Baseball spring training is upon us. In a few short weeks the league will be in full swing and the Pittsburgh Pirates will be mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Our thoughts turn to the crack of the bat, eating crunchy Cracker Jacks and sitting on our couches watching … well, not actual baseball, but movies about baseball. (Let’s face it, baseball can be a bit slow.)
To prepare for the season test your baseball movie trivia knowledge by seeing how many movies you can name from the quote list below after the break. Remember, there’s no crying in baseball movie trivia.
- “Ahh, Jesus, I like him very much, but He no help with curveball.”
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Dennis Haysbert in Major League (1989) - “People all say that I’ve had a bad break. But today, today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.”
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Gary Cooper in The Pride of the Yankees (1942) - “C’mon Hobbs, knock the cover off the ball!”
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Wilford Brimley in The Natural (1984) - “The one constant through all the years has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and what could be again.”
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James Earl Jones in Field of Dreams (1989) - “God, the sucker teed-off on that like he knew I was gonna throw a fast ball.”
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Tim Robbins in Bull Durham (1988) - “If you build it, he will come.”
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Magic ethereal voice” in Field of Dreams (1989) - “When the bat meets that ball and you feel that ball just give, you know it’s going to go a long way. Damn, if you don’t feel like you’re going to live forever.”
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John Cusak in Eight Men Out (1988) - “Juuuuust a bit outside.”
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Bob Uecker in Major League (1989) - “Man, this is baseball, you gotta stop thinking! Just have fun.”
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Mike Vitar in The Sandlot (1993) - “There’s no crying in baseball!”
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Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own (1992)