A 12-year-old (Thomas Ian Nicholas) leads the Cubs to the World Series after a broken arm heals in a way that allows him to throw close to 100 mph. Certainly the most far fetched movie on the list, but fun nonetheless. I bet the Cubs wish they could find themselves a real Henry Rowengartner.
A minor league ball player (Richard Pryor) inherits $30 million dollars. If he can spend that $30 million in 30 days, without owning anything at the end of those 30 days, and without telling any of his friends the deal, he will then get $300 million. John Candy and Richard Pryor... hilarious.
After his grandfather, the owner of the Minnesota Twins, passes away, 12-year-old Billy Heywood (Luke Edwards) takes over as owner and appoints himself as the manager. Not quite as far-fetched as a 12-year-old pitcher, but close. This one is a lot of fun and includes appearances from a number of actual Major Leaguers.
While a number of men were off fighting in World War 2, an all-girl baseball league is formed. Tom Hanks plays the manager of one of the teams and gives us the classic line- "There's no crying in baseball." Hanks is quite brilliant in this one, and these girls can really play. Even Madonna.
Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon), a fan that has an affair with one player each season, sets her sights on Crash Davis (Kevin Costner), a minor league player nearing the end of his career, and Nuke LaLoosh (Tim Robbins), a young rising star. Great baseball and great comedy. It really pains me to have this movie so low, but the competition is fierce.
Scotty Smalls (Tom Guiry) moves into a new neighborhood, meets a group of kids and learns to play baseball. He then hits his stepfathers baseball signed by Babe Ruth into the backyard of 'The Beast'- a dog with a monstrous reputation. The boys then attempt to retrieve the ball from The Beasts' jaws. This is a childhood classic.
After losing in the ALCS the year prior (even though this movie was release 5 years after the original), the Indians were back to compete for the World Series. It's not quite as good as the original, but very close. Most of the original cast, aside from Wesley Snipes, were back; plus they added a few more funny characters. Rube was a nice addition.
4. For Love of the Game (1999)- 9/10On the last day of the season, aging pitcher (Kevin Costner) goes for a perfect game at Yankee Stadium, while thinking about the girl he loved and lost. A perfect game in baseball is a love story in itself, and even though I am not a fan of the Yankees, there is no better setting for one than Yankee Stadium.
In 1961 Yankee teammates Roger Maris (Barry Pepper) and Mickey Mantle (Thomas Jane) battled to break Babe Ruth's single season homerun record of 60. I still cannot believe this was a made for TV movie. Billy Crystal, a big Yankee fan, did a fantastic job of chronicling one of the best seasons in baseball history.
Hoping that the team would lose bad enough so she could move them to Miami, the Indian's owner, a former playmate, puts together a team of misfits that shock the baseball world. Not only is this the top baseball comedy of all-time, it is one of my favorite overall comedies. This was back before Charlie Sheen was crazy and was simply the 'Wild Thing.'
Led by a ghostly voice, Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) builds a baseball field in his corn field so the ghosts of players such as Shoeless Joe Jackson have a place to play. Sure, the plot sounds 'corny' (pun intended), but this is a fantastic movie- one of my few perfect scores. Kevin Costner knows his baseball movies.
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