Baseball and movies have been teammates for over a hundred years. One's played with bats and gloves, the other with cameras and scripts, but both know how to tell a great story. These films reflect ...
Sports have been a favorite subject for storytellers since a primitive human first told others how much fun it was to whack a round rock with a stick. Author George Plimpton once wrote in the New York ...
As Atlanta prepares to host the MLB All-Star game on July 15, the Braves are sponsoring a series of classic baseball films at the Plaza Theatre. The films include the Jackie Robinson biopic “42” on ...
In the parlance of America’s pastime, Robert Redford and “The Natural” keyed a two-out rally for baseball movies. The 1980s were a golden era for baseball cinema: “Bull Durham,” “Field of Dreams,” ...
The history of baseball is in many ways the history of America itself. Its very nickname — America’s pastime — goes beyond the simplicity of a game, evoking a grandiosity that channels fundamental ...
They're holding the annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York this weekend and a pair of baseball movies are holding spots among the screenings. There's "Knuckleball!" which features the ubiquitous ...
Once the calendar turns the page to a new year, it's now officially time to think about next baseball season. One of my favorite baseball quotes comes from Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby, who famously ...
LOS ANGELES -- Alyssa Milano knows her baseball. A Los Angeles Dodgers season-ticket holder and lifelong fan, she's written a book about her obsession with the game ("Safe at Home: Confessions of a ...