BASEBALL
HISTORY AND SPIRIT



"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. Baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that was once good, and that could be again."

--Spoken by Terence Mann (played by James Earl Jones) in Field of Dreams

Films


  • A League of Their Own
    (1992)
    126 Minutes
    Director: Penny Marshall
    Cast: Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Rosie O'Donnell, Madonna

  • A League of Their Own - Documentary
    (1992)
    27 Minutes
    Director: Penny Marshall, Mary Wallace Cast: Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Rosie O'Donnell, Madonna

  • Angels in the Outfield
    (1951)
    102 Minutes
    Director: Clarence Brown
    Cast: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn

  • Angels in the Outfield
    (1994)
    102 Minutes
    Director: William Dean
    Cast: Danny Glover, Brenda Fricker, Tony Danza

  • Bang the Drum Slowly
    (1956)
    58 Minutes
    Director: Daniel Petrie
    Cast: George Peppard, Paul Newman, Albert Salmi

  • Bang the Drum Slowly
    (1973)
    96 Minutes
    Director: John Hancock Cast: Michael Moriarty, Robert DeNiro, Vincent Gardenia

  • The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings
    (1976)
    110 Minutes
    Director: John Badham
    Cast: Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor

    The Bad News Bears
    (1976)
    102 Minutes
    Director: Michael Ritchie
    Cast: Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Jackie Earle Haley

  • Bull Durham
    (1988)
    108 Minutes
    Director: Ron Shelton
    Cast: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins

  • Cobb
    (1994)
    129 Minutes
    Director: Ron Shelton
    Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovitch

  • Ed
    (1996)
    94 Minutes
    Director:Bill Couturie
    Cast: Matt LeBlanc, Doren Fein, Jayne Brook, Bill CObbs, Jack Warden

  • Elmer the Great
    (1933)
    74 Minutes
    Director:
    Cast: Joe E. Brown, Sterling Holloway, Frank McHugh, Claire Dodd

  • Eight Men Out
    (1988)
    Director: John Sayles
    Cast: John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner

    Field of Dreams
    (1989)
    106 Minutes
    Director: Phil Alden Robinson
    Cast: Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster

  • Headin' Home
    (1920)
    56 Minutes; Silent Film
    Director: Lawrence Windom
    Cast: Babe Ruth, Ruth taylor, William Sheer, Francis Victory

  • It Happens Every Spring
    (1949)
    87 Minutes
    Director: Lloyd Bacon
    Cast: Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas

  • The Jackie Robinson Story
    (1950)
    76 Minutes
    Director: Alfred E. Green
    Cast: Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson

  • The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg - Documentary
    (1999)
    95 Minutes
    Director: Aviva Kempner

  • Little Big League
    (1994)
    119 Minutes
    Director: Andrew Scheinman
    Cast: Luke Edwards, Jason Robards, Timothy Busfield

  • Mr. Baseball
    (1992)
    109 Minutes
    Director: Fred Schepisi
    Cast: Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Aya Takanashi

  • Pride of the Yankees

    (1942)
    127 Minutes
    Director: Sam Wood
    Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth

  • Safe at Home
    (1962)
    83 Minutes
    Director: Walter Doniger
    Cast: Bryan Russell, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, William Frawley, Patricia Barry

  • The Sandlot
    (1993
    ) 101 Minutes
    Director: David Evans
    Cast: Tom Guiry, Mike Vitra, James Earl Jones, Brandon Adams

  • The Scout
    (1994)
    101 Minutes
    Director: Michael Ritchie
    Cast: Brendan Fraser, Albert Brooks, Dianne Wiest

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