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Game 6
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It's 1986 and a day in the life of playwright Nicky Rogan, who is torn and decides to skip his opening night on Broadway. Why? He thinks a critic is destined to hate his play and he can't pull himself away from watching his beloved Red Sox in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. (2005) |
Starring: Michael Keaton, Catherine O'Hara, Griffin Dunne, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Downey Jr.
Rated: R
Runtime: 87 minutes |
Girls Can Play
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Sports writer, Jimmy Jones, yearns to be a crime reporter, and thus looks for foul play on even the most routine assignments. In writing a piece about a girl's softball team, Jimmy discovers that their sponsor, Foy Harris, is a notorious racketeer who has supposedly gone straight. Jimmy suspects Foy is still up to no good. He begins hanging around the team to do a bit of snooping, and also to be near the cute new pitcher, Ann Casey. (1937) |
Stars: Jacqueline Wells (later renamed Julie Bishop), Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth.
Runtime: 59 minutes. |
The Gladiators
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The Gladiators is an inspirational family film about Jimmy Easton, an up and coming pro baseball player whose career is cut short by a devastating knee injury. Through a series of unpredictable events, Jimmy is involuntarily thrust back into the world of baseball - not as a player, but as a college coach. In search of a new identity for his life, Jimmy battles past demons as he tries to lead a team of athletic misfits out of the depths of baseball obscurity. (2009). |
Stars: Ronald D. Alcazar, Sarah Blackford, ChrisAnn Brunsmann, Edward Bullard.
Runtime: 93 minutes. |
Goodbye Franklin High
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A high school athlete who must choose between the certainty of college or the possibility of a baseball career. Everyone associated with the boy has a different opinion, making the final decision all the more dramatic. (1978) |
Stars: Lane Caudell, Ann Dusenberry, Darby Hinton.
Runtime: 96 minutes. |
Gracie At The Bat
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Old-time baseball player Clyde becomes the manager of a girl's softball team, the Fairmont Fillies, in this comedy that plays to his strength as a comic reactor. (1937) |
Stars: Andy Clyde, Vernon Dent, Ann Doran.
Runtime: 18 minutes. |
The Great American Pastime
 
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Bruce Hallerton becomes coach of the Panthers, a little league baseball team. The fact, that an attractive widow has her son in the team causes problems with his wife. (1956) |
Stars: Tom Ewell, Anne Francis, Ann Miller.
Runtime: 90 minutes. |
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Hardball
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An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend. (2001)
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Starring: Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane
Rated: R
Runtime: 100 minutes |
Headin' Home
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Babe Ruth in his motion picture debut plays a character, appropriately named Babe, a country boy who the locals consider useless. He thinks he's got some batting talent, but no one will take him seriously until a rival team comes to town and engages him when their one of their own players can't make it. Babe hits a ball that soars five blocks and smashes through a church window. From that point on, his future fame is assured. [Watch Film] (1920) |
Stars: Babe Ruth, William Sheer, Ruth Taylor.
Runtime: 55 minutes. |
The Heckler
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An obnoxious heckler at a baseball game infuriates everybody. (1940) |
Stars: Charley Chase, Bruce Bennett, Don Beddoe, Bud Jamison, Vernon Dent, Monty Collins, Bess Flowers.
Runtime: 20 minutes. |
Henry & Me
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Based on Ray Negrons latest best-selling children's book, One Last Time: Good-Bye to Yankee Stadium, this animated film features a young boy battling illness who is taken on a magical adventure by a stranger named Henry. On their journey, the boy meets New York Yankee legends, both past and present, who give him lessons about baseball and life. (2010) |
Stars: Richard Gere, Chazz Palminteri, Austin Williams, Luis Guzman, Paul Simon, Cyndi Lauper, Alex Rodriguez, CC Sabathia, and the New York Yankees. |
Henry O
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Documentary about blind Spanish-language color commentator for the Tampa Bay Devil Ray's, Enrique "Henry" Oliu, who does the impossible - he calls a game he's never seen. [Trailer] (2009) |
Stars: Ziad H. Hamzeh, Enrique Oliu, Debbie Perry.
Runtime: 76 minutes. |
Here Come The Tigers
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A Little League comedyabout a wild team of misfits who think they can make it big. What's a coach to do with a chronic nose-picker, a flatulent fielder, an out-of-control pitcher, a juvenile delinquent and the prettiest girl in the state? Turn this bunch of losers into a winning team! And when their new coach enlists an unusual new teammate, it's a whole new ballgame as they band together to win their first championship, determined to prove that losers can be winners, too! |
Starring: Kathy Bell, Noel Cunningham, Sean P. Griffin, Max McClellan, Kevin Moore.
