And the Oscar Goes To:

Hands down, "A League of Their Own." Best baseball movie EVER! It even teaches the immortal lesson--"There's no crying in baseball!"

Best Actor: Tom Hanks.

Best Actress:-- I have to think about that. Ok, Gwen Verdon

Movie - Bull Durham
Actor - Kevin Costner
Actress - Geena Davis

Movie: Field of Dreams
Actor: Kevin Costner (for his lifetime body of work in baseball movies)
Actress: Susan Sarandon

I got to think about that Bull durham was good. does field of dreams count as a baseball movie? that was good also. also liked the perfect game again look all three with Kevin costner (wonder what his favorite sport is). will vote after some thinking.But for the kids sandlot was great also.

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Best Actress:-- I have to think about that. Ok, Gwen Verdon

I haven't seen that movies for decades. I remember it was a lot of fun.

I liked Fever Pitch with Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon. I can relate to his baseball obsession.



Wikipedia: The story centers on the 2004 Boston Red Sox season, which culminated with the team's first Major League Baseball World Series victory in 86 years. This championship was entirely coincidental; the filming of the 2005 version was being done during the 2004 regular season, including scenes filmed at Fenway Park during actual games. As the Red Sox continued to progress through the playoffs, the Farrellys had to rewrite the script to include the historic moment.

I'll go with The Rookie. I thought the character development was fantastic, and there were a lot of aspects of that movie that, for me, made it the most complete baseball movie of all time.

*Jimmy Morris being told he was going to the bigs
*The aloof (and redeemed) father
*The commitment and sacrifice of minor league life
*High School baseball realities
*A small town hero

Great stuff!

BaseballMovie.com might be a good resource to help remember some nominees.

Bull Durham, Geena Davis, Walter Matthau with Tim Robbins a close runner up.

Favorite bb movie: Bull Durham

Favorite bb actor: Kevin Costner

Favorite bb actress: Susan Sarandon

Bull Durham

Delroy Lindo (played Satchel Paige in Soul of the Game) His performance really stuck with me and seemed to be an acurate interpretation of Paige.

Susan Sarandon


How is it that Kevin Costner only seems to do a decent job in sports movies? I had to laugh when his character in the odd Upside of Anger was an ex-ballplayer....like the sports mojo would help him out.

I personally thought the Oscar Awards program was kind of lathargic last night. The excitement seemed to have been missing. I understand that the viewership was down according to one of our local radio personalities. I don't know. Something was missing.

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Something was missing.

How about good ENTERTAINING movies????

And how about that all the best actors/actressess were won by foreigners? At least that's what I heard....

I did like the replay of the winners of past years.

Best Movie: For Love of the Game
Actor: Kevin Costner
Actress: Kelly Preston

Movie: The Rookie

Actor: Kevin Costner in "Field of Dreams"

Actress: Lori Petty as Kit in "A League of Their Own"

ok ,
best movie:field of dreams
best actor:Kevin Costner(he has done a lot of good baseball movies)
best actress:Susan Sarandon (she is great in everything)

Trojan-Skipper,

Great post, a little light topic thats fun and brings back good memories.

Best Baseball Movie: The Rookie

Best Actor in a Baseball movie: Kevin Costner (collective works)

Best Actress in a Baseball movie: Gina Davis

"Bull Durham" -- absolutely.
Hmm, actor and actress....
All the boys in "The Sandlot".
Susan Sarandon.

Here's mine:
Movie: Field of Dreams
Actor: DeNiro in Bang the Drum Slowly
Actress: Gena Davis (I love the way she says, "throw her the high hard one, she's too slow to hit it and she can't lay off it") .... of course I love about anything Gena says!!!

Movie- The Natural
Actor- Kevin Costner (in For Love of the Game)
Actress- Susan Sarandon

Inside the Academy:

The Women:

Other than the Ed *****y Award, Sarandon can't act, neither can Kim Basinger.

Geenna Davis was a backup to the almighty Fletch, and she can win the also-ran award.

The three ladies who performed well were Glenn Close in The Natural, and Lori Petty from "A League", and
Amy Madigan was terrific in Field of Dreams.

I vote for the magic of "The Natural", a 5'10 175 pound phenom who could hit a baseball 600 feet.

The Men:

Robert Redford played the role wonderfully, Best Actor with no competition. Close second is Dennis Quaid, brother of Cousin Eddie, "Eddie", famous for the boooooofay line in Vegas Vacation..." I'll have some a the yella, and don't get cheapon maay".

Costner played a better golfer in Tin Cup. As a quirky sidenote, Ray Casella was played by an actor from Highland HS in Ohio, our school district

JEJ was dynamite in Field of Dreams...............as Terrence Mann.

1. The Natural
2. The Rookie
3. Field of Dreams
4. Pride of the Yankees
5. A League Of Their Own.

Light-hearted Category:

1. Major League
2. Bull Durham
3. Talent for the Game
4. Mr.Baseball
5. Angels in the Outfield

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093433/ "LONG GONE"

I like 'em all, but I'll bet not many of you have ever seen this one. It was filmed at Henley Field in Lakeland, Florida where I played my college baseball. My former coaches Hal Smeltzley and Chuck Anderson(both in the College HOF) were used as advisors for the movie. Starred William Peterson, Virginia Madsen, Dermott Mulrooney(Best Friend's Wedding) and Henry Gibson.

Filmed in 1987. If you can find this at Blockbuster or the library you won't be disappointed. Lot's of great lines and laughs
and Peterson certainly looks like a baseball player-unlike LaLoosh in Bull Durham.

Good Hunting!

As promised, The Winners Are (according to your votes)

Best Baseball Movie: Bull Durham
Best Actor: Kevin Costner
Best Actress: Susan Sarandon

we'll play again next year with categories like best scene, etc. I just watched Fever Pitch the other night and I love the "intervention" scene where Jimmy Fallon is bummed out so he watches the Buckner error over and over...

Blessings to all my web-family...

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1) Best Baseball Movie Ever:
2) Best Actor in a Baseball Movie:
3) Best Actress in a Baseball Movie:

1) Field of Dreams
2) Brian Walker
3) Brian Walker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26axJdDKYWw

"Summer Catch" was on TV last night. It was an interesting movie about a guy playing in the Cape Cod summer league. Not my favorite baseball movie, but I was curious about the authenticity of the playing fields and perhaps the players. There seemed to be a lot of drinking for players who are barely of age. The whole thing seemed to be a little different than I would have imagined. Having never been there, I don't know.

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1) Best Baseball Movie Ever:
2) Best Actor in a Baseball Movie:
3) Best Actress in a Baseball Movie:

1) Field of Dreams
2) Brian Walker
3) Brian Walker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26axJdDKYWw

I watched that game live. No way it hit him. He must have had some homework due the next morning or something, LOL. The Trainer even knew it didn't hit him!

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Originally posted by switchitter:

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1) Best Baseball Movie Ever:
2) Best Actor in a Baseball Movie:
3) Best Actress in a Baseball Movie:

1) Field of Dreams
2) Brian Walker
3) Brian Walker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26axJdDKYWw

I watched that game live. No way it hit him. He must have had some homework due the next morning or something, LOL. The Trainer even knew it didn't hit him!

Yea, the trainer was pretty funny. Kind of massaging the arm and snickering after Brian told him he was faking it. Later, the trainer fessed up and said that's what Brian told him.