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Top 10 Baseball Flicks

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Killick, Apr 13, 2009.

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  1. dreunc1542

    dreunc1542 Active Member

    It rightfully gets hatred. That movie just plain sucks.
     
    dreunc1542, Apr 14, 2009
    #49
  2. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    I don't know why I like it so much. It's just one of those movies that I can't stop watching once I start.
     
    KYSportsWriter, Apr 14, 2009
    #50
  3. Trey Beamon

    Trey Beamon Active Member

    1. Major League
    2. Bull Durham
    3. Eight Men Out
    4. Bad News Bears
    5. Sandlot
    6. The baseball scenes in The Naked Gun. :D
     
    Trey Beamon, Apr 14, 2009
    #51
  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    The Fan wouldn't even be a good movie without this peeve.... but the baseball scenes are SO incorrect, the movie almost drives me to violence. The most egregious is Snipes not warming up in the on deck circle, but just getting up off the bench and walking to the plate to bat. It make me want to scream. The also randomly use shots from Dodger Stadium when it is supposed to be Candlestick Park. Oh, and I have never seen a sports movie botch the uniforms so badly. The players uniforms randomly change in every shot. It's like the Giants were playing a new opponent every inning.
     
    The Big Ragu, Apr 14, 2009
    #52
  5. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    The thorougly unathletic Bill Irwin as arguably the greatest all-around second baseman in baseball history was a weirder casting, from a sports perspective. That said, he nailed Colllins' character off the field.

    Great performance. "You said it. I didn't."
     
    buckweaver, Apr 14, 2009
    #53
  6. Wenders

    Wenders Well-Known Member

    You've never seen The Sandlot? EVER? You really really really should. Great movie with a bunch of great one-liners. And James Earl Jones.
     
    Wenders, Apr 14, 2009
    #54
  7. NoOneLikesUs

    NoOneLikesUs Active Member

    Cobb is missing from this discussion.
     
    NoOneLikesUs, Apr 14, 2009
    #55
  8. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    Is that the one with shy farmboy Sammy Bodeen as the stud pitcher who gets brought up by the Angels too soon? Where Olmos has to go out in the catcher's uniform and "hypnotise" him? Then after pitching a stellar game in his first outing goes to the owner and demands a reworking of his contract?
     
    EStreetJoe, Apr 14, 2009
    #56
  9. kingcreole

    kingcreole Active Member

    Charlie! I just bought an iceberg!
     
    kingcreole, Apr 15, 2009
    #57
  10. RossLT

    RossLT Guest

    I can't believe anyone would mention The Fan, that was one of the worst films ever made.
     
    RossLT, Apr 16, 2009
    #58
  11. mike311gd

    mike311gd Active Member

    Yeah, but you don't know they won it until he's wearing a Pirates uniform. I'm surprised the universe held its ground.
     
    mike311gd, Apr 16, 2009
    #59
  12. pressboxer

    pressboxer Active Member

    It Happens Every Spring

    Sure, the story's a bit out there, the baseball scenes are far from believable and it's dated and riddled with mistakes. It's still a fun little movie.
     
    pressboxer, Apr 16, 2009
    #60
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