Rated: PG
Runtime: 87 minutes |
Hero
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One man’s broken relationship with his son fills him with the determination to make a difference in his town, and to reach his own son. He forms a baseball team deliberately designed to involve both fathers and sons in a common effort. His actions begin to turn the heart of a father in prison, and transform a town. As fathers grow in their relationship with their sons, they learn that God the Father wants the same close relationship with them. (2010) |
Stars: Sam Dubin, Justin Miles, Jim McKeny, Blaine T. F. Goodwin, Fred Griffith, Mark Joy, R. Keith Harris
Rated NR |
Hit and Run
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A baseball scout gets off a train in the middle of the Western desert where a baseball game is undeway. Here, he finds and signs Swat Anderson, who also falls in love with the scout's sister. The team's crooked treasurer becomes jealous of the couple's relationship, and he kidnaps the sister knowing that Swat will come to her rescue. (1924) |
Stars: Hoot Gibson, Marion Harlan, Cyril Ring.
Runtime: 54 minutes. |
Hit to Right
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Sam Lewis has become cautious, safer and more disciplined in life and raising his daughter Amy; He brings this approach to coaching his daughter's softball team, the classic baseball "hit to right" approach. Laura, Amy's teacher, does not share Sam's philosophies on life or baseball so when Sam needs Laura's help to coach the team while he runs for Senate there are clashes but eventually, he learns to relax and enjoy life. [Official Site] (2009) |
Stars: Alan Schneier, Laura Stepp, Kaija Matiss.
Runtime: 85 minutes. |
Home
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In this documentary, York, Pennsylvania has long been the quintessential, salt-of-the-earth American town. When municipal, county and area business leaders unveiled a plan to level part of a low-income, residential neighborhood and build a minor league stadium, promising it to be the catalyst behind millions in urban redevelopment, who could argue? But what happens to those who lived in this neighborhood and made way for stadium? This is the story of baseball, urban redevelopment and the human cost of bringing them to York. [Trailer] (2009) |
Stars: Cameron Texter.
Runtime: 70 minutes |
Home Run on the Keys
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Babe Ruth returns from a duck-hunting trip to a cabin shared by musicians Zez Confrey and Byron Gay, and the three of them are inspired to knock off a little highly-forgettable ditty called "Home Run on the Keys." Ruth also takes time to tell of the home run he called on a third strike, but manages to describe it coming in an incorrect situation. The three go back to New York to appear on a radio program where they play their new hit. [Watch Film] (1937) |
Stars: Babe Ruth, Zez Confrey, Byron Gay.
Runtime: 9 minutes. |
Hustle
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An ESPN Original Movie about the true story of hit king Pete Rose and the allegations brought against him about betting on baseball. Nicknamed "Charlie Hustle" for his play on the field, Rose took that same aggressive reputation off the field which ultimately led to lifetime banishment from the game he loved. (2004) |
Stars: Dash Mihok, Sarain Boylan, Tom Sizemore
Rated NR
Runtime: 90 minutes |
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Inning By Inning: A Portrait of a Coach
 
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An intimate look inside the world of University of Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido, the winningest coach in NCAA Division I history in any sport. He is the winner of five National Championships (3 at Cal State Fullerton and 2 at UT) and the only coach to win National Championships in four different decades and at two different schools. The film examines this remarkable coach's career and unique approach to teaching the game with unprecedented access to his team meetings, practices, and conversations with players during games. (2008)
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Stars: Augie Garrido, Cathy Clark, Roger Clemens, Buck Cody, J. Brent Cox.
Rated NR
Runtime: 106 minutes |
Insignificance
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Four 1950's cultural icons (Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio and Senator Joseph MacCarthy) meet in this modern fable of post-WWII America. (1985) |
Stars: Gary Busey, Tony Curtis, Theresa Russell, Michael Emil.
