All-Time Baseball Movie Lineup

This year marks the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest movies ever, Bull Durham.

This movie goes beyond baseball and simply makes for an entertaining story. I’m sure I don’t have to give the background on Crash Davis, Annie Savoy, or Nuke LaLoosh, but reading about the time since its first release gave me an idea.

One of the continued topics at the Roundtable is the greatest baseball movie lineup. I’m going to bring in what we think it is. There are several criteria.

First, nothing can be based on a true story or star professionals. That rules out Cobb, Mickey, The Rookie, Field of Dreams, and Fever Pitch.

Second, you can’t use players from little-league teams unless they actually put on a professional uniform, ruling out Hardball, The Bad News Bears, and The Sandlot (except Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez).

Third, no animals. This was basically to rule out someone using Air Bud or the monkey from Ed.

Finally, college players count. So go ahead and open up Summer Catch.

Here’s what we have. I’m anxious to hear from others, and see what they would go with here, so post comments, please.

C: Crash Davis (Bull Durham)—You can debate here between Jake Taylor and Davis for hours (and we have). I give Davis the final nod because of his impact on the pitching staff and his infinite wisdom off the field. He may never have made it to "The Show" permanently, but he knows how to handle young pitching and provides some power towards the bottom of my lineup.

Taylor, though solid, is aging and has bad knees. He’s consistent, but I’d rather have him on my coaching staff than trying to throw out runners. Backup: Rube Baker (Major League II)

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