. at least mine was relevant...and it gets us to Kevin Bacon all in one fell swoop. Edited December 20, 20187 yr by slorch
December 20, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, hobbes2702 said: Is there such thing as a bad baseball movie? 13 minutes ago, Underdog said: Major League Man, I agree with this. It blows my mind that people bring it up in Best Baseball Movie threads.
December 20, 20187 yr 8 minutes ago, slorch said: i have no fucking idea from what movie that's from... even after googletronning it. at least mine was relevant...and it gets us to Kevin Bacon all in one fell swoop. Bless your heart.
December 20, 20187 yr a few good men? you knew bacon was in it but didn't know what movie it was from? redford was 48 when the natural came out. brimley was 50.
December 20, 20187 yr I didn’t know until recently that The Natural was filmed at War Memorial, the Buffalo Bills old joint.
December 20, 20187 yr Another vote for Long Gone and fuck all you guys for your lack of respect for The Bad News Bears. Walter Matthau was incredible...not to mention I had a huge crush on Tatum O'Neal.
December 20, 20187 yr All we got on this team are a buncha Jews, spics, niggers, pansies, and a booger-eatin' moron
December 20, 20187 yr 15 hours ago, DanRydell said: Little Big League is the most underrated baseball movie by a wide margin Agree
December 20, 20187 yr Duvall helped a lot on The Natural, too. For some reason, his Max Mercy character has stuck with me over time. Think it was the skeptic turning believer part of it. I liked 42. And second Bingo Long. Edited December 20, 20187 yr by pyrohornIII
December 20, 20187 yr 6 hours ago, henrygandorf said: a few good men? you knew bacon was in it but didn't know what movie it was from? redford was 48 when the natural came out. brimley was 50. No. Underdog's response. Brainfart deluxe. Assumed he was answering with another movie line.
December 21, 20187 yr On 12/19/2018 at 6:46 AM, South Austin said: Redford’s acting takes The Natural down a notch for me, but it’s still a great fucking movie. Bull Durham is my favorite sports movie of all time. On 12/19/2018 at 5:20 PM, Underdog said: The Cinematography and Newman’s score make The Natural tolerable. On 12/19/2018 at 6:31 PM, Underdog said: Major League On 12/19/2018 at 6:45 PM, Beau Vine said: Man, I agree with this. It blows my mind that people bring it up in Best Baseball Movie threads. I think you're all fucked in the head! Oh and Talent for the Game is really good and not a very popular movie it seems.
December 21, 20187 yr 10 minutes ago, BERT said: I think you're all fucked in the head! See my avatar.
December 21, 20187 yr On 12/19/2018 at 7:06 AM, DanRydell said: Little Big League is the most underrated baseball movie by a wide margin The actual baseball ability by the actors is legit. Really good movie that pulls off a ludicrous premise with some good storylines and acting.
December 21, 20187 yr On 12/19/2018 at 6:31 PM, Underdog said: Major League Want me to drag him outta here? Kick the shit out of him?
December 21, 20187 yr Rotten tomatoes has a few listed I've never heard of in their top 25... top 5 1 bull durham 2 moneyball 3 life/times hank Greenberg 4 bad news bears 5 pride of yankees ones I've never heard of- sugar, fear strikes out, off the black, game 6 Edited December 21, 20187 yr by bluto
December 21, 20187 yr I really liked Everybody Wants Some. It's not tied to any particular games, but I think I'd still consider it a baseball movie in some sense.
December 21, 20187 yr I always enjoyed Soul of the Game on HBO about the Negro League ballplayers trying to break into the Majors. Delroy Lindo as Satchell Page, Mykelti Williams as Josh Gibson, and Blair Underwood as Jackie Robinson.
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