By the way, did you know that Ruth used a 50-ounce bat? With that kind of speed at that weight, it's no wonder he clobbered the shit out of the baseball. That's ridiculously heavy by today's standards...
I wanted to let you know about the voting. As for posting the results I think I'll wait til Monday. I had somebody submit votes to me yesterday, and on top of that more people may vote if it remains open through the weekend. A 1st place vote was worth 5 points, a 2nd place vote was 4 points, a 3rd place vote was 3 points, a 4th place vote was 2 points, and a 5th place vote was 1 point. Tie breakers were determined by which movie received the most votes, regardless of what spot they got the vote in. For example, if Movie A and Movie B both had 5 points, but Movie A only appeared on one ballot while Movie B appeared on two ballots, then Movie B would be placed higher on the list.
*This is a bit earlier than I said the other day, but I haven't gotten any more responses since then so here we go... The DSP Top 5 Baseball Movies 1. Major League (26 points - 9 votes)2. Field of Dreams (26 votes - 8 votes)3. The Sandlot (23 points - 7 votes)4. Bull Durham (22 points - 6 votes)5. The Natural (20 points - 6 votes) Here are the other movies, and the number of points they earned... -A League of Their Own (12 points - 3 votes)-61* (6 points - 3 votes)-For Love of the Game (6 points - 2 votes)-8 Men Out (5 points - 2 votes)-Major League 2 (5 points - 1 vote)-The Bad News Bears (4 points - 3 votes)-Pride of the Yankees (3 points - 1 vote)-Rookie of the Year (3 points - 1 vote)-Little Big League (2 points - 1 vote)-The Rookie (1 point - 1 vote)-Long Gone (1 point - 1 vote)
Your list blows and Brewsters Millions is def a baseball movie. I put your list it in my top 5 worst. The Sandlot? Really??
I agree. I was really surprised that Major League got the top spot. It's a really good movie. Really funny. But best baseball movie ever? I can't agree with that.
Brewster's Millions is not a baseball movie. In fact, the only thing involving baseball that is remotely important to the plot is to create a backstory on how Pryor's and Candy's characters became friends. Since you weren't around to vote (I know you signed up today, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say it was just now so you couldn't vote... which sucks), how about you give us your top 5?
