2 – Major League – While picking this 1989 classic as the top baseball movie would surely get me labeled as a homer, it was almost impossible not to. It has everything, great baseball scenes, a loaded cast of Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernson, Tom Berenger, Wesley Snipes, Bob Uecker and others along with some of the funniest and most memorable lines in sports cinematic history. The team bands together to foil toxic owner Rachel Phelps plans to move the team to Florida in an incredibly dramatic midseason rally that climaxes in a one game playoff win over the New York Yankee’s. The final scene where a packed Cleveland Municipal Stadium is loud and rocking is enough to get everyone out of their seat cheering!
Honorable mention
1988 “Eight Men Out”
1942 “The Pride of the Yankee’s”
1999 “For the Love of the Game”
1992 “The Babe”
2001 “61”
And the greatest baseball movie of all time…….
Maria
March 31, 2016 at 7:13 am
I have all his books Bince gets the story told and facts are dead on truth . As a women I have learn a lot about sports just reading his book his books are well written they keep your interest right down to the last word on the last page A can’t put down books till you read them to the endy favorite is HERO really could Neva movie that would make the top ten movies , can’t wait to read he’s Live To Inspire coming in June. Vince thanks for giving good books to read your parents must be awful proud of you .
Chris
April 1, 2016 at 11:13 am
There is a movie that they used to run every April on Channel 43 called “It Happens Every Spring.” It was made in 1949, and it stars Ray Milland as a nerdy chemistry professor who is obsessed with baseball, and he accidentally discovers a chemical compound that makes any object the compound touches repel wood. So he becomes a pitcher, loads up the ball with the compound on every pitch, and no one can get a hit off of him, and he becomes a sensation.
It’s a fun movie with not-bad-for-1949 special effects, and is quite enjoyable if you don’t think about the plot gaps too hard. That movie belongs on this list.