Favorite Baseball Movies (With a Twist!)

Field of Dreams, then.........though I suspect you just forgot to add that to your list!

The original Sandlot was a classic. The remake was lousy.

Little Big League

Bang the Drum Slowly

Su mmer Catch (But not for the baseball )

Bull Durham, but I don't usually follow the rules.

I am not sure if this is still available but there is a nine volume set on the history of baseball made by a famous documentary film maker. I am too dumb to be able to state his name, it's fantastic. The kids today {most of them} do not have a good historical perspective of the game. I had the absolute pleasure of being around an old scout who told my son what it was like to play MLB in the 1950's as an African American. He spoke about the difficulties encountered during spring training in Florida. My son was dumbfounded to hear how the minority players were treated. We reside in So Cal and these issues are very obscure for young kids.

If you have the opportunity to rent/buy this you will not be sorry. I imagine it is in DVD format now.

I saw this one on AMC several years ago:
It Happens Every Spring
Ray Milland plays a professor who discovers a solution that makes substances that are repelled by wood. A great 1949 comedy.

Rsctt83

The documentary filmaker's name is Ken Burns. Agree, an awesome historical series on the greatest game in the world! Burns also did the terrific series on the Civil War.

Mr. Baseball with Tom Selleck, I know it's a stretch...

Remember the "Shooto"

for love of the game!!! great movie

Outside of all the biggies listed I'd have to go with a tie between two good flicks....

Brewster's Millions
(Richard Pryor buys a scrimmage against the Yanks & John Candy as a catcher cracks me up)

Talent For The Game
(Edward J. Olmos is a scout who gets to catch his big find in a MLB game)

The Rookie with Dennis Quaid wasn't a great movie but it was interesting since it was based on a true story.

Fever Pitch. Maybe you gotta be from Red Sox Nation to get it. Not the best baseball movie, but pretty amusing, they capture some aspects of Sox fans very well. And interesting in that they had to re-think and re-write the ending on the fly once it looked like the Sox would throw a monkey wrench into the script and actually win it.

You're right, I should have added these to the do not mention list!!!
Field of Dreams
Sandlot (although it is THE best)
Little Big League

Now, JT, can you tell me where I can find a DVD version of "It Happens Every Spring" It's on my wish list but I can't find it.

-Pride of the Yankees

-61

-Mr3000

-**** Yankees

I thought Eight Men Out about the Black Sox scandel throwing the 1912 (I think) World Series was really good.

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

--One of my all-time favorites. An amazing story about an amazing ballplayer and man... I strongly reccomend it.

gg3

The good ones are all taken, so......My least favorite starred John Goodman as Babe Ruth, closely followed by William Bendix as Babe Ruth.

How about HARDBALL [Keanu Reeves]?? I think they had the song written for Ortiz:
"I love it when you call me Big Papa
Put your hands in the air, if you's a true playa"

I actually wrote this post Saturday night and din't realize it never went out before the power went off [got 18" of the white stuff]

SAturday night watched the remake of the Bad News Bears. Hardly as classic baseball movie, but an ABSOLUTE SCREAM!!! I can't remember when I laughed so hard. Language might be a bit much for some - no F bombs, but mostly everything else - nothing the kids haven't heard before.

I vaguely remember a movie called "The Scout" with Albert Brooks and Brendan Frazier. I saw part of it on TV but never saw the whole thing. I remember thinking it was funny, but I never bothered to rent it later. Has anyone seen it? Is it good or did I get lucky and see the only funny part. I do like both actors.

Mike F

"Don't Look Back" The Satchel Paige Story

CADDYSHACK! At every clubhouse I have ever been in, the most watched movie was Caddyshack. So does that qualify it as a baseball movie?

MikeF - remember that one - kinda sappy, predictable -- one tim ephenom drops off the face of the earth, Albert Brooks 'discovers' him in some 3rd world outpost, signs him to a contract with the Yankees, kid get the willies after the 'owner' over-hypes his debut. last part I remember , they were sitting up near the scoreboard, while the whole stadium was wondering where they were. OK movie - good kids movie.

Good old Amazon can get you just about any old movie...

It Happens Every Spring at amazon.com

The Scout was a bit of fun, but suffered from the Usual Baseball Movie Malaise -- rules get ignored, spaghetti-arms are 'throwing' 101, or things don't make sense. The Phenom was meant to be throwing 27 straight outs against the Cardinals in the WS. The 27th man (which would make him the 9 slot) was introduced as 'if anyone can break this streak up, it's Ozzie Smith. Always makes me smile....Ozzie, htting 9th? Ozzie, a threat against a guy throwing heat?

Amazing Grace and Chuck.