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The Best Baseball Movies of All-Time

March 6, 2008 by cubsnet

ESPN.com's Rob Neyer provides his list of the top baseball movies, stemming from this list:

1. Bull Durham
2. Eight Men Out
3. The Bad News Bears
4. Fever Pitch
5. The Natural
6. The Sandlot
7. 61*
8. Pride of the Yankees
9. A League of Their Own
10. Babe Ruth

I have not seen 4, 7, 8, or 10, so cannot comment on those. I will merely say that putting Bull Durham No. 1 is "the dumbest, most outrageous thing in the history of [sports movie lists], and ... I will not argue about this." Neyer criticizes Field of Dreams for making Shoeless Joe Jackson into a right-handed hitter, but ignores that Bull Durham features a star pitching prospect who throws like a girl. Bull Durham is not a baseball movie. It's a chick flick that thinks it's a comedy. And a bad one at that.

I have only seen two baseball movies worth seeing again: 1. The Natural (the book is terrible); and 2. Eight Men Out (the book is even better).

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baseball movies

March 7, 2008 by Brian C, 2 years 6 days ago
Comment id: 3065

I finally saw Bull Durham for the first time a couple years ago, and while I didn't have the negative reaction that you've expressed for it on occasion, I found myself wondering what the big deal was supposed to be. I don't feel the need to watch it again.

Felt the same way about The Natural, which I first saw even more recently. I didn't really buy Redford in the role, to be honest, and I thought the filmmaking was poor at times (especially early in the film). I don't really need to see that one again, either.

I'll admit to being a huge fan of Field of Dreams, though. Haven't seen Eight Men Out.

RE: The Natural

March 8, 2008 by cubsnet, 2 years 5 days ago
Comment id: 3066

I grew up watching The Natural way too many times and for a long time, never really knew Robert Redford in any role other than Roy Hobbs.

Redford

March 8, 2008 by Brian C, 2 years 5 days ago
Comment id: 3067

That makes sense about Redford. I probably could say something similar about Dabney Coleman's work in Cloak & Dagger.

Major League

March 22, 2008 by Cubs-Hit-08, 1 year 51 weeks ago
Comment id: 3076

Did everyone forget about Major League? Thats definitly #1. Fever Pitch is good. SO is 61. What about The Jackie Robinson Story? The Scout? The Rookie? Rookie of the Year?
What about them good ones.

RE: Major League

March 22, 2008 by cubsnet, 1 year 50 weeks ago
Comment id: 3078

Major League hasn't aged well, it seems to me. Rookie of the Year is really terrible, and at times makes a mockery of baseball without being funny. But The Rookie is very good.

A Bull Durham debate

February 17, 2010 by cubsnet, 3 weeks 4 days ago
Comment id: 3464

A Bull Durham debate commences here.

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