Runtime: 110 minutes. |
It Happened in Flatbush
 
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Frank “Butterfingers” Maguire, a former ballplayer, is given the opportunity to coach the Brooklyn Dodgers. All is well until he is distracted by love. A petition to remove Nolan redirects his energies and he leads the Yankees to win the pennant. (1942) |
Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Sara Allgood, William Frawling, Robert Armstrong, Jane Danwell
Rated NR
Runtime: 80 minutes |
It Happens Every Spring
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A chemist invents a substance that repels wood and finds great success with it as a baseball player. He pitches his way to the World Series before he runs out of his secret weapon. (1949) |
Stars: Ray Milland, Jean Peters
Rated PG
Runtime: 87 minutes |
It's Good To Be Alive
 
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This is the amazingly heroic story of Roy Campanella the former Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame catcher whose career was cut short in 1958 when he lost the use of both legs in a tragic car accident. (1974) |
Starring: Lou Gossett, Jr., Paul Winfield, Ruby Dee.
Rated: NR
Runtime: 100 minutes. |
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The Jackie Robinson Story
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A biography film of Jackie Robinson, uniquely starring as himself. Follow Jackie's struggles against prejudice from childhood, through college, the Negro Leagues and finally as he fights triumphantly to overcome the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers. (1950)
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Stars: Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson, Louise Beavers
Rated NR
Runtime: 76 minutes |
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along The Way
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Joe Torre grew up on the diamond, played for 18 years, and coached for 14, but in all that time, never once made it to the World Series. Now he's the new coach for the New York Yankees, and he wants the championship. Everyone in New York is predicting Joe will be out by the end of the season. To the world, it's hopeless. To Joe, it's a beginning. (1997) |
Stars: Paul Sorvino, Robert Loggia, Barbara Williams.
Rated PG
Runtime: 85 minutes. |
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Keeper of the Pinstripes
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When Henry Ruiz, a young boy in the Bronx, is caught trespassing at Yankee Stadium, he's given the chance to work off his infraction as a helper to Pete Sheehy, the clubhouse manager. What he doesn't know is that Pete died in 1985. He's a ghost. Though the current Yankees have already moved from the old stadium to the new one, the ghosts of Yankees past are staying behind, following the lead of their captain, Lou Gehrig, the Iron Horse. But Henry can see the ghosts. And he can understand Gehrig sadly too well, given his own mother's own battle with illness. It turns out that he might be the only hope for convincing the Yankee ghosts to make the move - before the wrecking balls knock down their home forever. (2011) |
Stars: Josh Lucas, Tim Robbins, Ivana Baquero, Jeff Garlin, Bernie Williams |
The Kid From Cleveland
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Teen baseball fan Johnny Barrows sneaks into the baseball stadium of the Cleveland Indians, then playing in the 1948 World Series; claiming to be an orphan, he befriends team members & broadcaster Mike Jackson. But it develops that Johnny has a troubled home life with his mother and stepfather, and is involved in juvenile crime. His better side shows only when he runs away to visit the team again. Can Mike and the Indians wrest Johnny away from bad influences? (1949) |
Stars: George Brent, Lynn Bari, Russ Tamblyn.
Runtime: 89 minutes. |
The Kid From Left Field
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Coop's an ex-ballplayer is now a peanut vendor, who takes too much of an interest in the game. But he's passed on his craze for baseball to his son, Christie. When his dad gets fired, Chris makes friends with the former team owner's niece (and her boyfriend Pete), and not only gets his dad's job back, but a batboy position for himself. As a publicity stunt, the team makes him their youngest manager on record. But when Chris gets sick, Coop has to come to the rescue. (1953)
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Stars: Dan Dailey, Anne Bancroft, Billy Chapin
Rated NR
Runtime: 80 minutes |
The Kid From Left Field
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The San Diego Padres are at the bottom of the standing and owner Fred Walker is considering selling the team. However when the team is begins to win like never before they're convinced it's because of their newly hired batboy, JR Cooper. The Padres now have the World Series in their sights but an interfering social worker tries to put an end to JR's job as batboy...and the Padres winning streak. (1979) |
Stars: Gary Coleman, Ed McMahon, Robert Guillaume, Tab Hunter, Tricia O'Neil
Rated NR
Runtime: 99 minutes |
Kill The Umpire
 
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Bill Johnson is a working man so enamored of America's pastime that he regularly loses jobs because he can't stay out of his favorite New York ballpark when he's supposed to be at the office. Loudly disdainful of all umpires, Bill gets both a blessing and a comeuppance when his father-in-law, a retired ump, sends him off to umpire school to learn the profession he deserves. After a lot of resistance, Bill understands the basic nobility of being the guy people love to hate despite also being necessary to baseball. (1950) |
Starring: William Bendix, Ray Collins.
