mlb.com is doing a bracket of best baseball movies - my daughter told me about it today. I just did my bracket and I think I want to go back and check out some of the movies I've never seen.
http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/mlb/n...ss/bracket.jsp
mlb.com is doing a bracket of best baseball movies - my daughter told me about it today. I just did my bracket and I think I want to go back and check out some of the movies I've never seen.
http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/mlb/n...ss/bracket.jsp
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No Field of Dreams, or did I miss it?
EDIT: Never mind...I just found the brackets. I'm an idiot.
“In the same way that a baseball season never really begins, it never really ends either.” - Lonnie Wheeler, "Bleachers, A Summer in Wrigley Field"
The Baseball Emporium - Books & Things.
The Baseball Bookstore
http://tsc-sales.com/
http://tscsales.blogspot.com/
http://silverscreenbooks.com/
Long Gone is an old HBO movie about a minor league player and stars William Peterson ( Manhunter, To live and die in L.A. , CSI ). An excellent little movie. I don't know if it is out on dvd. I own an old VHS.
If anyone hasn't see 'For Love of the Game' immediately do so.
Stars Kevin Costner as a pitcher nearing the end of his career.
Directed by Sam Raimi.
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Kind of neat, actually. There are a few I am not totally familiar with, and others I have heard about, but have never seen (the movie with Maris and Mantle is mentioned in the Baseball Hall Of Shame).
There were quite a few no brainers in the end for me, though.
I chose Field of Dreams over The Natural in the Championship.
Fields of Dreams is my favorite movie of all-time. As a tradition every year I watch Field of Dreams on the Saturday night before Opening Day.
I picked A League of Their Own over Field of Dreams, but it was really tough to do that. The one movie I wish they'd remake is Bang The Drum Slowly. It's not a bad flick, but since they made it contemporary (for then), it looks really dated and I think the story works much better as a period piece (in the 50's - fabulous book!).
“In the same way that a baseball season never really begins, it never really ends either.” - Lonnie Wheeler, "Bleachers, A Summer in Wrigley Field"
The Baseball Emporium - Books & Things.
The Baseball Bookstore
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http://tscsales.blogspot.com/
http://silverscreenbooks.com/
I had 8 men out as well.
Nothing to see here. Please disperse.
Ironically we just picked up Eight Men Out at the library today, along with Hitchcock's The Trouble With Harry, one of his quirkier films.
“In the same way that a baseball season never really begins, it never really ends either.” - Lonnie Wheeler, "Bleachers, A Summer in Wrigley Field"
The Baseball Emporium - Books & Things.
The Baseball Bookstore
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http://tscsales.blogspot.com/
http://silverscreenbooks.com/
Bad News Bears - 1976 wins it all.
The Natural over Field of Dreams
I was disappointed I had to chose b/n the Natural and Bull Durham in the semis.
I ran into that quite a few times. There were too many times when I had good movies competing against good movies, and a few times when not so good movies made it too far along. I think both Fear Strikes Out and Bingo Longo made my sweet 16. I did not like Fear Strikes Out that much, but Bingo Longo is one of my all time favorites. Pride of the Yankees made my final four - but looking back on the list, it might be lucky to make my top 10 (and I do like the movie).
Still, I had a bit of fun with the brackets.
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