Baseball Movies
I’ve been hearing good things about the new baseball movie “Sugar.” And, this reminded me that I was once asked to list my favorite baseball movies. So, here goes…
Review Key:
Grand Slam – Every baseball fan must see this movie.
Homerun – Highly recommended – classic & polished flicks.
Triple – Very entertaining and nicely done.
Two-Bagger – Surprisingly enjoyable.
Single – Rainy Saturday morning viewing; but, still good.
Pride Of The Yankees 1942 Homerun.
Take Me Out To The Ballgame 1949 Single.
The Stratton Story 1951 Single.
Angels In The Outfield 1951 Two-Bagger.
The Winning Team 1952 Two-Bagger.
Bang The Drum Slowly 1974 Single.
The Bad News Bears 1976 Single.
Eight Men Out 1988 Grand Slam.
Bull Durham 1988 Triple.
Stealing Home 1988 Two-Bagger.
Major League 1989 Triple.
The Natural 1984 Grand Slam.
Field Of Dreams 1989 Grand Slam.
Talent For The Game 1991 Single.
Pastime 1991 Single.
A League Of Their Own 1992 Triple.
Rookie Of The Year 1993 Single.
Little Big League 1994 Single.
The Sandlot 1994 Triple.
Cobb 1994 Triple.
The Scout 1994 Two-Bagger.
The Fan 1996 Single.
Soul Of The Game 1996 Homerun.
For Love Of The Game 1999 Triple.
61* 2001 Homerun.
Hardball 2001 Single.
Summer Catch 2001 Single.
The Rookie 2002 Triple.
Mr. 3000 2004 Single.
Fever Pitch 2005. Triple.
The Benchwarmers 2006 Single.
Everyone’s Hero 2006 Two-Bagger.
I hear it’s good…and then not good. Really not good.
http://www.moviecitynews.com/reviews/2008/Sugar.html
Summer Catch was a homerun based solely on Jessica Biel.
Not sure it technically qualifies as a ‘Movie”, but Nine Innings from Ground Zero – 2004 is a Slam (except for how the last game ended – of course).
What, no Major League 2?
You, got no mmaarrrbllleeesss!
you missed two grand slams. Both were HBO movies. The first is Long Gone about minor league baseball in the 50′s and the second is Soul of the Game – about the seldom discussed competition between Jackie Robinson, Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige to be the first black ballplayer in the majors.
You missed a grand slam in my book. Long Gone – a great HBO movie about the minor leagues in the 50′s.
can you delete this and my first post, I originally missed that you listed Soul of the Game.
FWIW, I have seen Long Gone, and, I liked it. It should be on the list too. Good catch – thanks.
Wow, Bad News Bears only a single? That is far and away the best baseball movie I have ever seen.
*61 almost sent me into diabetic shock.