Rated: NR |
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Ladies Day
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A top baseball pitcher loses his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. His teammates try to get him to settle down with one woman so they can start winning some games. (1943) |
Stars: Lupe Velez, Eddie Albert, Patsy Kelly.
Runtime: 62 minutes. |
The Last Home Run
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Dying doctor Jonathan Lyle's last wish is granted, to be young again and play baseball, but only for five days. (1996) |
Stars: Seymour Cassel, Thomas Guiry
Rated NR
Runtime: 93 minutes |
A League
of Their Own
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A drunken ex-baseball star manages a girls' baseball league while male baseball players are off fighting WWII. (1992)
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Stars: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis
Rated PG
Runtime: 128 minutes |
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
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Writer and director Aviva Kempner's documentary about baseball's first major Jewish star is a fascinating study of a man, a time in America, and a battle against anti-Semitism that Greenberg waged with his spirit and baseball skills. (1998)
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Stars: Rabbi Reeve Brenner, Hank Greenberg
Rated PG
Runtime: 90 minutes |
Little Big League
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Upbeat baseball comedy about 12-year-old boy who inherits the Minnesota Twins and manages them himself. Kids and adults should love this good-natured, feel-good mainstream comedy. (1994) |
Stars: Luke Edwards, Timothy Busfield
Rated PG
Runtime: 119 minutes |
A Little Inside
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An aspiring baseball player puts his big-league dreams on hold when he becomes a single father. The story spans five years and chronicles his struggles raising his precocious little girl and struggling at menial jobs. (2001) |
Stars: Sean Michael Arthur, Hallie Kate Eisenberg
Rated PG
Runtime: 92 minutes |
Long Gone
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In the 1950s, a minor league baseball manager struggles for a championship with two colorful rookie players. (1987) |
Starring: William Petersen, Henry Gibson
Rated: NR
Runtime: 113 minutes |
The Long Home Run
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This documentary tells the story of the history of the College World Series and how the city of Omaha, Nebraska, has embraced the game as the host site for over 60 years. This film is narrated by Kevin Costner. (2010).
[Trailer] |
Narrated by:Kevin Costner
Runtime: 60 minutes. |
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
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Legendary ballplayer and humanitarian Lou Gehrig and his relationship with his stalwart wife, Eleanor are portrayed in this film that focuses on the Hall of Famer's life off the baseball field. Featuring unflinching looks at the Gehrig's relationship, as well as Lou's feud with Babe Ruth. This film is for anyone interested in baseball. (1978) |
Stars: Blythe Danner, Edward Herrmann, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Ramon Bieri.
Runtime: 96 minutes. |
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Major League
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High-spirited, upbeat baseball comedy/farce about underdog team that goes for the pennant. Critics frowned on formulaic plot, but this is one of the all-time best baseball comedies. (1989)
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Stars: Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen
Rated R
Runtime: 107 minutes |
Major League II
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A loser baseball team has had one winning season, and must now cope with fame and the pressures of a follow up season. Doesn't stack up to Major League I. (1994) |
Stars: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger
Rated PG
Runtime: 104 minutes |
Major League III
Back to the Minors
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Inspirational new manager turns inept minor league baseball team's fortunes around in this comedy. Tired sequel will disappoint anyone looking for big laughs, but on-field action may appease baseball junkies. (1998) |
Stars: Scott Bakula, Corbin Bernsen
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 97 minutes |
The Man From Left Field
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Jack, a homeless man, stumbles onto a local sandlot and is found by a local little league team who just lost their coach. Jack, a former ballplayer, is forced into coaching the team as the kids inspire him to reclaim his life. (1993) |
Stars: Burt Reynolds, Reba McEntire
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 97 minutes |
The Marksmen
 
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A native Wausau boy named Tommy Madden makes it to big league baseball, but is forced to leave in disgrace. He returns home after the sudden death of his mother, and faces his father's disappointment in him, even though others consider him a hero. With the comfort of his high school sweetheart, he faces his past and leads a new team, The Marksmen, made up of his hometown buddies, to the national softball fastpitch tournament. (1997) |
Stars: Jay Schillinger, Martha Byrne, Steve Kanaly, Martin Kove. |
Mean Streak
 
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The hitting record of Joe Dimaggio is about to broken by a black player. Now a person who feels that it is sacred threatens that player if he breaks the record. Lou Mattoni, a detective, who is a little racist, is assigned to the case, and he is also forced to work with Altman Rogers, an FBI agent who is black. While the two of them don't particularly care for one another, they try and do their best to get this guy before he makes good on his threat. (1999) |
Stars: Scott Bakula, Leon, Bridgid Coulter.
