Results: *** A Tribute to The Baseball Playoffs *** *** Top Baseball Movies ***
Published on 10/19/2024
As October Baseball is well under way. The ALCS and NLCS are taking place and then the World Series will follow. I thought of many great Baseball Movies I enjoy.
In this Series I will share some top pics with you.
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Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice in his cornfield tell him, "If you build it, he will come." He interprets it as an instruction to build a baseball field on his farm, upon which appear the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven Chicago White Sox players banned from the game for throwing the 1919 World Series. When the voices continue, Ray seeks out a reclusive author to help him understand the meaning of the messages and the purpose for his field. Based on the Novel by Canadian Author W.P. Kinsella. Winner of 8 Awards. Have you seen "Field of Dreams"?
Yes
58%
1228 votes
No
23%
474 votes
Undecided
6%
135 votes
Not Applicable
13%
263 votes
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A semi-fictionalized account of the scandal surrounding the 1919 World Series, coined the Black Sox Scandal, is presented. The Chicago White Sox, considered the cream of the crop and one of the best major league teams ever, has just won the American League pennant, and are odds on favorites to win the World Series against the Reds. While team owner Charles A. Comiskey publicly crows about the superiority of the team he has assembled especially in their cohesion, he is unaware that arguably the cohesion in the players' determination to win is matched only by their feeling of unappreciation by Comiskey, especially financially as he screws them over time and time again on promises made. Sensing an opportunity, professional gamblers begin to feel out who they believe may be sympathetic Chicago players to a game and/or series fixing scheme, especially lucrative seeing, due to the disparity between the two teams. There ends up being eight players "in" to various degrees, from being the "all in" negotiators between the gamblers and the players, to those somewhat unaware of what is happening, to those just in the know but remain silent. Things quickly go off the rails as each individual and group is looking out solely for his own interest, from the disparate groups of players, to the gamblers, to the scheme financiers, to the team owners - Comiskey and others - as closely watching sports journalists can see that some of the Sox players are not playing as hard or as well as they can. Have you seen "Eight Men Out"?
Yes
22%
463 votes
No
57%
1198 votes
Undecided
7%
157 votes
Not Applicable
13%
282 votes
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An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league in this magical sports fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a lightning struck tree, Hobbs lives the fame he should have had earlier when, as a rising pitcher, he is inexplicably shot by a young woman. The Natural is loosely based on the true story of Eddie Waitkus, a Philadelphia Phillies first baseman who was shot in 1949. In real life, Ruth Ann Steinhagen shot Waitkus in a Chicago hotel room in 1949. Steinhagen was obsessed with Waitkus and was sent to a state psychiatric hospital. Based on the Novel by Celebrated writer Bernard Malamud: Winner of 3 Awards. Have you seen "The Natural"?
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35%
744 votes
No
43%
912 votes
Undecided
7%
155 votes
Not Applicable
14%
289 votes
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Jim Morris is a Texas high school chemistry teacher and coach of the school's baseball team. He's always loved baseball and as a way of motivating his players, he agrees to go to a professional try-out if they win the championship. He once had aspirations to be a professional baseball player but an injury brought that to an end. Sure enough, the 39 year-old father of three finds himself at a camp for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and he somehow seems to have regained his pitching arm, easily throwing a 98 mph fastball. Signed to a contract, he toils in the minor leagues while his supportive wife stays home raising their children. He soon finds himself called up to the big club and pitching for Tampa which is in Texas playing the Rangers. Based on a true story. Winner of 5 Awards Have you seen "The Rookie"?
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32%
666 votes
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47%
980 votes
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8%
175 votes
Not Applicable
13%
279 votes
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Detroit Tigers Veteran Pitcher Billy Chapel (Costner) has always been better at baseball than at love. Just ask Jane (Preston), his on-and-off girlfriend. After a bad season, just before he is about to start in what could be his final game, Jane tells Billy that she's leaving him...for good. Now with his career and love-life in balance, Billy battles against his emotional and physical limits as he strives for a Perfect Game. The suspense is never drawn back in this heartwarming drama about life, love, and risking it all For Love of the Game. Based on the Novel by Michael Shaara. Have you seen "For Love of the Game"?
Yes
18%
374 votes
No
60%
1254 votes
Undecided
8%
169 votes
Not Applicable
14%
303 votes
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