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Greatest Baseball Film of All Time?
YellowSnow
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Greatest Baseball Film of All Time? 28 votes
Pride of The Yankees
0%
Bull Durham
0%
Moneyball
7%
2 votes
The Natural
25%
7 votes
Field of Dreams
7%
2 votes
Major League
42%
12 votes
A League of Their Own
3%
1 vote
Bad News Bears
3%
1 vote
Eight Men Out
3%
1 vote
F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...
7%
2 votes
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MoneyballI could've picked any of 2-3. I saw Moneyball most recently and liked it.
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Bad News BearsI should have picked Moneyball, but Bad News Bears brought me the most joy the first time I saw it while sick at my grandma’s house as a kid.
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Field of DreamsNo real wrong answer here
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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..
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...The Sandlot.
Why do you hate popular recruiting jifz?
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A League of Their OwnCould have picked any of them. Tom Hanks as Jimmy Dugan was incredible.
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The Natural
Me likey Gena Davis in that movie. Total smoke show back then.greenblood said:Could have picked any of them. Tom Hanks as Jimmy Dugan was incredible.
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Major LeagueMy 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.
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The Natural
Moneyball was a close second for mechuck said:I could've picked any of 2-3. I saw Moneyball most recently and liked it.
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The NaturalMajor League is the most watchable
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Field of Dreams
The Throbber cries like a little bitch during Brian's Song.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
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The NaturalPeople forget Joe Don Baker's greatest role was playing Babe Ruth (hi @RaceBannon ) in the Natural
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Major LeagueComedy wins
A League of Their Own is very well made
Natural gets the bronze -
Major League
MST did an episode on Mitchell. He was great in that movie, a real tough guy. @Crow_T_Robot swoons.YellowSnow said:People forget Joe Don Baker's greatest role was playing Babe Ruth (hi @RaceBannon ) in the Natural
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Major League
Wasn’t he killed with a piano wire in Cape Fear? Not so tough in that one.theknowledge said:
MST did an episode on Mitchell. He was great in that movie, a real tough guy. @Crow_T_Robot swoons.YellowSnow said:People forget Joe Don Baker's greatest role was playing Babe Ruth (hi @RaceBannon ) in the Natural
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Bad News Bears
Major League is campy humor. Entertaining and watchable I’ll admit, but I can’t choose it.RaceBannon said:Comedy wins
A League of Their Own is very well made
Natural gets the bronze
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. -
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Major League
Sandlot is number two for me.RoadDawg55 said:
Major League is campy humor. Entertaining and watchable I’ll admit, but I can’t choose it.RaceBannon said:Comedy wins
A League of Their Own is very well made
Natural gets the bronze
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. -
The Natural
People forget that the Dodgers still had to win 3 more after that homer.DerekJohnson said: -
The NaturalHard 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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The Natural
It’s the purest of baseball movies.TheRoarOfTheCrowd said: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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The Natural
My thoughts exactly. The Natural is a great fucking movie and my number one baseball movie with Major League a close second.Tequilla said:Major League is the most watchable
The Natural is the best though -
The Natural
Who has the best mustache in that video?DerekJohnson said:
Gibson
Eckersly
Wilford Brimley -
High stinky cheddar
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Abundance gif…CFetters_Nacho_Lover said: -
The NaturalI listen to The Rewatchables pod and they’ve done a couple baseball movies.
League of Their Own
https://open.spotify.com/episode/52yQ75dxCNuD5FOgU4i86H?si=CCM3oRyUTHiMP9lnlWS1NQ
The Natural
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ga8780t7Y2ki1g4tzMN5n?si=ZHI0SsrrR26iRLxtGo0e_A
The Sandlot
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4pMorFcXMNmg7Q79on8BBa?si=Ze2-2WlxSjyiTWl67LzB2A
Field of Dreams
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5uDcIVOXBRZhFRkXK8cY6w?si=EidUBo9QRpegBglJHTvPug
Major League
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6r0rWyxQtndOKomY9mABiV?si=muCzUcohQnyLW6D7gilCag -
F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...+1 for Sandlot. Haven't seen more than a couple of the others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDRSDlsPcKQ