My Top Ten Movies about Baseball

Now that the baseball season has come to an end, the Phillies sit atop the baseball world by winning the World Series that not many people in America cared about. This got me wondering what to do with the void that is left from not having baseball to watch and follow. I could watch NBA or NHL, but I really don't care too much for either of them. This led me to delve even deeper into my brain about movies in which Baseball is the prevalent theme. I scribbled down a list of movies that are relevant to the subject. Then I googled the question I asked myself. To my belief, many of the ones I thought of made the list. Here is my list of all-time favorite baseball movies. I highly recommend that you watch these if you have not already done so. These are in no particular order, just in the order in which they randomly popped in my head, so I guess they are my subconscious top ten. Sure there are others that should and could be on the list, but we are only doing ten.

1- Bull Durham
[Larry jogs out to the mound to break up a players' conference]
Larry: Excuse me, but what the hell's going on out here?
Crash Davis: Well, Nuke's scared because his eyelids are jammed and his old man's here. We need a live... is it a live rooster? [Jose nods]
Crash Davis: . We need a live rooster to take the curse off Jose's glove and nobody seems to know what to get Millie or Jimmy for their wedding present. [to the players]
Crash Davis: Is that about right? [the players nod]
Crash Davis: We're dealing with a lot of shit.
Larry: Okay, well, uh... candlesticks always make a nice gift, and uh, maybe you could find out where she's registered and maybe a place-setting or maybe a silverware pattern. Okay, let's get two! Go get 'em.

2- Major League
Pedro Cerrano: Bats, they are sick. I cannot hit curveball. Straightball I hit it very much. Curveball, bats are afraid. I ask Jobu to come, take fear from bats. I offer him cigar, rum. He will come.
Eddie Harris: You know you might think about taking Jesus Christ as your savior instead of fooling around with all this stuff.
Roger Dorn: Shit, Harris.
Pedro Cerrano: Jesus, I like him very much, but he no help with curveball.
Eddie Harris: You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?

3- The Natural
Pop Fisher: [to his "best" pitcher who can't throw a strike] Come on, Fowler! Throw strikes!
Red Blow: Fowler's killing worms, Pop.

4- The Sandlot
Ham Porter: Benny, why'd you bring that kid?
Benny Rodriguez: Because he makes nine of us.
Ham Porter: Yeah yeah, so does my sister, but I didn't bring her along!

5- Field of Dreams
Shoeless Joe Jackson: The first two were high and tight, so where do you think the next one's gonna be?
Archie Graham: Well, either low and away, or in my ear.
Shoeless Joe Jackson: He's not gonna wanna load the bases, so look low and away.
Archie Graham: Right.
Shoeless Joe Jackson: But watch out for in your ear.

6- Little Big League
Joey: You should start Webman. He always beats the Rangers.
Billy Heywood: He always beats everybody. That's why he's 3-7.

7- Eight Men Out
Sport Sullivan: You know what you feed a dray horse in the morning if you want a day's work out of him?
Jimmy: What?
Sport Sullivan: Just enough so he knows he's hungry.

8- The Bad News Bears
Tanner Boyle: Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!

9- The Pride of the Yankees
Lou Gehrig: Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

10- Major League 2
Harry Doyle: So a tough loss for the Indians as Pedro Cerrano doubles off a pigeon and is tagged out while administering CPR before the tying run could score. Funny game ain't it Monty?

Monte: Well at least the bird survived.

Harry Doyle: Who cares? It's a rat with wings.