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You don’t need anyone to tell you which classic baseball movie this line is from, because you already know the answer. Just like you do in the cases of “Jusssst a little outside”, “God, I love baseball”, “There is no crying in baseball” and many others.
In this week’s “Polling Place” — your home for Sun-Times Twitter sports polls — we focused on baseball movies, inspired by the Cubs’ trip to the “Field of Dreams” site in Dyersville, Iowa, to face the Reds.
So which baseball movie is your favorite?
“For character variety and entertainment value, ‘Major League’ is the GOAT,” @TFroehlig commented. “It has everything an amazing story and script needs. »
You’ll see how we’ve broken down 12 baseball movies below. It was harder than we thought figuring out which ones to include and how to group them for these surveys, but, hey, that’s why we make a lot of money.
Place at the polls:
Poll #1: You can only choose one, Heyday Division:
It’s a baseball-movie edition of “Polling Place” this week. Give us your news! Selected comments will appear in Saturday’s newspaper.
Q1: You can only choose one, Heyday Division:
– Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) August 11, 2022
Results:Was anyone else surprised at how easily “Major League” took this one? Some of us voted for ‘Bull Durham’ and are not about to apologize. A great comment from @CubsSalty: “Put ‘Bull Durham’ against ‘Major League’? Are you going to ask me which child is my next favorite? We would never embarrass you like that, Salterino.
Poll #2: You Can Only Choose One, Open Division:
Q2: You can only choose one, the open division:
– Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) August 11, 2022
Results:“The Sandlot” is charming and delicious, but is it really the best of these four or is it just the newest? “I can’t believe ‘Sandlot’ trumps ‘Bad News Bears’,” @MrSeanRoper wrote. “I’m going to blame Twitter’s generational gap. This divide is real, people. Meanwhile, @ShawnaP79 isn’t lying when she calls “A League Of Their Own” “arguably one of the best baseball movies of all time.”
Poll #3: You can only choose one, Historical Division:
Q3: You can only choose one, Historical Division:
– Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) August 11, 2022
Results:Our print audience – a bit older than the average tweeter, we think – might disagree with the meager portrayal of a touching tribute to the great Lou Gehrig. Those other stories, revolving around the 1919 Black Sox, Billy Beane and Jackie Robinson, were also memorable watches. Why are there so many good baseball movies? Not that anyone complains.
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
