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A League of Their Own
A League of Their Own (1992) is Penny Marshall's comedy-drama about the WWII-era All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Lori Petty, and Madonna; it grossed $107.5 million and inspired a 2022 Amazon series.
A League of Their Own (2022 TV series)
A League of Their Own (2022) is a Prime Video comedy-drama by Abbi Jacobson and Will Graham, reimagining the 1992 film about the 1943 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League with queer and Black storylines; canceled in 2023 after one season.
Angels in the Outfield (1994 film)
Angels in the Outfield (1994) is Disney's remake of the 1951 MGM baseball fantasy, directed by William Dear, starring Danny Glover, Christopher Lloyd, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt; it grossed $50,236,831 domestically.
Bad News Bears
Bad News Bears is a 2005 American sports comedy directed by Richard Linklater, starring Billy Bob Thornton as a washed-up coach of a losing Little League team.
Baseball (TV series)
Baseball, also known as Ken Burns Baseball, is a 1994 PBS documentary series by Ken Burns telling baseball's history in nine two-hour episodes called "innings," drawing 43 million viewers.
Eight Men Out
Eight Men Out: Eliot Asinof's 1963 book on the 1919 Black Sox World Series fix and John Sayles's 1988 Orion Pictures film adaptation, later corrected by SABR's Eight Myths Out research.
Fever Pitch (2005 film)
Fever Pitch (2005), the Farrelly brothers' romantic comedy starring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon, adapts Nick Hornby's memoir as a Red Sox romance, remaking the 1997 British Arsenal film.
Field of Dreams
Field of Dreams (1989): Phil Alden Robinson fantasy-drama adapted from W. P. Kinsella's Shoeless Joe, starring Kevin Costner, Best Picture nominee, filmed in Dyersville, Iowa, later home of MLB at Field of Dreams games.
For Love of the Game (film)
For Love of the Game is a 1999 American sports drama directed by Sam Raimi. It stars Kevin Costner as a pitcher who throws a perfect game.
Hardball (film)
Hardball is a 2001 American sports drama directed by Brian Robbins, starring Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, and DeWayne Warren, about a man coaching a youth baseball team from Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing project.
Little Big League
Little Big League is a 1994 Castle Rock comedy, Andrew Scheinman's directorial debut, in which 12-year-old Billy Heywood inherits the Minnesota Twins and manages them himself; it grossed $12.3 million and features MLB cameos.
Major League II
Major League II is a 1994 American sports comedy directed by David S. Ward, starring Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger, and the sequel to Major League.
Million Dollar Arm
Million Dollar Arm is a 2014 Disney biographical sports drama directed by Craig Gillespie, starring Jon Hamm as agent J.B. Bernstein, whose Indian reality pitching contest signed Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Mr. 3000
Mr. 3000 is a 2004 Touchstone/Spyglass sports comedy directed by Charles Stone III, starring Bernie Mac as Brewers star Stan Ross, who returns at 47 after a clerical error leaves him three hits short of 3,000; Angela Bassett co-stars.
Pitch (TV series)
Pitch (TV series), Fox sports drama (2016) created by Dan Fogelman and Rick Singer, starring Kylie Bunbury as Ginny Baker, the first woman in MLB, pitching for the San Diego Padres; canceled after one season in May 2017.
Rookie of the Year (film)
Rookie of the Year is a 1993 American family baseball comedy, Daniel Stern's directorial debut, in which 12-year-old Henry Rowengartner (Thomas Ian Nicholas) gains a 100 mph fastball and pitches for the Chicago Cubs alongside Gary Busey.
Summer Catch
Summer Catch is a 2001 Warner Bros. romantic baseball comedy directed by Michael Tollin, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jessica Biel, set around the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League; it earned $19.7 million and poor reviews (Metascore 21, 8% on Rotten Tomatoes).
The Bad News Bears
The Bad News Bears is a 1976 American baseball comedy directed by Michael Ritchie, written by Bill Lancaster, starring Walter Matthau and Tatum O'Neal as a drunken coach and girl pitcher of a Little League team of misfits; it spawned two sequels and a 2005 remake.
The Benchwarmers
The Benchwarmers is a 2006 American sports comedy directed by Dennis Dugan, starring Rob Schneider, David Spade, and Jon Heder as three men who challenge bullying Little League teams.
The Natural (film)
The Natural (1984), Barry Levinson's adaptation of Bernard Malamud's 1952 novel, stars Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs, a shot ballplayer who returns to lead the New York Knights; four Oscar nominations.
The Rookie (2002 film)
The Rookie is a 2002 American sports drama directed by John Lee Hancock, starring Dennis Quaid as real-life Texas coach Jim Morris, who reached the major leagues.
The Sandlot
The Sandlot is a 1993 American coming-of-age baseball comedy directed by David Mickey Evans, set in the summer of 1962, about new kid Scotty Smalls and a lost Babe Ruth-signed ball; a modest theatrical performer that became a cult classic.
The Sandlot 2
The Sandlot 2 is a 2005 American family sports comedy directed by David Mickey Evans, starring Max Lloyd-Jones and James Earl Jones, and the second film in The Sandlot series.
Trouble with the Curve
Trouble with the Curve (2012), also called Trouble With the Curve, is a Warner Bros. baseball drama directed by Robert Lorenz, starring Clint Eastwood as aging scout Gus Lobel with Amy Adams; grossed $48.9 million and drew a 51% Tomatometer.