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davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
edited May 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
there are many to chose from but i like cobb the best
tommy lee jones and robert 'arliss' wuhl put on a masterful performance

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109450/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

what's your favorite baseball movie?
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    rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,776
    61*. solid acting, barry pepper was a dead ringer for maris and thomas jane was a dead ringer for mantle.
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    BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Bull Durham, it's tough there's alot of good ones.
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    Major League

    Tom: Stay away from her.
    Jake Taylor: Suck my dick.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
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    Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,744
    Major League.
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    JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,217
    rival. wrote:
    61*. solid acting, barry pepper was a dead ringer for maris and thomas jane was a dead ringer for mantle.

    Yeah, this flick was awesome.

    I've never seen Cobb though! Its $66 new/$36 used on amazon! I guess i wont be watching that one.

    I've been saying for years, its about time hollywood makes another good baseball movie.
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Bull Durham, it's tough there's alot of good ones.

    Robert Wuhl steals that movie.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
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    MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,611
    edited May 2013
    Major League...no Its an OK lighthearted movie, but its like saying The Mighty Ducks is the best hockey movie.

    The Natural IMO



    I was very disappointed with Cobb as well.
    Not to mention it was a fabricated and "enhanced" version of that slimeball Al Stump's already fabricated version of Ty Cobb.
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    LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    In order

    The Natural
    Field of Dreams
    Eight men out
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    BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    dankind wrote:
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Bull Durham, it's tough there's alot of good ones.

    Robert Wuhl steals that movie.


    He walked 18, New league Record, He Struck out 18. Larry: Another new league record! In addition he hit the sportswriter, the public address announcer, the bull mascot twice. :lol::lol::lol:

    What did throw 200 pitches?
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    rick1zoo2rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    A league of their own
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    JK_LivinJK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,364
    The Sandlot
    Alright, alright, alright!
    Tom O.
    "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
    -The Writer
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    jdesantis1983jdesantis1983 Posts: 411
    I'd have to go with Major League, but Cobb was really great, and in a year that Tom Hanks won the Oscar for best actor, Tommy Lee Jones was robbed by not even getting nominated.
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    SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 NYC Posts: 25,846
    JK_Livin wrote:
    The Sandlot

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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    BinauralJam wrote:
    dankind wrote:
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Bull Durham, it's tough there's alot of good ones.

    Robert Wuhl steals that movie.


    He walked 18, New league Record, He Struck out 18. Larry: Another new league record! In addition he hit the sportswriter, the public address announcer, the bull mascot twice. :lol::lol::lol:

    What did throw 200 pitches?

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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    edited May 2013
    MayDay10 wrote:
    Major League...no Its an OK lighthearted movie, but its like saying The Mighty Ducks is the best hockey movie.

    The Natural IMO



    I was very disappointed with Cobb as well.
    Not to mention it was a fabricated and "enhanced" version of that slimeball Al Stump's already fabricated version of Ty Cobb.

    "No way. No way. Too high. Too high."

    And I would say that it's more akin to saying that Slap Shot is the best hockey movie, which it most certainly is.
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    JK_LivinJK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,364
    dankind wrote:
    MayDay10 wrote:
    Major League...no Its an OK lighthearted movie, but its like saying The Mighty Ducks is the best hockey movie.

    The Natural IMO



    I was very disappointed with Cobb as well.
    Not to mention it was a fabricated and "enhanced" version of that slimeball Al Stump's already fabricated version of Ty Cobb.

    Too high!

    What do you mean it's too high?
    Alright, alright, alright!
    Tom O.
    "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
    -The Writer
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,539
    edited May 2013
    I love ALL baseball movies - even the relatively crappy ones, like the one with the kid who owns a team (Little Big League is it?), or that one with Jimmy Fallon (Major League?). :lol: I'm a huge sucker for all sports-themed films. But I think the very best one has to be The Natural. That is a great movie. Plus, I'm in love with Robert Redford. :)

    I also like Eight Men Out.
    Cobb really was a bit of a disappointment... I think it was the acting for me.
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
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    MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,611
    dankind wrote:
    And I would say that it's more akin to saying that Slap Shot is the best hockey movie, which it most certainly is.

