This particular topic always varies per fan, but I am going to give you my top ten baseball movies and reasons why. A little fun piece I’ve thought about over the years long before I ever became an actual writer. I usually say this part at the end, but I want to say it now in real hopes readers will read till the end. I’ll give a hint to my top few right off the bat (like that pun) I enjoy the biographical type the most, don’t get me wrong i like the drama and comedy ones as well. Please, let us know what you think or show us your list in the comments below.

1. I am a little biased to this selection as #1 My favorite baseball movie and the one I think is the best is: Pride of the Yankees the Lou Gehrig story. This movie was shown to me very young as my late father was a huge Yankees fan and he got me to sit down on the couch with him, I may have been 7 years old maybe 8. He told me about how the Yankees are the best team ever and had all the best players and the most championships. My dad told me “get over here and sit with your old man, watch this movie with me.” I grabbed cushion moved it over beside my dad and said, “what is this about?” He told me it’s about the greatest Yankee of all even better than Babe Ruth, I still had no idea who he was either at this time. I was very curious to find out who they both were, just before it started I said is Lou your favorite, he said Mickey Mantle was, confusing me even more lol, but he said “Lou was like no other, now get your feet off the table you’re going to knock over my beer.” Lets just say later in life I have watched it several more times since I knew who Lou Gehrig was now. Pride of the Yankees starred Gary Cooper who lots of people at that time said he resembled Gehrig a lot. The story shows Gehrig in Colombia University right up to his last day as a Yankee. Lou Gehrig went on to play 2130 games and was nicknamed the “Iron Horse.” He contracted ALS which they later named Lou Gehrig’s Disease. It was an excellent biopic, highly recommend if you have never seen it.
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2. I really like the movie Eight Men Out, this movie should definitely be in everyone’s top 5. I like this movie for the story as it plays out it shows the all star cast portray 8 players from the 1919 Chicago White Sox, who were all acquitted throwing the World Series. New commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis bans all eight men for life. The Cincinnati Reds won the best of nine series 5-3. This was later called the Black Sox Scandal.
   
3. *61 is definitely in my top 5 movies all time and not just baseball related movies. I love the way the movie has the M&M Boys Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris go head to head and battle each other all season to try and pass Bath Ruth’s record of 60 HR. Roger Maris did beat out Mantle who was injured and struggled with alcoholism and womanizing too much. Maris beat Ruth and did hit 61 home runs but Babe Ruth hit 60 in 154 games, the new schedule had teams playing 162 games, this is why 61 comes with an asterisk attached.
   
4. The Natural – This movie stars Robert Redford
5. Major League –
6. The Bronx is Burning (mini series) –
7. 42 –
8. Moneyball –
9. A League of Their Own –
10. The Bad News Bears –

*Honorable mention* “Baseball” a Ken Burns Documentary this could be in the top ten of a lot of fans’ lists, but I feel this is an extremely lengthy of a film it is 9 parts each disc is called an inning actually. There is also a tenth inning that is broken into two parts, 4 hours. This “movie” should be watched over days or weeks. Very well done documentary and informative for the serious baseball fan. This documentary should be watched by every baseball fan at some point in your lives.

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