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Greatest Baseball Film of All Time?

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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,789 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.

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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,851 Founders Club
    edited April 2022
    The Natural
    People forget Joe Don Baker's greatest role was playing Babe Ruth (hi @RaceBannon ) in the Natural

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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 116,027 Founders Club
    Major League
    Comedy wins

    A League of Their Own is very well made

    Natural gets the bronze
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  • theknowledge
    theknowledge Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,948 Founders Club
    Major League
    YellowSnow said:

    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.
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  • theknowledge
    theknowledge Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,948 Founders Club
    Major League
    theknowledge said:

    YellowSnow said:

    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.
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,543 Swaye's Wigwam
    edited April 2022
    Bad News Bears
    RaceBannon said:

    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.
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 70,098 Founders Club
    The Natural
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDRSDlsPcKQ
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  • 1to392831weretaken
    1to392831weretaken Member Posts: 7,696
    Major League
    RoadDawg55 said:

    RaceBannon said:

    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.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,851 Founders Club
    The Natural
    DerekJohnson said:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDRSDlsPcKQ

    People forget that the Dodgers still had to win 3 more after that homer.
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  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,816 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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