Date: June 14th, 2025 5:56 PM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa
I really enjoyed doing the Val Kilmer thread for a lot of reasons, so I'm setting myself a more ambitious goal. Here's my starting list:
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
It Happens Every Spring (1949)
The Stratton Story (1949)
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951)
Rhubarb (1951)
The Winning Team (1952)
The Kid from Left Field (1953)
The Great American Pastime (1956)
Fear Strikes Out (1957)
Damn Yankees (1958)
Safe at Home! (1962)
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
The Bad News Bears (1976)
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)
Here Come the Tigers (1978)
The Kid from Left Field (1979) - TV movie
The Natural (1984)
Long Gone (1987) - HBO
Bull Durham (1988)
Eight Men Out (1988)
Night Game (1989)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Major League (1989)
Mr. Destiny (1990)
Talent for the Game (1991)
When It Was a Game (1991)
The Babe (1992)
Mr. Baseball (1992)
A League of Their Own (1992)
The Sandlot (1993)
Rookie of the Year (1993)
Angels in the Outfield (1994)
Little Big League (1994)
The Scout (1994)
Cobb (1994)
Ed (1996)
The Fan (1996)
Soul of the Game (1996)
BASEketball (1998)
For Love of the Game (1999)
Frequency (2000)
61* (2001) - HBO
Hardball (2001)
Summer Catch (2001)
Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002)
The Rookie (2002)
Mr. 3000 (2004)
The Bad News Bears (2005) - remake
Fever Pitch (2005)
The Benchwarmers (2006)
The Bronx Is Burning (2007)
Sugar (2008)
Eastbound & Down (2009-2013)
Moneyball (2011)
Knuckleball! (2012)
Trouble with the Curve (2012)
42 (2013)
Million Dollar Arm (2014)
Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
Spaceman (2016)
Fastball (2016)
Undrafted (2016)
Pitch (2016-2017)
Brockmire (2017-2020)
Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel (2018)
Bottom of the 9th (2019)
Eephus (2024)
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737885&forum_id=2#49015919)