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1.
Field
of Dreams - Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones and Burt Lancaster - This is
probably the best overall baseball movie. The only problem is that there is very little
actual baseball in the movie. Its the love of baseball that makes this movie so great.
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2. Bull Durham - What real minor league baseball is really like.
And Susan Sarandon rivals Gwen Verdon (from Damn Yankees) as the sexiest woman in a
baseball movie. At times I've thought that both Bull Durham or Field of Dreams should be
#1.
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3.
The
Pride of the Yankees - The Lou Gehrig Story - Lou's one of my all time
favorite players and the speech at the end at Yankee Stadium gets me every time.
Previously I rated this #1 but I saw it again in December of 1997 and it didn't hold up as
well as I thought it did. The baseball scenes weren't as realistic as I remember.
Gary Cooper not being left handed didn't help.
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4. Damn
Yankees - The dream of a washed up older fan being changed into a great ball
player is a great musical movie.
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5. Bang the Drum Slowly (1973 version) - Robert Deniro and Michael Moriarty - a
great movie and a great book.
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6.
The
Stratton Story - Jimmy Stewart as one-legged White Sox pitcher, Monty
Stratton and June Allyson is terrific. Its so sappy I can't believe Disney has not done a
remake.
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7.
Major
League - Charlie Sheen (as Wild Thing), Tom Berenger and Corbin Bernsen make
this a great comedy.
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8.
The
Natural - Robert Redford (although almost 50 when he made this movie) and his
magical bat and a dozen other great actors make this
a movie I can watch over and over.
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9.
Eight
Men Out - The best of several movies about the Black Sox Betting Scandal
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10.
Soul
of the Game - This is a recent HBO movie about Jackie Robinson, Josh Gibson
and Satchell Paige and how Jackie Robinson was chosen by the Dodgers over the other two to
be the first Negro League player to play in the Majors.
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