offseason thread

Just passing the time so we can survive until day Saturday

Hardball. For the sads. Not #1 but I loved that movie.

Major League
Bull Durham
Moneyball
The Sandlot
Bad News Bears
A League of Their Own
The Rookie
The Natural
Field of Dreams

Little Big League (not a great movie, not even really a good movie, but it has the highest quality baseball play of any movie without a doubt)


Eight Men Out was a terrible movie, it's difficult to get through.

trouble said:

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Mostly by how much I quote them:

1. The Sandlot
2. Major League
3. A League of Their Own
4. Bull Durham
5. Field of Dreams
6. Moneyball
7. The Bad News Bears
8. The Rookie
9. The Natural
10. Angels in the Outfield

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Quote usage is a reasonable way to measure the greatness of a movie. Try this one:

Dutton: Don't we need a catcher?

Hill: Not if you get it near the plate, we don't.

The Scout

Bang The Drum Slowly stands out as one of the best baseball movies I ever saw, but I pretty much enjoyed every baseball movie I ever saw. There's just something about the game that draws you into a story.

BostonAg74 said:

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Bang The Drum Slowly stands out as one of the best baseball movies I ever saw, but I pretty much enjoyed every baseball movie I ever saw. There's just something about the game that draws you into a story.

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Glad someone else has seen and appreciates this movie.

1. The Sandlot
2. Major League
3. Bull Durham
4. A Winner Never Quits (Keith Carradine as Pete Gray)
5. Field of Dreams
6. Eight Men Out
7. 42
8. The Rookie
9. The Natural
10. Moneyball

Honorable Mention:
Rookie of the Year, The Bad News Bears, For Love of the Game, Little Big League, Baseball scene from The Naked Gun, Baseball scene from The Geisha Boy (Jerry Lewis)

Most entertaining: Bull Durham

Most nostalgic: The Sandlot

Most sentimental: Field of Dreams

Most angering: 42

Most interesting: Moneyball

Most underrated: 61

Shocked for the lack of love for Rookie of the Year. One honorable mention.

Not a movie, but the X-Files episode The Unnatural was thoroughly enjoyable.

I didn't find "Kill the Umpire" (1950) anywhere on here. It's kinda dopey, but still a lot of fun.

Everyone else pretty much covered all the other great baseball movies, but think the list ought to be expanded to the top 20 since there are just so darn many.

Btw, Bull Durham is incredibly entertaining imo, and despite the lulls in Field of Dreams I find it wistfully nostalgic.

Bad News Bears (1976) -

• Buttermaker: You probably lost on purpose. You probably like the little baboon.
• Amanda: Blow it out your bunghole!

I don't care who you are, that's just funny!

I'd make the list top 5 that way some notable movies don't make the list

1. The Natural
2. For the Love of the Game
3. 42
4. Field of Dreams

All the rest are good but way below these four in this order .

jkag89 said:

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BostonAg74 said:

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Bang The Drum Slowly stands out as one of the best baseball movies I ever saw, but I pretty much enjoyed every baseball movie I ever saw. There's just something about the game that draws you into a story.

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Glad someone else has seen and appreciates this movie.

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The heartbreaking performance by not yet famous Robert De Niro still sticks with me.

And after watching a few clips to refresh my memory, it hit me that the perfect baseball movie match for Hayden Schott is Michael Moriarty's portrayal of Henry Wiggins in Bang The Drum Slowly

Bryanisbest said:

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1. The Natural
2. For the Love of the Game
3. 42
4. Field of Dreams

All the rest are good but way below these four in this order .

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Bull Durham
The Sandlot
Major League

The rest are good but these are clear leaders in the clubhouse.

I have tried to find "The Angels in the Outfield "

I have been wanting to watch that movie since I loved it as a kid.

Cannot find to stream anywhere

You can stream it on TBS if you login with a cable provider.

https://www.tbs.com/movies/angels-in-the-outfield

1. Bang the Drum Slowly
2. Trouble With the Curve --- I liked Amy Adams/Clint Eastwood/Timberlake
3. Moneyball
4. The Rookie
5. Major League --- How's your wife and my kids?
6. For the Love of the Game
7. The Natural
8. Rookie of the Year --- Hidden ball, chicken, the floater.
9. Bull Durham --- Would rank higher except for Robbins, Costner, and Sarandon
10. The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant

TyHolden said:

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Pissed off enough Premium members. Thought I'd see if we could do the same with the purists. Flame away!

based on movies I've actually seen and can remember....let's hear it. This should be good.

1. Moneyball
2. Bull Durham
3. The Sandlot
3b. Field of Dreams
4. Major League
5. The Bad News Bears
6. For the Love of the Game
7. The Natural
8. The Rookie
9. Brewster's Million
10. The Babe

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nice list. Ever seen "Bang the Drum Slowly" or "Trouble With the Curve"?

BostonAg74 said:

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Bang The Drum Slowly stands out as one of the best baseball movies I ever saw, but I pretty much enjoyed every baseball movie I ever saw. There's just something about the game that draws you into a story.

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Bang the Drum Slowly is an all time favorite. The guy wrote 3 books about that character and this is the middle one, I think.

Field of Dreams
Sandlot
Moneyball

The only three I've seen. I was at Olsen in '89 and had a kid that could have played a long time but went Moonlight Grahm, so Field of Dreams hits home.

Bull Durham
Sandlot
Major League
The Hill (if you haven't seen it- go watch it now!)
The Natural
Money ball
For Love of the Game
Trouble with the Curve (because I love RomComs and Clint Eastwood)


I loathe Field of Dreams.

61* is absolutely phenomenal. It was directed by Billy Crystal and (pardon the pun) he knocked it out of the park.

Looks like only one person included "a league of their own" in their list. That's one too many.

It happens every Spring.

Death on the Diamond

Agsttt said:

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Looks like only one person included "a league of their own" in their list. That's one too many.

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Take out the sappy stuff at the beginning and end and it is an A+ baseball movie from Wrigley Field for the try outs, some excellent action shots (better than many baseball movies) to some great lines.