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I have a lot of movies to see!! But don't hate me when I say that I love "Angels in the Outfield." It still makes me laugh out loud despite the cheesiness. I watch it every year before Opening Day.

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Just to be cheeky, how about South Park's episode "The Losing Edge?" That's the episode where they try to lose to avoid playing more Little League games, and Stan's dad keeps fighting other dads in the stand.

 

Now, there's no need to question my love of baseball. Now. When I was kid, I was ready for those games to be over and done with, and this episode brings it all back.

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I can't believe For Love of the Game has not been mentioned!!! Just kidding.

Hey, if you ignore the love-story between Kevin Costner and Kelly Preston, the baseball scenes are pretty good. And the other love story- between Kevin Costner the pitcher and John C. Reily, his aging but personal catcher- is very touching and realistic, too. And it is the Yankees he is pitching a perfect game against, so it can't be that bad. Really, it's like a "life flashing before your eyes" as a once-great pitcher's baseball career is about to die. It's not a bad movie... again, if you're able to skip most of the relationship scenes.

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Field of Dreams. Watched it a couple weeks ago, and my wife kept trying to talk to me near the end. Brutal. ;)

 

But honestly, for the first time in my life, I was completely enthralled for the entire 100 whatever minutes of it. I hadn't watched it in about 10 years or so, and I think the mental processes in my brain that have developed in the meantime really helped me 'get' it.

 

Moneyball was absolutely great too. I know Keith Law didn't like it or whatever -- "Keith Law disapproves" of just about everything -- but it was a baseball movie that didn't bastardize the game, and didn't pull too many punches.

 

I mean I like the 'fun' ones; Angels in the Outfield is great if you aren't looking for a ton of realism, but I hate the movies that make baseball seem as easy as it looks on TV. It just feeds the stereotypes that non-baseball fans have....i.e. it's boring, etc.

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1) The Natural

2) Major League

3) Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings

4) Bull Durham

5) Field of Dreams

6) 61

7) Money Ball

8) Eight Men Out

9) Sugar

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A really excellent baseball movie nobody has mentioned yet is 'Mr. Baseball'. This was filmed the year before I went to Japan, and is a very accurate depiction of how the game is played over there. One of the best baseball movies in my opinion.

 

Others: Eight Men Out, Bull Durham, Little Big League (for its Twins connection), Summer Catch (Jessica Biel in a bikini!)

 

Field of Dreams only had about 8 seconds of baseball in it.

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Has anyone ever seen the movie Long Gone? La Velle has mentioned it as one of his favorite baseball movies in the past. It isn't available on DVD and it is hard to find.

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*61 is the most underrated baseball movie of all time. Barry Pepper and Thomas Jane were awesome as Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. The Mick just happens to be my favorite ball player of all time!

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*61 is a great movie. Billy Crystal used old Tiger Stadium to recreate old Yankee Stadium. Anthony Michael Hall, who is right-handed, played Whitey Ford, a lefty. So they put him in a uniform with the numbers and lettering reversed, filmed him pitching right-handed, then flipped the film to show him throwing left-handed.

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Just to be cheeky, how about South Park's episode "The Losing Edge?" That's the episode where they try to lose to avoid playing more Little League games, and Stan's dad keeps fighting other dads in the stand.

 

Now, there's no need to question my love of baseball. Now. When I was kid, I was ready for those games to be over and done with, and this episode brings it all back.

or..

How about that episode of Futurama called " A Leela of her own". The New New York Mets sign Leela to bean opposing players because having only one eye causes her depth perception problems.

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I will brook no discussion on this: Bull Durham is the greatest baseball movie of all time.

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Honestly, Moneyball is right up there for me with Major League, Field of Dreams, and Eight Men Out. And I still don't understand how a movie about Babe Ruth starring the great John Goodman could have been so terrible.

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For historical purpose - Eight Men Out and Moneyball

For what it is like being a full-blown true fan of a team - Fever Pitch

For pure entertainment - Field of Dreams

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^^^ I was waiting for somebody to mention Fever Pitch. I watch it every year pitchers and catchers report to spring training. A wall in my living room is starting to resemble Jimmy Fallon's apartment in that movie (although substitute in Twins stuff instead of Red Sox).

 

5. Major League

4. Field of Dreams

3. Moneyball

2. The Sandlot

1. Bull Durham

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I think Sandlot is #1 because for me it shows the joy of being a kid, playing baseball, and being a kid playing baseball. Little Big League is up there, because of the Twins connection, and I was at a game when they filmed the scene where everyone is chanting "BILLY! BILLY!". Not too many mentions for Fever Pitch (and for good reason), but I love the scene when the UPS guy delivers his season tickets and he runs out in his underwear and hugs the UPS guy. Im pretty sure Ill do that when I get season tickets.

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Moneyball

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Eight Men Out

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Little Big League

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Angels in the Outfield

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Bang the Drum Slowly

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Hardball

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Mr. Baseball

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Sugar

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The Stratton Story

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Talent for the Game

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For Love of the Game

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Summer Catch

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A League of Their Own

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Fever Pitch

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I know, I have too much time on my hands...

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1. Sandlot

2. Major League

3. Bull Durham

4. 61

5. For the love of the Game

 

While I think the Natural is a good movie, I think its really overrated and #6 at best for me. I think Field of Dreams is garbage. Not sure why anyone would need to visit either. Much rather visit real ballparks. JMO.

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