I've loved baseball all my life. The ballet between a pitcher and a batter, the way the infield covers the bases. The routine plays and the strategy in the game. I don't follow teams, can't give you stats, I simply love the game.
Tonight, I'm watching clips from The Love Of The Game, a movie released in 1999.
So, the question for y'all. What is the best baseball movie?
6 comments:
Major League 1989 ****
Moneyball
I'm with you. I enjoy the art of the game. I don't care about the individual teams. I actually enjoy minor league and college games more than the big leagues where they treat it like a job.
Back in the late '80's I was stationed in Millington, TN. One of the little known secrets back then was that the US Olympic baseball team's practice field was right outside of town (I think it's in NC now). It was inexpensive and the games were great. I saw them play exhibition games against Cuba, Taiwan and Japan (there were a few others but those I remember for sure).
When my kids were young I coached little league for 12 years (baseball and softball). I really loved the strategy involved in games where home runs were extremely rare rather than the primary scoring event.
I still enjoy going to the local minor league team (AAA) games but don't get around to it as often as I'd like.
With all that said, your question is a good one. There are some really good baseball movies out there. I do love "Major League" and Bob Uecker was freaking hilarious in it.
The Natural (obviously...baseball classic)
Bull Durham
A League of their Own ("There's no crying in baseball!")
Mr. Baseball (it was a flop at the box office, but I really enjoyed Tom Selleck in it: "We're not athletes - we're baseball players" - plus it was a "romantic comedy" so you can watch it with your wife or girlfriend and she'll probably like it too).
But my all time favorite is the one you mentioned in your post: For Love of the Game. I think I like it so much because I've resigned myself to the fact that I've got more days behind me than ahead of me and the movie really explores the whole "do I have one more good one in me?" question that seems to be perpetual once you reach a certain age.
Why yes...yes I do.
second that - original Major League
I missed one that I should have mentioned in the runners up:
The Bad News Bears (The original Walter Matthau version). Another classic.
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