What is the best baseball movie of all time?

Gary Cooper's farewell speech, a cornfield in Iowa, a bench of misfit Little Leaguers. Pick the one that makes you want to play catch.

1. 1
   Field of Dreams

   Kevin Costner builds a ballpark in an Iowa cornfield in the 1989 classic.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Bull Durham

   Ron Shelton's 1988 minor-league comedy with Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon.
   598pts
3. 3
   The Sandlot

   The 1993 summer-of-1962 kids' movie about a neighborhood pickup team.
   534pts
4. 4
   The Bad News Bears

   Walter Matthau coaches a Little League team of misfits in 1976.
   534pts
5. 5
   The Rookie

   Dennis Quaid as a 35-year-old teacher who reaches the majors.
   534pts
6. 6
   Damn Yankees

   The 1958 musical about a fan who sells his soul to beat the Yankees.
   534pts
7. 7
   The Pride of the Yankees

   The 1942 Lou Gehrig biopic starring Gary Cooper, nominated for 11 Oscars.
   478pts
8. 8
   Eight Men Out

   John Sayles's 1988 drama about the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
   478pts
9. 9
   Major League

   The 1989 comedy about a hopeless Cleveland Indians roster.
   478pts
10. 10
    A League of Their Own

    Penny Marshall's 1992 comedy about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
    414pts
11. 11
    42

    Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson breaking the color line in 1947.
    414pts
12. 12
    Moneyball

    Brad Pitt as Billy Beane rebuilding the Oakland A's with statistics.
    341pts
13. 13
    Bang the Drum Slowly

    Robert De Niro as a dying catcher in the 1973 drama.
    341pts
14. 14
    61*

    Billy Crystal's 2001 film about Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle chasing Ruth's record.
    257pts
15. 15
    Fever Pitch

    Jimmy Fallon's Red Sox obsessive in the 2005 comedy shot during the 2004 title run.
    159pts
16. 16
    The Natural

    Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs in Barry Levinson's 1984 fable.
    0pts

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