 | Grand Slam DVD Giftset (Bull Durham / Eight Men Out / The Jackie Robinson Story / The Pride of the Yankees)
Buy new: $35.99 / Used from: $12.95 For most fans, Bull Durham is the headliner, but the other movies in this set are important and entertaining looks at key figures and events in baseball lore.
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 | Game Night Collection (Major League / Bang the Drum Slowly / Fear Strikes Out / Hardball / Talent for the Game / Bad News Bears / etc.)
Buy new: $62.99 / Used from: $17.82 This one purchase will really fill out a collection. It includes: Major League, Fear Strikes Out, Bang The Drum Slowly, Talent For The Game, Hardball, Bad News Bears (2005), The Bad News Bears (1976), The Bad News Bears In Breaking Training, and The Bad News Bears Go To Japan
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 | 61*
Buy new: $5.98 / Used from: $0.90 Even if you're not a Yankees fan, you'll enjoy this portrayal of Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle's homerun showdown of 1961.
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 | The Natural Director's Cut Limited Gift Set
Buy used from: $16.46 Roy Hobbs and wonderboy are over the top, but in the grand fashion of exaggerated baseball stories passed from generation to generation.
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 | Field of Dreams (Widescreen Two-Disc Anniversary Edition)
Buy used from: $6.48 One of the oddest movies I've ever seen, it speaks volumes how well this film was received by the public (including many who could care less about baseball).
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 | A League of Their Own (Special Edition)
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $6.78 A great comedy about baseball during WWII, when the game was taken up by the women of the country who filled in admirably.
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 | Major League 2/Major League: Back to the Minors
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $3.15 The sequels fall in quality in each case, but still provide enough laughs to make them worth a viewing.
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 | Baseball - A Film By Ken Burns
Buy new: $52.99 / Used from: $60.11 The ultimate baseball documentary. My only complaint is how little time is spent on some players compared to others, showing some bias by Ken Burns.
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 | Only the Ball Was White
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $6.07 A great compliment to the Ken Burns documentary, showing some of the greatest players fans never got to see.
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 | The Sandlot
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $3.99 You play baseball like a girl! This film is like a cross between Stand By Me and Major League; can't go wrong with that.
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 | Little Big League
Buy new: $7.49 / Used from: $1.50 Little Big League, along with the Sandlot, are the two best movies about the kids and baseball.
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 | The Fan
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $0.34 Every collection needs some variety; a baseball thriller with enthralling characters, truly unlike anything else on this list.
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 | For Love of the Game
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.70 A chick flick to be sure, but with enough baseball stuff and a leading guy who has earned his stripes in both genres to make it great for anybody.
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 | The Scout
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $0.91 The most ridiculous title in the list; this movie doesn't even try to include realism. Instead it brings laughs and real characters like George Steinbrenner and Ozzie Smith.
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 | Fever Pitch (Boston Red Sox Curse Reversed Edition)
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $0.88 This would probably be higher if I didn't hate the Red Sox as much as the Yankees. With that in mind, I still enjoyed it.
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 | Cobb
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $10.57 An unlikeable main character makes this movie not for everybody.
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 | The Babe
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.00 Not my favorite film on the list, but worth a viewing.
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 | Soul of the Game
The story of Satchell, Jackie, and Gibson that, while not always accurate, tells part of the game that is too often unappreciated.
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 | The Stratton Story
Buy used from: $3.80 Jimmy Stewart in the story of a rise and fall of a ballplayer.
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 | Pastime
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $4.41 Great film about the minor leagues with credibility in who is cast.
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 | The Rookie (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $1.24 This movie makes everything so whimsical it's almost tough to remember that this is a true story.
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 | Rookie of the Year
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $4.83 Not as good as Little Big League, but still fun (particularly for younger viewers).
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 | Summer Catch
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $0.16 More teen romance then baseball, hence its position at the bottom of the list.
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 | Great Baseball Movies (The Jackie Robinson Story / It's Good To Be Alive / Headin' Home)
Buy used from: $2.88 Get this one particularly for It's Good to be Alive, the Roy Campanella story. Headin' Home actually stars Babe Ruth in a short silent film about the game.
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 | When It Was a Game - Triple Play Collection
Buy new: $25.99 / Used from: $25.36 Shows the progression from game to money making industry, includes all three parts.
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 | Modern Marvels - Baseball Parks (History Channel) (A&E DVD Archives)
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $2.99 Exactly what it sounds like, how great is that.
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 | The Ultimate Baseball Collector's Collection
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $4.84 Two documentaries with tons of interviews with hall of famers.
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 | MLB - The Ultimate Blooper Collection (This Week in Baseball)
Buy used from: $17.63 How many times can you watch the Jose Canseco ball off the head? More than once? This is for you.
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 | Game 6
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $0.86 Another one mainly for the Red Sox fan.
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 | Bleacher Bums
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $0.49 I've got to admit; I'm a hardcore Cubs fan and even I didn't care for this one.
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 | Baseball Double Feature - Kill the Umpire / Safe at Home
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $8.99 |
 | Angels in the Outfield
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $4.64 Goofy fun for kids.
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 | Mr. Baseball
Buy new: $6.49 / Used from: $4.79 Great look at the Japanese side of the game.
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 | Mr. 3000 (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $0.01 Only funny occasionally.
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 | Stealing Home
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $0.86 |
 | The Winning Team - Authentic Region 1 DVD from Warner Brothers starring Doris Day and Ronald Reagan
Buy used from: $9.28 |
 | The Benchwarmers
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $0.45 |
 | The Final Season
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $1.76 |
 | Tiger Town
Buy used from: $4.95 OK, so I'm cheating and putting a VHS until it gets released on DVD someday (probably never). This is a fun movie about superstition and players, including a fan and an aging slugger (played by the great Roy Scheider_.
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