‘Tis the season… What season you ask? Well the following clip from NewsRadio should help explain things….

Here is a list, in no particular order, of my favorite Baseball Movies.

Mr. Baseball

 
The man with the best mustache in the business takes his talents to the diamond. Tom Selleck plays an aging baseball
player trying to hold on to the game. He gets traded to a Japanese baseball team and the fish out of water story begins.
For some reason this movie has always stuck with me. I just enjoy it.

The Scout

 
The story of Steve Nebraska (Brendan Fraser) and his discovery by baseball scout Al Percolo (Albert Brooks). The kid can
pitch. The kid can hit. The kid can eat. It is an enjoyable film with a good heart at its center. It isn’t a well know
movie but worth a watch if you like Brendan Fraser and/or Albert Brooks.

For Love of the Game

 
The third of the three baseball movies Kevin Costner has done and probably my favorite. The story is good, it is shot well
but I think it is my favorite because of one person; Vin Scully. When I think of baseball in my head, it is his voice I
think in. He can really turn a simple baseball game into something magical. Also it was directed by Sam Raimi.

Vin Scully in For Love of the Game.

A League of Their Own

 
This is Penny Marshall’s foray into the world of professional baseball movies as well as Tom Hanks. Good story, good
acting and just good fun. I have always enjoyed this movie. More importantly this film gave us one of the most universally
used quotes of all time.

The Sandlot

 
I am a huge fan of coming of age type movies and for that reason I am reluctant to put it on this list, but at its heart
it is a baseball movie and a darn good one at that.

Little Big League

 
Billy Heywood’s grandfather, the much loved owner of the Minnesota Twins, passes away and in his will leave the team to
Billy. Billy has an encyclopedic knowledge of the game of baseball so when he doesn’t agree with how the manager is
handling the team he appoints himself the new team’s manager. This is one of those movies that if it is on I will usually
stop and watch it. Plus it has a great musical montage!

Rookie of the Year

 
This is the third, and final, of the ‘kids and baseball’ movies on my list. This one has Henry Rowengartner, through crazy
random happenstance, signed by the loveable losers, Major League Baseball’s Chicago Cubs. There he becomes their star
attraction. Again another movie that if it is on I will sit and watch it.

Summer Catch

 
This movie is pretty much Bull Durham 2k. But personally I like it a little better than Bull Durham. The following clip
might have something to do with that…

Major League

You didn’t think I would do a list of baseball movies and not include this storied franchise did you? Come on…
Seriously? This movie is a classic. It is a must watch for any baseball movie lover. It has it all and then some.

Honorable mentions go to Eight Men Out, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, The Natural, Brewster’s Millions, Moneyball, The
Rookie, and Fever Pitch.

 
There it is, for better or worse. That is my list of Baseball Movies.

 
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