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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 11:24 pm |
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 11:26 pm |
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I'm a sentimental sap, so I have to vote for Field of Dreams.
However, I also love 61* as a tribute to Fargo's own Roger Maris. May not count since it was first a TV movie.
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 11:33 pm |
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 11:34 pm |
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 11:39 pm |
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Against my own self-interest, I might've voted for Damn Yankees if it was on the list, but I went with A League of Their Own.
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 11:40 pm |
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A League Of Their Own for me. It's funny and touching. Though I liked Major League, too. It's funny.
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 11:40 pm |
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Beachy wrote: But I probably would have picked The Sandlot if it had been on the list. The Sandlot is wonderful...can't believe I forgot it. You're killin' me, Smalls.
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 7:19 am |
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Pride of the Yankees for me, closely followed by The Natural.
Pride of the Yankees is from a different, classic era. So it's probably not a natural comparison -- both are my favorites.
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:43 am |
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 9:58 am |
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While not a big baseball fan, I'm a big fan of baseball movies.
Go figure!
The Sandlot definitely receives some love, but I'll choose one from the actual list, and while Field of Dreams packs an emotional whallop, I'm giving my vote to Major League.
It's a perfect example of a sports underdog movie, and perfectly sums up life for Cleveland sports fans, all in one package.
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 11:30 am |
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On the list it's between Major League and A League Of Their Own....I went with League Of Their Own.
But the real correct answer is The Sandlot.
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 12:29 pm |
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 12:39 pm |
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I'm partial to Major League myself. Not sure why.
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 1:20 pm |
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James C. Taylor wrote: I'm partial to Major League myself. Not sure why. Bob Eucker. 
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 1:23 pm |
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Serge wrote: While not a big baseball fan, I'm a big fan of baseball movies.
Go figure. This. In fact I don't even understand the rules. Few people in the UK would, I would guess. But some of my favourite movies are on that list. Hard decision, but I'm going with Major League. It is difficult, though, to think of a BAD one abouit baseball. We had this conversation before iirc and someone pointed out that this was also true about boxing (apart for on the worst bits of the Rocky series).
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 2:28 pm |
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:32 pm |
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Serge wrote: James C. Taylor wrote: I'm partial to Major League myself. Not sure why. Bob Eucker.  Yes. Yes, that's it exactly. What a bunch of funny lines from that guy. There were other things, but without Eucker, it wouldn't be nearly as good.
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:15 pm |
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James is an Indians fan, I do believe.
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 7:17 pm |
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 7:27 pm |
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ALOTO, followed by Bull Durham. Or Damn Yankees. Or Pride of the Yankees.
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 9:15 pm |
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My only problem with ALOTO is that I've always loved Téa Leoni. And where that really isn't a problem normally, in this case, even though she was a very minor character in this movie (played 1st Base for Racine), because I knew her and tended to keep focused on her whenever she was on the big screen, that caused me to instantly spot that RACINE CHEATS in the 7th game.
They bat Téa in the 8th and again out of batting order in the 9th inning.
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Post subject: Best Baseball Movie Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 1:43 pm |
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You just ruined the entire movie for me. 
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