by Eden
A League of Their Own (1992, directed by Penny Marshall) caps off the peak baseball movie era, injecting it with a much-needed focus on women, who often are ignored or mostly irrelevant in baseball movies. The movie is lighthearted in its approach to the material, […]
Baseball stories are full of underdogs and misfits.
Field of Dreams is arguably the most-well known baseball movie. “If you build it, they will come” remains such a solid piece of pop culture that it almost doesn’t matter if you’ve seen the movie or not. You already know Field of Dreams.
Baseball is about cheating. That’s maybe overstating it a bit, but it’s an accepted part of the game that players often bend the rules to their advantage. The key is just not to break the rules. Or, at least, not get caught.
Bull Durham (1988, directed by Ron Shelton) is the first of the classic baseball movies starring Kevin Costner. That doesn’t have much to do with anything but I felt like pointing it out.