Top 10 Baseball Movies

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Its at this point, at the start of winter, that I really start to miss baseball. I recently watched The Sand Lot  on HBO, and made me wonder about the best baseball movies. Below I compiled a list of my favorite.

1. 61*- This movie doesn’t get enough credit, mostly because it was an HBO movie and not a feature film. But this was an extraordinary historic baseball film, and the actors looked so much like Maris and Mantle. I strongly recommend buying this film and watching the behind the scenes.

2. The Sandlot- Everyone knows why this movie is great. It reminds me so much of playing baseball everyday and all day in the summer with kids in the neighborhood when I was younger (although it was mostly in the street because we didn’t have grass or a lot to play in).

3. Field of Dreams- There is no way you can come away from watching this movie and not love baseball.

4. The Natural- Incredible baseball movie. I would have no problem putting this number 1.

5. Pride of The Yankees- Gary Cooper is a dead ringer for Lou Gherig in this classic.

6. Major League- Hilarious great movie. Seen it 1000 times and never gets old.

7. The Rookie- Never get tired of this movie. Story of an old underdog making it to the majors.

8. Rookie of The Year- One of my favorite movies to watch as a kid. I started to believe if I broke my arm I could be a pitcher at 12. Not the most realistic baseball movie but funny.

9. Little Big League- another kids sports movie (the early 90′s were filled with these). Another movie that made me think I could be a manager and owner of a MLB team (still checking if Steinbrenner is really my grandfather).

10. Bull Durham- Not as good as everyone says it is, but still pretty funny, and hey it’s Kevin Costner in another baseball movie.

Notable Mention- Major League II

There are still a few more baseball movies I have to see that I haven’t yet. Those are Bang The Drum Slowly, and Eight Men Out.

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