I watch a lot of baseball movies. It’s a natural byproduct of being a huge baseball fan, because often these movies sneak into theaters when there are no games being played, and you feel compelled to see them because any baseball is better than no baseball.
There has been a ton of debate about which are the best baseball movies, or which “best” movies are overrated (I see you, Field of Dreams) but one thing we don’t tend to discuss much is how many truly dreadful baseball movies are out there.
I can’t possibly touch on all of them, having not seen everything, but here’s a starter list of terrible flicks you can probably avoid the next time you do a baseball movie marathon.