MOVIES about Baseball - WHAT is YOUR favorite?

A league of their own is tops on my list!!

Major League - love that one!

Great pick Fran. A League of their own is a great flick!

Good pick Sue, Major League is hilarious and timeless.

Angels in the Outfield

Karen - Field of Dreams is among the movies always listed when this question is asked but I have to say it is not in my top five in this category. I can't say why as I love Kevin Costner movies but this one left me wanting a bit more.

Thanks for you vote.

Lawrence! Great to have you join in.

Angels is another fan favorite! Especially with the younger set.

I have to put it with Field of Dreams in my choices - not in the top group, but still enjoyable.

Actually, Angels in the Outfield was a good baseball movie and had a little bit of everything mixed into it.

To be fair, I should put in my choice:

61 is my top pick after seeing it again last week on TV. It is really a great baseball movie and so well done.

I also loved Bull Durham, A League of their Own, and The Natural

Very good point, Diana and now it has THREE votes!

Thanks Joseph.

How many of you have seen Bang The Drum Slowly?

If you have not seen it, give it a try. One of Robert De Niro's first movies and really good.

For Love of the Game

two you did not have on your list that i liked was

The Sandlot (1993)

The Pride of St. Louis (1952)

tom witch one of the bang the drums slowly did you see, there was two

Bang the Drum Slowly
Classic relationship study looks at friendship evolving between two professional baseball players. Not as appealing to sports movie fans as those those who like sensitive, emotionally provocative drama, strong performances. (1956) Stars: Paul Newman, Albert Salmi

Rated PG

Runtime: 60 minutes
Bang the Drum Slowly

Remake of the above which received critical acclaim for its lead and supporting performances. Guaranteed to please fans of emotionally potent tearjerkers. (1974)
Stars: Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty

Rated PG

Runtime: 98 minutes

Angels in the Outfield

And I am not ashamed to confess to that!

LONG GONE is a great baseball movie starring William Peterson of CSI fame. It's a movie about minor league baseball in the deep south. My favorite baseball movie.

Larry - thanks for LONG GONE - I'll have to watch that one!

Mike - there's no shame in baseball! lol.

Lawrence! You kick ass, man!

I was, of course, talking about the remake with DeNiro and Moriarty. I have never heard of the other one, but being a Newman fan, I'll have to check it out

Joseph, I have seen the Stratton movie and it IS very good. I am big Jimmy Stewart fan and I'm sorry I left it off my list!

Lawrence, I have NOT seen The Sandlot and will check it out.

The Pride of St Louis WAS on my list (here on paper) and I missed it when I typed the list.

Thanks!

My favorite would probably be The Rookie. I really enjoyed that movie very much. I also enjoyed Major League and Bad News Bears. The Natural is another good movie.

Ken - great to have you join in!

I also enjoyed The Rookie. I always love the Natural!!

Seeing 61 last week reminded me so much of Roger Maris and the sad story of his life throughout baseball and he was such a great player. The movie is really well done.

Barry Pepper is great as Maris.

Lawrence - I just put Sandlot in my NETFLIX queue.

Thanks

hope you chose the first one because # 2 & 3 were no good

While a difficult choice to make since I love many baseball movies, it has to be Bull Durham.
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. — Crash Davis

Lawrence - I did choose only #1 - the ORIGINAL for me!

Kathleen - Bull Durham has to make any list of great baseball movies! Crash Davis is a classic character.

I was going through my movies and found one i liked it is.. Fear Strikes Out with Anthony Perkins

did you all know there was 2 Angels in the Outfield . I liked the first one they were



Angels in the Outfield (1994 film)

Danny Glover ... George Knox
Brenda Fricker ... Maggie Nelson

Tony Danza ... Mel Clark

Christopher Lloyd ... Al the Boss Angel

Ben Johnson ... Hank Murphy
Jay O. Sanders ... Ranch Wilder

Joseph Gordon-Levitt ... Roger Bomman
Milton Davis Jr. ... J.P.

Taylor Negron ... David Montagne

Tony Longo ... Triscuitt Messmer

Neal McDonough ... Whitt Bass
Stoney Jackson ... Ray Mitchell

Adrien Brody ... Danny Hemmerling

Tim Conlon ... Wally

Matthew McConaughey ... Ben Williams
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Angels in the Outfield (1951 film)


Paul Douglas ... Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern
Janet Leigh ... Jennifer Paige
Keenan Wynn ... Fred Bayles
Donna Corcoran ... Bridget White
Lewis Stone ... Arnold P. Hapgood
Spring Byington ... Sister Edwitha
Bruce Bennett ... Saul Hellman
Marvin Kaplan ... Timothy Durney
Ellen Corby ... Sister Veronica
Jeff Richards ... Dave Rothberg
John Gallaudet ... Joe Reynolds
King Donovan ... Mack McGee
Don Haggerty ... Rube Ronson
Paul Salata ... Tony Minelli
Fred Graham ... Chunk (coach)

Lawrence - you da man as they say in the dugouts!

I hit the right topic here for YOU, right?

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No, they just don't make them like they used.

Fear Strikes Out (1957)

The real Jimmy Piersall disowned the movie due to its distortion of the facts.

This a very interesting, but not totally factual, account of the life of Jimmy Piersall. Piersall was a popular player with the Boston Red Sox. His antics on and off the field are now legendary. Piersall fell in love with baseball at a young age, but his domineering father forced Jimmy to not only achieve, but to play to perfection. Mr. Piersall's constant manipulating can be traced to his son's mental breakdown.

Anthony Perkins puts in a dedicated performance as Jimmy Piersall. Karl Malden excelled as the relentless Mr. Piersall. Also in the cast are Bart Burns, Norma Moore and Adam Williams.

This is a very stark and interesting movie, just don't take all the content as gospel. A baseball fan's delight

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