Rated R
Runtime: 95 minutes. |
Mickey
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Glen, the recently-widowed father of Mickey Ryan, a 12-year-old boy who loves playing Little League Baseball, has to run away with his son to Las Vegas when he becomes the focus of an intensive IRS investigation. Once there, his son again joins the Little League, but the national attention his unusual baseball talent attracts may put these fugitives at risk of being found. (2002) |
Stars: Harry Connick, Jr., Shawn Salinas, Michelle Johnson, Mike Starr |
Moneyball
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The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players. Based on the book by Michael Lewis. (2011) |
Stars: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Robin Wright, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rick Yudt |
Mint Conditioned
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Jackie comes up with the ultimate scheme: partnering with children to steal their fathers' vintage baseball cards. Jackie organizes his crew and the money starts rolling in, but he wants to take his scheme further--to the Internet. The only problem is, neither Jackie nor any of his half-witted crew members know anything about the web, forcing Jacking to scramble to survive in the seedy underworld of black-market baseball card deals. [Trailer] (2007) |
Stars: Ryan Omvig, David Davis, Michael Caleb.
Runtime: 24 minutes |
Mr. Baseball
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American ballplayer goes to play in Japan in this mainstream sports comedy. Critics were lukewarm, but it should score with Selleck devotees, fans of light, "fish-out-of-water" humor. (1992) |
Stars: Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 111 minutes |
Mr. Destiny
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Middle-aged, average Joe struck out in his final high school at bat. But with a little help, he gets to relive his shot at glory. This is an overlooked mainstream comedy which is funny, fantastical, and slapstick. (1990) |
Stars: James Belushi, Linda Hamilton
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 110 minutes |
Mr. Noisy
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This remake of "The Heckler" has a noise-maker and heckler deluxe, hired by two gamblers, to rattle a ball team while the gamblers bet on the opponents. The gamblers are more than a little bit vexed when the heckler loses his voice. (1946) |
Stars: Shemp Howard, Vernon Dent, Brian O'Hara.
Runtime: 17 minutes. |
Mr. 3000
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Aging baseball star who goes by the nickname, Mr. 3000, finds out many years after retirement that he didn't quite reach 3,000 hits. Now at age 47 he's back to try and reach that goal. (2004)
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Stars: Bernic Mac, Angela Bassett, Michael Rispoli, Brian J. White
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 104 minutes |
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The Naked Gun
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Wildly popular and appealing, anything-goes spoof of police dramas involving bumbling detective, who eventually poses as an umpire to catch a would-be assassin. Plenty of laughs for lovers of sight gags, physical humor, and madcap antics. (1988)
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Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 85 minutes |
The Natural
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Slow-paced, offbeat period fantasy/drama about gifted, mysterious baseball player. With its opulent sets, polished period detail, charismatic star power, and twist-filled plot, this pleases fans of deeply sentimental fare. (1984)
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Stars: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall
Rated PG
Runtime: 138 minutes |
Night Game
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A serial killer strikes only during the Astros' night games, and a cop tries to find out who and why. (1989) |
Stars: Roy Scheider, Karen Young
Rated R
Runtime: 95 minutes |
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Off The Black
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An aging high school baseball umpire Ray Cook calls a pitch from Dave Tibbel a ball when it may have been a strike, and causes them to lose the game. Dave Tibbel seek revenge by trashing the ump's house. Instead of having Tibble arrested, the two form an unusual bond. [Trailer] (2006) |
Stars: Trevor Morgan, Nick Nolte, Rosemarie DeWitt.
Rated R
Runtime: 91 minutes. |
The Open Road
 
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Carlton Garrett, son of Hall of Famer Kyle Garrett, plays minor league
ball in Corpus Christi. He's in a slump when his grandfather calls to
say that his mother, in Houston, is refusing a heart operation she needs
to prolong her life. She says she won't have the operation until Kyle,
her ex-husband, comes to see her. So Carlton, with his close friend
Lucy, who used to be his girlfriend, goes to Columbus, Ohio, where Kyle
is signing autographs. They haven't spoken in four years. Will Kyle go
to Texas or will he find a way to duck out, as he's done for years? In
addition to the father and son relationship, what about Lucy, and what
about the slump? (2009) |
Stars: Justin Timberlake, Jeff Bridges, Ted Danson, Harry Dean Stanton, Mary Steenburgen
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 90 minutes |
Over The Fence
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Babe Ruth saves kids from an arithmetic class so they can play baseball instead. [Watch Film] (1932) |
Stars: Babe Ruth.
