Maybe @funKYcat75 can do what he did for the Christmas Movie Tourney and do a poll for each of these (assuming he's a baseball fan)?
Who you got?
Bracket: Best Baseball Movie
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Maybe @funKYcat75 can do what he did for the Christmas Movie Tourney and do a poll for each of these (assuming he's a baseball fan)?
Who you got?
You left out the epic moment when Steve Nebraska threw a perfect game in the World Series, even striking out known power hitter Ozzie Smith.
No bracket needed. The Natural is the GOAT and Field of Dreams right there next.
Terrible bracket, fwiw.....no 42 or Bingo Long.
Terrible bracket, fwiw.....no 42 or Bingo Long.
I had AI fill out this bracket and it had The Sandlot beating Major League in the finals. Not what I would pick but can't hate on any of the options. Baseball movies are lightyears ahead of movies about other sports.
I had 42 but Mr. Baseball was ranked higher in the baseball movies list so I included that as the play-in.
Still 42 isn't anywhere close to the top 10 baseball movies which are all in here.
Talent for the Game is one I like but doesn't make it. Sugar was also on the table. Little Big League was the other kids baseball movie from the 90s.
The Natural vs Field of Dreams in the world series with Field of Dreams winning with a walk off homer in the bottom of the 9th in game 7.
I love the Sandlot but it’s not beating the original Bad News Bears.
The Natural is the best baseball movie ever imo- Major League is my favorite.
Most underrated- 61*
Costner’s best baseball movie is Bull Durham.
The Natural is the best baseball movie ever imo- Major League is my favorite.
Most underrated- 61*
Costner’s best baseball movie is Bull Durham.
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Rocky and Raging Bull are the two best sports movies ever.
I forgot about boxing being a sport. I was thinking more of the team sports stuff. But yeah, boxing and baseball are the best.
I don't get the obsession with The Natural. Just an awful, awful movie.
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First Round:
East Bracket - West Bracket
Mr Baseball - Field of Dreams
Pride of the Yankees - A league of their own
The Rookie - Bad News Bears
Major League - For the Love of the Game
Second Round:
Pride of the Yankees - Field of Dreams
Major League - Bad News Bears
Third Round:
Major League - Bad News Bears
Winner
Major League
East Bracket - West Bracket
Mr Baseball - Field of Dreams
Pride of the Yankees - A league of their own
The Rookie - Bad News Bears
Major League - For the Love of the Game
Second Round:
Pride of the Yankees - Field of Dreams
Major League - Bad News Bears
Third Round:
Major League - Bad News Bears
Winner
Major League
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Traveling All Stars and Motor Kings
Billy Dee Williams
Richard Pryor
James Earl Jones
for the Bull Durham fans; The Nuke LaLoosh character was based on this guy.
Steve Dalkowski - Wikipedia
Bad News Bears - champion
No need to fill out or even LOOK at the rest of the bracket.
No need to fill out or even LOOK at the rest of the bracket.
First round winners: Bull Durham, Eight Men Out, The Natural, Major League, Field of Dreams, A League of Their Own, Bad News Bears (the original one), Moneyball
Maybe @funKYcat75 can do what he did for the Christmas Movie Tourney and do a poll for each of these (assuming he's a baseball fan)?
Who you got?
Final 4: Eight Men Out, Major League, A League of Their Own, Bad News Bears
Finals: Major League, A League of Their Own
Champ: Major League
for the Bull Durham fans; The Nuke LaLoosh character was based on this guy.
Steve Dalkowski - Wikipedia
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Fun read! Quite a character. Good grief, he struck out 262 batters and walked 262 in 170 innings one year in the California League. Too bad, unlike Nuke he never made it to the Show.
Seems many haven’t heard of Long Gone, the HBO movie back in 1987. It’s free here on YouTube.
I like it better than Bull Durham. In terms of baseball scenes in a movie, For Love of the Game is second to none. It’s just that there’s all of the romance with Kelly Preston stuff for the rest of movie which kills it.
I like it better than Bull Durham. In terms of baseball scenes in a movie, For Love of the Game is second to none. It’s just that there’s all of the romance with Kelly Preston stuff for the rest of movie which kills it.
Although not in the brackets, this has always been my favorite baseball movie.
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Bang the Drum Slowly (film) - Wikipedia
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Long Gone is a great baseball flick. Absurd that it is a “play-in” team. Blow out win by 30+ in that game. Double digit win against Bull Durham in the next round. Only reason it wouldn’t get past the Elite Eight is because the selection committee screwed them. Eight Men out wins that one in OT.
Cantrell’s Rule: Eff ‘em if they can’t take a joke.
I only put it there cause besides my brother and I, no one else had heard of it when I talk about it until now. Glad to see a fellow fan!
That's because baseball is the worst sport. Nothing happens. And it takes no talent. So you can have close ups of theater kids staring off in to the distance thinking about settling down on a farm for three minutes. Cut ahead two hours in to the game when the next action happens and audience isn't lost. Show things in slow motion and not annoy viewers who would rather see exciting alley oops in real time.
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The original Bad News Bears for the upset....you can take your bracket and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!
Probably Major League for me.
Probably Major League for me.
