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Best Baseball Movie Ever?

By William R. Newcott, April 2004

Cast your vote for the best flick about life on and off the diamond





61* (2001)
Billy Crystal's take on the Maris/Mantle home run race.

Angels in the Outfield (1994)
At this time, the only way the California Angels could win was with supernatural help.

The Babe (1992)
John Goodman as the Babe.

The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
William Bendix as the Babe.

Bad News Bears (1976)
Walter Matthau and young Tatum O'Neal square off on the diamond.

Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
Robert DeNiro as a dying catcher.

Brewster's Millions (1985)
Minor leaguer Richard Pryor inherits a fortune.

Bull Durham (1988)
Love and lust and diamond dust.

Cobb (1994)
Tommy Lee Jones as the orneriest player ever.

Damn Yankees! (1958)
The Senators beat the Yanks, thanks to the Devil himself.

Eight Men Out (1988)
A new look at the Black Sox scandal.

Fear Strikes Out (1957)
Tony Perkins as Jimmy Piersall, who overcame mental illness to star for the Red Sox.

Field of Dreams (1989)
If you build it, they will come.

For Love of the Game (1999)
Kevin Costner as a veteran big leaguer nearing his last inning.

The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Jackie plays himself in this biopic.

Kill the Umpire (1950)
William Bendix in a screw(base)ball comedy.

A League of Their Own (1992)
Tom Hanks coaches an all-women team during WWII.

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1999)
Documentary about baseball's first great Jewish player.

Major League (1989)
Charlie Sheen plays for a down-and-out franchise.

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Leslie Nielsen sings the National Anthem. Need we say more?

The Natural (1984)
Iconic music by Randy Newman; hypnotic performance by Robert Redford.

The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig.

The Rookie (2002)
Middle-aged Dennis Quaid realizes his dream to play big-league ball.

The Sandlot (1993)
James Earl Jones is the neighbor who gets a ball thrown in his backyard.