— -- Baseball's first golden age on the silver screen did not end with "A League of Their Own" in 1992. The next year brought the popular "Rookie of the Year" and "The Sandlot," while 1994 saw ...

Baseball is America’s favorite pastime. Its historical significance dates back to the darkest times in America (the Civil War and World War II), when baseball represented a sense of national security ...

Probably the most authentic baseball movie ever made is also one of the most shamelessly entertaining. It is the baseball version of “Slap Shot” — profane locker room slapstick at its finest. Does it ...

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,” ...

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 ...

Every night during the season, the person directing a Major League Baseball broadcast makes thousands of tiny cinematic decisions. With a panoptical array of cameras covering every square inch of the ...

Baseball has always been tailor-made for the movies—filled with drama, hope, heartbreak, and heroics. Whether it's kids on a sandlot or ghosts in a cornfield, Hollywood has captured the magic of ...