Worst Baseball Movie Ever Made?

Guardians · Post by **Guardians** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 5:25 pm

I won't even go to see it, but Disney has been promoting the heck out of this new crappy looking John Hamm movie where he's a sports agent who takes a chance on those two Indian pitchers who flamed out a few years ago. It's called "Million Dollar Arm." Basically, he's Jerry MacGuire, a down on his luck agent, and he's able to exploit two teenagers to save his career.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... ailer.html

What's the worst baseball movie you can remember?

Astros · Post by **Astros** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:10 pm

Yeah that looks absolutely awful.

The Scout was pretty bad, not that it was meant to be a serious movie, but Brendan Fraser throwing a perfect game, striking out everyone on 3 pitches was just, ugh

Royals · Post by **Royals** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:26 pm

"For Love of the Game" It's a chick flick, not a baseball movie.
I would nominate "Fever Pitch", but I would never watch that piece of shit. Jimmy Fallon can eat a dick.

Royals · Post by **Royals** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:27 pm

Now I need to go home and watch Sandlot and the original Bad News Bears to get the thoughts of those other crappy movies out of my head.

Astros · Post by **Astros** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:38 pm

If you fast forward through the chick flick parts of For Love of the Game it ain't too bad

Royals · Post by **Royals** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:48 pm

Cardinals wrote:If you fast forward through the chick flick parts of For Love of the Game it ain't too bad

You could say something similar about the Star Wars Prequels or the travesty that is The Hobbit movies. Gotta judge what's there and what's there had me royally pissed off when I left the theater. And not just me, I knew other guys who went to see it and were pissed to find out they had been tricked into seeing a chick flick.

Nationals · Post by **Nationals** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:56 pm

I'm going with "Trouble with the Curve." Absolute dreck. The only thing that kept me in my seat was the bucket of 6 beers I had in front of me.

Astros · Post by **Astros** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:59 pm

A movie I loved as a kid was Little Big League. When I look back at it now, all I can think is that Billy Heywood cost the Twins the wild card for benching Lou Collins for banging his mom.

Guardians · Post by **Guardians** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 11:04 pm

Cardinals wrote:A movie I loved as a kid was Little Big League. When I look back at it now, all I can think is that Billy Heywood cost the Twins the wild card for benching Lou Collins for banging his mom.

Haha...well, that does happen from time to time. Actually, they lost because Ken Griffey Jr. and The Big Unit were beasts. Such is life as a Minnesota Twin.

Astros · Post by **Astros** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:13 am

Tigers wrote:
Cardinals wrote:A movie I loved as a kid was Little Big League. When I look back at it now, all I can think is that Billy Heywood cost the Twins the wild card for benching Lou Collins for banging his mom.
Haha...well, that does happen from time to time. Actually, they lost because Ken Griffey Jr. and The Big Unit were beasts. Such is life as a Minnesota Twin.

Right Griffey made the greatest catch in baseball history to end that movie. However, if Lou isn't benched there's no wild card playoff game

BlueJays · Post by **BlueJays** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:18 am

Oh man, haven't seen Little Big League in forever. Rookie of the Year was another great crappy kids baseball movie.

All the sequals after the original Major League were pretty bad. Some say the first was bad, but that's bullcrap. Major League was awesome. "Ed", the movie with Joey from Friends and a chimp was terrible, but I liked it.

For Love of the Game might be a chick flick, but it's far less shitty than other chick flicks. Though it really bothers me that when they show him warming up in the bullpen his jersey doesn't have piping, but everybody else's does (or was it the other way around? It's been so long since I've seen it). Clear wardrobe error.

Astros · Post by **Astros** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:57 am

I enjoy Major League 2. Ed, I knew there was a movie with a chimp and couldn't think of it!

Guardians · Post by **Guardians** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 10:03 am

Never saw Ed, thankfully. Major League was awesome. 2 wasn't bad, never saw 3. Major League 3 is like every Rocky after 4. They peaked with the Russian and Tommy the Machine Gun through Rocky 425 must have been bad, though I refused to watch.

Yankees · Post by **Yankees** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:03 am

Trouble With the Curve was brutal. And I like all of Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, John Goodman, and Justin Timberlake.

However, the worst baseball movie of all time is absolutely Summer Catch...except in the so unbelievably bad it was good way. It has the worst baseball scenes, the worst acting, and the worst plot. It also features the worst ending of a movie...ever.

"Let's be together!"

Royals · Post by **Royals** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:04 am

Orioles wrote:Oh man, haven't seen Little Big League in forever. Rookie of the Year was another great crappy kids baseball movie.

All the sequals after the original Major League were pretty bad. Some say the first was bad, but that's bullcrap. Major League was awesome. "Ed", the movie with Joey from Friends and a chimp was terrible, but I liked it.

For Love of the Game might be a chick flick, but it's far less shitty than other chick flicks. Though it really bothers me that when they show him warming up in the bullpen his jersey doesn't have piping, but everybody else's does (or was it the other way around? It's been so long since I've seen it). Clear wardrobe error.

Major League 2 wasn't too terrible. The first one was great, anyone who says otherwise is an idiot.

Major League
Field of Dreams
The Sandlot
Bad News Bears(orig)

That's my baseball movie fourpack of essentials. Nothing else I can think of has been worth watching more than once.

Guardians · Post by **Guardians** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:09 am

Padres wrote: Major League 2 wasn't too terrible. The first one was great, anyone who says otherwise is an idiot.

Major League
Field of Dreams
The Sandlot
Bad News Bears(orig)

That's my baseball movie fourpack of essentials. Nothing else I can think of has been worth watching more than once.

I'd have to give The Natural, Bull Durham and Eight Men Out some love, too, if we're talking about best. I really enjoyed 42 and *61. Both solid movies.

Royals · Post by **Royals** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:59 am

Tigers wrote:
Padres wrote: Major League 2 wasn't too terrible. The first one was great, anyone who says otherwise is an idiot.

Major League
Field of Dreams
The Sandlot
Bad News Bears(orig)

That's my baseball movie fourpack of essentials. Nothing else I can think of has been worth watching more than once.
I'd have to give The Natural, Bull Durham and Eight Men Out some love, too, if we're talking about best. I really enjoyed 42 and *61. Both solid movies.

The Natural and Bull Durham were definitely big misses on my part. Eight Men out was very good, but I never felt even a little bit of an urge to rewatch it.

BlueJays · Post by **BlueJays** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:08 pm

Any love for A League of Their Own?

Tigers · Post by **Tigers** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:17 pm

Good call on the Natural and Bull Durham.......both great movies. Sandlot and Bad News Bears were classics.

Royals · Post by **Royals** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:22 pm

Orioles wrote:Any love for A League of Their Own?

Doesn't count as baseball when it's women.

Kidding of course. I'd put it up there with Bull Durham and the rest personally. Very rewatchable and always fun.

BlueJays · Post by **BlueJays** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:28 pm

Might be women, but it should teach people that Softball should only be reserved for beer leagues. Women should play baseball too.

Brewers · Post by **Brewers** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:18 pm

Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch

BlueJays · Post by **BlueJays** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:30 pm

I saw Angels in the Outfield when I was like 10 and I remember liking it.

Astros · Post by **Astros** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:49 pm

*61 might be my favorite baseball movie of all time. The movie is so great because Barry Pepper becomes Roger Maris and Thomas Jane becomes Mickey Mantle. It doesn't feel like you're watching actors. Jane has all of the Mantle roguish charm. "I like a girl with small hands, makes my dick look bigger."

Phillies · Post by **Phillies** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:52 pm

Brewers wrote:Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch

Shawn can we get a like button?