HOW MANY OF THESE POPULAR BASEBALL MOVIES HAVE YOU SEEN? 1
Baseball season doesn’t have to end just because someone wins the World Series. These movies keep the spirit of America’s pastime going strong through the offseason.
42 (2013)
Before Chadwick Boseman became Black Panther, he was Jackie Robinson. Both heroes in totally different ways.
61* (2001)
Billy Crystal directed this true-life tale of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris attempting to break Babe Ruth’s home run record. Barry Pepper and Thomas Jane starred.
Angels in the Outfield (1994)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt was just a tween when he starred alongside Danny Glover and Christopher Lloyd in this family film about the struggling California Angels getting help from actual angels to up their game on the diamond. It’s a true classic for any ’90s kids.
The Bad News Bears (1976)
Walter Matthau coaches a little league team full of misfits in one of the top-grossing films of 1976. It inspired several sequels and a remake in 2005 starring Billy Bob Thornton.
Bull Durham (1988)
Kevin Costner can’t resist a good baseball story. This film about a minor league team in North Carolina earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.