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All Time Favorite Baseball Movie

LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
edited May 2013 in Strut Central
Bull Durham

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  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    I said Long Gone in the other thread, but only because I temporarily forgot about this...

  • fejmelbafejmelba 1,139 Posts
    build it and it will come

    b/w
    baseball isnt that big over here
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    ...
  • RisingsonRisingson 696 Posts
    8 Men Out
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    Major League.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts


    and The Pride of the Yankees.
  • Bon VivantBon Vivant The Eye of the Storm 2,018 Posts
    Major League: Back to the Minors.
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    i watch all of these in entirety whenever they're on TV, regardless of the fact i have them all in every iteration of home viewing from VHS to blu ray

    the natural
    major league
    bad news bears
    mr baseball
    bull durham
    a league of their own
    the sandlot
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    "Tolbert, that you? im hungover and my knees are killin', if you're gonna pull this kinda shit the least you could do is say you're from the yankees'
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    I remember liking this one quite a bit too...

  • HollafameHollafame 844 Posts
    Where does Moneyball sit in the canon?
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    HOLLAFAME said:
    Where does Moneyball sit in the canon?

    I was wondering about that as well. And that Clint Eastwood joint about the Curve w/ Timberlake?

    And what about The Fan w/ Dinero and Snipes...ive never seen the whole shit.

    AND.......what about The Bronx Is Burning?

    Good call on the Pryor/Billy Dee/James Earl Jones joint. I saw it in its entirety this year on Netflix. Old school late night HBO shit.

    Shit....what about that Charlie Sheen joint about the Black Sox scandal?
  • toby.dtoby.d 254 Posts
    Don't know much about baseball or films about baseball, not sure if this even counts, but I remember my parents renting this for me one time when I was a kid.



    Me and my friend got juiced off it and spent ages throwing each other a ball to fake massive leaps to catch the winning point (that's right, right?). That and having my dad pitch a baseball directly into my eye while on holiday in America is the full extent of my ball playing career.

    Cool story, bro.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    batmon said:


    And what about The Fan w/ Dinero and Snipes...ive never seen the whole shit.


    Great cast (Deniro, Snipes, Leguizamo, Del Toro).

    Great cameos (Bonds).

    Great characters (Juan Primo, El Once).

    Beautiful scenery (SF, PacBell park).

    Great director (Tony Scott RIP).

    Kinda shitty movie.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    A bunch I have not seen. Added a few to the queue.

    Sugar hasn't been mentioned and is worth watching.
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    wendy. peffercorn.


  • cookbookcookbook 783 Posts
  • BallzDeepBallzDeep 612 Posts
    vintageinfants said:
    wendy. peffercorn.



    She knows exactly what she's doin'.
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,779 Posts
    Honorable Mention:

  • white_teawhite_tea 3,262 Posts
    cookbook said:

    ^^^ Was on TV the other day and I learned it was directed by Daniel Stern; I guess I didn't know he auteur'd like dat. I think that main character of the movie went on to marry the house DJ Colette but don't quote me on that.

    Can I be corny and go with Field of Dreams? That bit of Golden Era-Costner was soldered into my young mind.

    Cosign on Moneyball - love the rhythm of the movie and the relative workplace setting is comforting for whatever reason.

    Also, that one movie where a 13-year-old becomes manager of the Twins? Wasn't bad.
  • ppadilhappadilha 2,236 Posts




    BEST BASEBALL SCENE EVARRR
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Apparently, I was a sucker for Louis Gossett baseball movies as a kid...

  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,784 Posts
    ppadilha said:


    BEST BASEBALL SCENE EVARRR

    Strike 3 is too much.
    And his partner eating.

    But my favourite part is "Hey! It's Enrico Polazzo!"
  • ppadilhappadilha 2,236 Posts
    Duderonomy said:
    ppadilha said:


    BEST BASEBALL SCENE EVARRR

    Strike 3 is too much.
    And his partner eating.

    But my favourite part is "Hey! It's Enrico Polazzo!"



    best performance of the Star Spangled Banner since Hendrix at Woodstock.
  • kalakala 3,361 Posts
    bad news bears#1
  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,086 Posts
    'Cobb' was very good
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Thanks for the heads up on Bad News Bears. Hadn't seen it.

    Saw 42 the other day.
    I like baseball movies and I like Hollywood bios, so I liked it.
    People who don't like Hollywood cliches meant to make you emotional should keep away.
    The story is already pretty amazing and inspirational, they didn't need to go to the cliches, but they did.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Im in the first 10 mins of 42.
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