Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
(Applause Books). From the early silent era to the present day, baseball movies have always been a staple of the cinema. Baseball Goes to the Movies * chronicles America's fascination with the sport from the beginning of the sound era to the current decade covering the bases on all of the great baseball flicks, such as Field of Dreams ("If you build it, he will come."), The Pride of the Yankees ("But today, today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth"), and A League of Their Own ("There's no crying in baseball.") The book also addresses several bad baseball movies, such as Ladies Day an abysmal comedy about a major league pitcher who cannot throw when he is in love as well as an Academy Award nominee for Best Picture ( Moneyball ), a film that many believe is the worst sports film ever made ( The Babe Ruth Story ), and all of the films in between. As part of the discussion of many of the films, the baseball aspects of the movies are emphasized, with information about the players, the teams, the ballparks, interesting plays, statistics, baseball rules, and the legend and lore of the summer game. Baseball Goes to the Movies is for movie fans, as well as fans of the game.
Synopsis
(Applause Books). Lights Camera Play ball From the early silent era to the present day, baseball movies have always been a staple of the cinema, from coming-of-age childhood classics to MLB-level epics. Baseball Goes to the Movies chronicles America's fascination with the sport from the beginning of the sound era to the current decade, quite literally covering the bases on all of the great and several of the not-so-great baseball flicks. From Field of Dreams ("If you build it, he will come..."), The Pride of the Yankees ("But today today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth"), and A League of Their Own ("There's no crying in baseball ") to an Academy Award nominee for Best Picture ( Moneyball ) and a sports flick that many believe is the worst ever made ( The Babe Ruth Story ), Backer always swings for the fences in his all-inclusive analysis of this underappreciated genre. Striving to emphasize the baseball aspects of every film featured, the book balances its critical discussions with information about players, teams, ballparks, interesting plays, statistics, baseball rules, and the legend and lore of the summer game (all without a DH ). Baseball Goes to the Movies is equally at home in the hands of silver screen fiends, sports fanatics, and frightened parents looking for a soft lob at the beginning of Little League.