The third best day of the year...after Christmas and the 1st day of school. Our hometown Nats take on the Braves tonight, the Orioles start Monday at home vs. Tampa Bay, and the World Champion Red Sox take on the Dodgers in California (and not playing at home until the 9th vs. Detroit).
My top 5 favorite baseball movies:
1. The Natural. Simply the best movie about baseball, and not just because it was filmed in Buffalo's War Memorial staduim. All-American Roy Hobbs fights his past, his owner and mysterious women to create the single greatest baseball sequence ever. Rated: Fastball, down the middle.
2. A League of Their Own. Yes, it has Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell - both of whom can be a little annoying....but the movie is solid, Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Lori Petty are all terrific, and the ball playing is good, too. I can't tell you how many times I've said to my kids, "There's no crying in baseball!" Rated: Fastball, low and outside.
3. Field of Dreams. "If you build it, he will come." A little trippy at times, but some real heartwarming moments. Rated: Slider
4. Eight Men Out. The Black Sox - the worst scandal to hit the game until steroid use became the rage among ball players. Rated: Spitball
5. Bull Durham. Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and a delightfully loopy Tim Robbins combine poetry, sex and AAA baseball for a solid hit. Rated: Knuckleball
Honorable mention: Major League, The Sandlot, The Bad News Bears (the original), Fever Pitch, Stealing Home, 61*.
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