Runtime: 10 minutes. |
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Pastime
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A 41-year old pitcher facing retirement and hostility from his teammates in a 1957 minor league team befriends a 17-year old black rookie who's also been ostracized by the other players. (1991) |
Stars: William Russ, Glenn Plummer
Rated PG
Runtime: 94 minutes |
Past The Bleachers
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Bill and his wife have recently had to live through a tragedy. When Bill decides to coach a little league baseball team, he meets a young mute boy named Lucky, who may be just what the team needs in order to win. A very mysterious child, Lucky helps heal the wounds from Bill's past. (1995) |
Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Barnard Hughes, Glynnis O'Connor, Ken Jenkins, Grayson Fricke
Rated PG
Runtime: 97 minutes |
Perfect Game
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Underdog Little Leaguers fire their treacherous coach and rally together to aim for the championship in this uplifting, family friendly comedy about the true meaning of sportsmanship. (2000) |
Stars: Patrick Duffy, Tracy Nelson, Edward Asner
Rated PG
Runtime: 99 minutes |
The Perfect Game
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Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series. (2010) |
Starring: Clifton Collins Jr., Cheech Marin, Moises Arias, Jake T. Austin, Jansen Panettiere
Rated PG
Runtime: 118 minutes |
Pinch Hitter
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Shy Joel Parker seems bound for nowhere, until Abbie Nettleton enters his life. With her prodding, Joel goes from timid nobody to a baseball star with bravura. (1917) |
Stars: Joseph J. Dowling, Louis Durham, Darrel Foss, Charles Ray, Jerome Storm. |
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
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Danny and Melissa grew up together with promises of being life long friends. However, as they grew older they grew apart. Danny pursued his love for baseball, while Melissa struggles and ultimately becomes a pin-up. However, fate conspires to bring them back together. (2003)
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Stars: Drew Johnson, Corinna Harney
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 104 minutes |
PlayByPlayMen
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They're the storytellers of those warm summer nights, for kids of all ages who never had the chance to get near a major league ballpark, but instead cradled radios against their ears to hear the calls of America's favorite pastime - baseball. PlayByPlay Men and the art of the perfect call is a documentary film devoted to those broadcasters who dedicate their lives to making that perfect call, and stars some of the most well-known baseball announcers of all time. [Trailer] (2007) |
Joe Angel, Joe Castiglione, Ernie Harwell, Pat Hughs, Dave Niehaus.
Runtime: 76 minutes |
Playing For Peanuts
 
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Join manager Wally Backman and the South Georgia Peanuts for a wild season in the minor leagues. The Peanuts endure long bus rides, disgusting living conditions and low pay in the hope that they will someday make it to the big leagues. 10 episodes aired on Comcast Sportsnet and feature appearances by Cecil Fielder, Conor Jackson, Ron Darling and author Jeff Pearlman. (2008)
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Starring: Wally Backman, Cecil Fielder, Phil Plantier, Ron Darling, Conor Jackson.
Rated: NR
Runtime: 300 minutes |
Playing With The Enemy
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After being drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers as a 15-year-old prodigy in 1940, Gene Moore joined the Navy and was stationed at a prisoner of war camp in Louisiana where he taught German POWs how to play baseball. [Official Site] (2010) |
Stars: Toby Moore, Gary Moore. |
Pride Against Prejudice: The Larry Doby Story
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In 1947, the year Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, Bill Veeck signed Larry Doby to the Cleveland Indians. The film traces Doby's career and argues that Doby, Robinson, Veeck, and Branch Rickey's contributions were not just to baseball, but to U.S. history. (2007) |
Narrated by: Louis Gossett Jr.
Runtime: 90 minutes. |
The Pride of St. Louis
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Cookie-cutter biography of colorful sports legend Dizzy Dean. Dated, lighthearted, old-fashioned film pulls out all the old baseball cliches. Recommended only for rabid fans. (1952)
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Stars: Dan Dailey, Joanne Dru
Rated PG
Runtime: 93 minutes |
Pride of the Yankees
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Highly acclaimed, sentimental biopic about Lou Gehrig, the famed baseball player stricken with terminal disease. Much-loved, widely appealing, slow-moving drama remains a firm bet for lovers of pathos-tinged drama. (1942)
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Stars: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth.
Rated PG
Runtime: 128 minutes |
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