The Greatest Baseball Movies of All Time

   Baseball has been the topic of more great movies than any other sport.   The first of which was released in 1898 by Thomas Edison entitled, The Ball Game.  The movie was about two amateur baseball teams playing in Newark, New Jersey. Since then many ballplayers have even acted in films.   For example, Babe Ruth played himself in The Pride of the Yankees, and Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris both starred in the 1962 movie Safe at Home!  After the season that both Mantle and Maris had in 1961, where they went head-to-head in the home run race until Maris broke the single season record, who wouldn't want to see a movie starring both of the M & M boys?  Just like the game itself, baseball movies hold a certain place in the hearts of people everywhere.  That is why there is even an exhibit, entitled Baseball at the Movies, on the first floor of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.  This exhibit features video clips of the greatest baseball movies of all time and some of the props used in them.
   Since the Major League season is still a month away, there is still time to catch a movie.  The following list that I have compiled, provides the greatest baseball movies ever created.  So sit back with your peanuts and Cracker Jack and enjoy the show.

Top 10 Baseball Movies

                                                                1.  Bull Durham-1988

                                                                2.  Field of Dreams-1989

                                                                3.  For Love of the Game-1999

                                                                4.  Eight Men Out-1988

                                                                5.  Moneyball-2011

                                                                6.  The Stratton Story-1949

                                                                7.  Major League-1989

                                                                8.  61*-2001

                                                                9.  Cobb-1994

                                                              10.  Kill the Umpire-1950

Honorable Mention:

A League of their Own-1992

Safe at Home!-1962

The Pride of the Yankees-1942

The Babe Ruth Story-1948

Pastime-1991

The Fan-1996

It Happens Every Spring-1949

For the Kids:

Everyone's Hero-2006

Angels in the Outfield-1994

Rookie of the Year-1993