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Greatest Baseball Film of All Time?

YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,341 Founders Club

Greatest Baseball Film of All Time? 28 votes

Pride of The Yankees
0%
Bull Durham
0%
Moneyball
7%
whlinderchuck 2 votes
The Natural
25%
DerekJohnsonCFetters_Nacho_LovercreepycougTequillaDooglesYellowSnowTheRoarOfTheCrowd 7 votes
Field of Dreams
7%
PurpleThrobberJoey 2 votes
Major League
42%
RaceBannonSwayeMad_SonAtomicDawgYouKnowItalumni94Bad_MotherDuckerIPukeOregonGrellowtheknowledgejhfstyle24LesGrossman1to392831weretaken 12 votes
A League of Their Own
3%
greenblood 1 vote
Bad News Bears
3%
RoadDawg55 1 vote
Eight Men Out
3%
TheHB 1 vote
F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...
7%
huskyhooliganBleachedAnusDawg 2 votes
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  • chuckchuck Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 10,999 Swaye's Wigwam
    Moneyball
    I could've picked any of 2-3. I saw Moneyball most recently and liked it.
  • JoeyJoey Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 6,663 Founders Club
    Field of Dreams
    No real wrong answer here
  • Fishpo31Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,416
    edited April 2022
    This is "Which one is your favorite child?" territory...
    Have seen them all, some dozens of times, love them all for different reasons. If I find one on TV, I will stop to watch a little, then move on.
    There are three films that, no matter how many times I have seen them, I watch beginning to end, and every time it brings me to tears:
    Brian's Song
    Field of Dreams
    Bang the Drum Slowly (early DeNiro)

    I guess that makes me a sentimental old fool...

    Also, a shout out to Fear Strikes Out, which was made before I was born, but continues to resonate today, for me..

    EDIT: for lack of proper punctuation
  • greenbloodgreenblood Member Posts: 14,377
    A League of Their Own
    Could have picked any of them. Tom Hanks as Jimmy Dugan was incredible.
  • theknowledgetheknowledge Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 4,871 Founders Club
    Major League
    My friends and I quoted Major League every baseball season from when we were in little league in 1990 until we graduated in 1997. We weren't any good by the time we got to high school/American Legion ball but we liked to hit, talk shit, lose and drink beer. We identified with the fictional Cleveland Indians or whatever the fuck they're called now.
  • DerekJohnsonDerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 63,171 Founders Club
    The Natural
    chuck said:

    I could've picked any of 2-3. I saw Moneyball most recently and liked it.

    Moneyball was a close second for me
  • TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 19,836
    The Natural
    Major League is the most watchable

    The Natural is the best though
  • PurpleThrobberPurpleThrobber Member Posts: 43,960 Standard Supporter
    Field of Dreams
    Fishpo31 said:

    This is "Which one is your favorite child?" territory...
    Have seen them all, some dozens of times, love them all for different reasons. If I find one on TV, I will stop to watch a little, then move on.
    There are three films that, no matter how many times I have seen them, I watch beginning to end, and every time it brings me to tears:
    Brian's Song
    Field of Dreams
    Bang the Drum Slowly (early DeNiro)

    I guess that makes me a sentimental old fool...

    Also, a shout out to Fear Strikes Out, which was made before I was born, but continues to resonate today, for me..

    EDIT: for lack of proper punctuation

    The Throbber cries like a little bitch during Brian's Song.

  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,341 Founders Club
    edited April 2022
    The Natural
    People forget Joe Don Baker's greatest role was playing Babe Ruth (hi @RaceBannon ) in the Natural

  • RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 105,448 Founders Club
    Major League
    Comedy wins

    A League of Their Own is very well made

    Natural gets the bronze
  • theknowledgetheknowledge Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 4,871 Founders Club
    Major League

    People forget Joe Don Baker's greatest role was playing Babe Ruth (hi @RaceBannon ) in the Natural

    MST did an episode on Mitchell. He was great in that movie, a real tough guy. @Crow_T_Robot swoons.
  • theknowledgetheknowledge Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 4,871 Founders Club
    Major League

    People forget Joe Don Baker's greatest role was playing Babe Ruth (hi @RaceBannon ) in the Natural

    MST did an episode on Mitchell. He was great in that movie, a real tough guy. @Crow_T_Robot swoons.
    Wasn’t he killed with a piano wire in Cape Fear? Not so tough in that one.
  • RoadDawg55RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,123
    edited April 2022
    Bad News Bears

    Comedy wins

    A League of Their Own is very well made

    Natural gets the bronze

    Major League is campy humor. Entertaining and watchable I’ll admit, but I can’t choose it.

    For people in their 30’s, the popular choice would be Sandlot. “You’re killing me Smalls” gets a reaction every time. From a drug deal taking too long, to a spilled drink, or your buddy striking out with a girl at the bar, it’s known. Bystanders will react if you drop that line anywhere.

    It’s so big and played out that it’s lost some luster, but imo, it’s probably the most well known baseball movie for anyone under 40.
  • 1to392831weretaken1to392831weretaken Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,599 Swaye's Wigwam
    Major League

    Comedy wins

    A League of Their Own is very well made

    Natural gets the bronze

    Major League is campy humor. Entertaining and watchable I’ll admit, but I can’t choose it.

    For people in their 30’s, the popular choice would be Sandlot. “You’re killing me Smalls” gets a reaction every time. From a drug deal taking too long, to a spilled drink, or your buddy striking out with a girl at the bar, it’s known. Bystanders will react if you drop that line anywhere.

    It’s so big and played out that it’s lost some luster, but imo, it’s probably the most well known baseball movie for anyone under 40.
    Sandlot is number two for me.
  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,341 Founders Club
    The Natural
    People forget that the Dodgers still had to win 3 more after that homer.
  • TheRoarOfTheCrowdTheRoarOfTheCrowd Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,715 Founders Club
    edited April 2022
    The Natural
    Hard to not pick field of dreams but the natural evokes more of a feeling of baseball lore than the dreamstate of FOD.
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