    I agree on Slapshot, but Slapshot was a somewhat accurate depiction of Minor League hockey in the 1970s and featured numerous actual hockey players from the North American Hockey League/the Johnstown Jets

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    Major League is just silly. Its not an awful movie, but I wouldnt consider it anywhere near the top.
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    JK_Livin wrote:
    dankind wrote:
    MayDay10 wrote:
    Major League...no Its an OK lighthearted movie, but its like saying The Mighty Ducks is the best hockey movie.

    The Natural IMO



    I was very disappointed with Cobb as well.
    Not to mention it was a fabricated and "enhanced" version of that slimeball Al Stump's already fabricated version of Ty Cobb.

    Too high!

    What do you mean it's too high?

    It's an apropos quote from Major League. I edited the post to include the full quotation and added quotation marks.

    Sorry, I'm not one who believes that baseball is some sort of magical ceremony with called shots, shattered lights (spoiler alert: the book ends differently) and ghosts in fucking cornfields that help you resolve your daddy issues. It's a game, which should be fun. Major League is fun.

    So maybe I meant too highfalutin/highbrow.
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    BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
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    Anybody remember this one? no where near the best, but enjoyable, pre-steroid era about a guy hitting 62
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,539
    edited May 2013
    dankind wrote:
    JK_Livin wrote:
    dankind wrote:

    Too high!

    What do you mean it's too high?

    It's an apropos quote from Major League. I edited the post to include the full quotation and added quotation marks.

    Sorry, I'm not one who believes that baseball is some sort of magical ceremony with called shots, shattered lights (spoiler alert: the book ends differently) and ghosts in fucking cornfields that help you resolve your daddy issues. It's a game, which should be fun. Major League is fun.

    So maybe I meant too highfalutin/highbrow.
    Yeah, no need to get highbrow with baseball movies. Major League is an entertaining baseball movie, and is fun, and I love that Ken Griffey Jr. and all those other players are in it. But there is nothing wrong with romanticizing the game with ghosts and smashed lights either. Yes baseball is supposed to be fun. Bit it's also supposed to give people a sense of magic. All's fair in baseball movies!
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
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    CROJAM95CROJAM95 Posts: 9,159
    baseKetball
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    jeff2040jeff2040 Des Moines, IA Posts: 1,588
    Being from Iowa this is an easy question, Field of Dreams!
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    CROJAM95CROJAM95 Posts: 9,159
    artie Lange's Beerleauge had tears coming down my eye


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    Jason PJason P Posts: 19,123
    Bull Durham has a 97% on Rotton Tomatoes.

    My fav is Major League.
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    JK_LivinJK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,364
    dankind wrote:
    JK_Livin wrote:
    dankind wrote:

    Too high!

    What do you mean it's too high?

    It's an apropos quote from Major League. I edited the post to include the full quotation and added quotation marks.

    Sorry, I'm not one who believes that baseball is some sort of magical ceremony with called shots, shattered lights (spoiler alert: the book ends differently) and ghosts in fucking cornfields that help you resolve your daddy issues. It's a game, which should be fun. Major League is fun.

    So maybe I meant too highfalutin/highbrow.

    I knew what you were saying. That's what the other guy in the crowd said.
    Alright, alright, alright!
    Tom O.
    "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
    -The Writer
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    JK_LivinJK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,364
    jeff2040 wrote:
    Being from Iowa this is an easy question, Field of Dreams!

    I could fill a bucket every time I watch it.
    Alright, alright, alright!
    Tom O.
    "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
    -The Writer
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    pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,196
    Field of Dreams

    i'm not sure how much of a baseball movie that really is but it's fantastic "wanna have a catch dad?" gets me every time.
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    rearviewrossrearviewross Posts: 3,055
    dankind wrote:
    Major League

    Tom: Stay away from her.
    Jake Taylor: Suck my dick.

    +1

    or maybe The Sandlot.
    Forced to endure, what I cannot forgive.
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    eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 40,878
    tough one, slight edge to Sandlot for me

    Major League, Money Ball, Field Of Dreams, 42, Bad News Bears (original), are also up there for me.
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