Baseball Movies
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Sunday, August 30th, 2009When the owner of the Minnesota Twins dies suddenly, his will bequeaths the team to his grandson Billy, a devotee of baseball who, although only 12, has devoured voluminous lore, knows the team intimately, and has shown an uncanny sixth sense of what they need to improve. They hate their manager, so Billy quickly fires […]
Hardball
Friday, August 28th, 2009Conor O’Neill played by Keanu Reeves is a gambler who has bet on his dead father’s account and is now severely in debt. In order to repay the debt he must coach a baseball team of troubled kids in the Cabrini-Green housing projects of Chicago. He had decided that once he repaid his debts he […]
Field of Dreams
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice in his corn field tell him, “If you build it, he will come.” He interprets this message 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 […]
Everyone’s Hero
Monday, August 24th, 2009A young boy named Yankee Irving finds himself at an extraordinary crossroads: He has a chance to be a hero - and make a difference against incredible odds - or he can play it safe. With faith in himself instilled by his family, he teams up with a sassy young girl and some off-the-wall sidekicks […]
Fear Strikes Out
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009Jim Piersall is groomed by his loving but hard-driving father (living vicariously through his son) to play major league baseball. His desire to succeed to please his father leads to mental illness and a nervous breakdown. Can he overcome those difficulties and return to the major leagues?
For Love Of The Game
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009Detroit Tigers Veteran Pitcher Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) has always been better at baseball than at love. Just ask Jane (Kelli 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 […]
Ed
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009Matt Leblanc and a chimp play baseball, fall in love. ‘Nuf said.
Damn! Yankees
Saturday, August 15th, 20091958 film adaptation of the George Abbott Broadway musical about a Washington Senators fan who makes a pact with the Devil to help his baseball team win the league pennant.
Cobb
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized ‘autobiography’ before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about ‘the greatest ball-player ever,’ in his words. However, when Stump spends time with Cobb, interviewing him and beginning to write, he […]
The Bad News Bears - 1976
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009Former minor leaguer Morris Buttermaker is a swimming pool cleaner who takes money to coach the Bears, a bunch of disheveled misfits who have virtually no baseball talent. Realizing his dilemma, Coach Buttermaker brings aboard girl pitching ace Amanda Whurlizer, the daughter of a former girlfriend, and Kelly Leak, a motorcycle punk who happens to […]
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