Though we are less than 100 days away from 2020 New York Mets baseball, it’s time to admit that late December is known more for Oscar buzz than for home runs and strikeouts. Baseball and movies have a rich history, with many beloved films such as Field of Dreams, A League of Their Own, and Bull Durham using America’s pastime as a backdrop.
With that in mind, perhaps the 2020 Mets season will be so legendary that it will warrant an entire feature film. Hollywood is filled to the brim with talented actors, and the Mets, at their best, operate with a type of magical poeticism that not even Hollywood could script (see: Dom Smith’s season-ending walk-off).