Vote: A League of Their Own vs Eight Men Out
by Jesse on Jan 27, 2011 8:14 AM EST
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PrintIt's been about four months since we had our last vote for the Best Baseball Movie ever. I can't believe time has flown so fast! Thanks to the good Mr. Gates over at Daily Norseman for stealing my idea, and therefore reminding me to get back on the horse.
For those of you new to this, be sure to check out the series introduction which will give you a pretty good idea of where we started from and what all this is about.
So far we've had two quarter finals votes, with Field of Dreams just barely squeezing out a win over Bull Durham in the New Classics division and The Sandlot dominating Bad News Bears (the Matthau version) by a margin of more than three votes to one (361 of the 469 votes) in the kids division. That brings us to our third round of the quarter finals, where A League of Their Own takes on Eight Men Out from the drama entries.
A League of Their Own (1992) - "There's no crying in baseball!" is nearly as mainstream as "Play it again, Sam"...except Bogart never actually said "Play it again, Sam". Anyway, this one is set during WWII, and it's just as much about the relationship between the two sisters as it is about a drunken Tom Hanks. Porky Pig Rosie O'Donnell is there, you get Geena Davis at her best, some british chick named "Madonna" is in it and Lori Petty also stars. And oh yeah, Jon Lovitz is always hilarious. You're a real sport, Dottie! You really make it seem like you and your sister truly ARE in "A League of Their Own"...
Eight Men Out (1988) - Basically this is the story of the day America realized her perfect daughter was a whore. The legend of the Chicago Black Sox stands as one of the game's most iconic scandals, right up there with Pete Rose betting on baseball, the steroid era and the moon landing. Essentially a number of White Sox players take bribes to throw the 1919 World Series, making life difficult for the few contributing players who play honestly. You might know the story by now: eight players are suspended for life, Buck Weaver spends his life trying to clear his name, and Charlie Sheen sleeps with Dorn's wife before marrying Hottie of the Year 1997 Denise Richards, and then lets his brother move into his beach-front house where the nephew occasionally stops by to make fart jokes.
Brackets after the jump!
Eliminated in the first round:
For Love of the Game
The Natural
Angels in the Outfield
Little Big League
The Fan
61 *
BASEketball
Mr. 3000
Bracket for Round 2:
New Classics Division
Field of DreamsBull Durham
Kids Division
Bad News BearsThe Sandlot
Drama
A League of Their Own
Eight Men Out
Comedy
Major League
Mr. Baseball
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I voted for A League of Their Own
but only because it’s decent enough and I’ve never heard of the other one. Doesn’t really matter to me much as The Sandlot is by far the best baseball movie fo-ev-er!
You, sir, are a mouthful.
by Att. Bob Loblaw on Jan 27, 2011 8:25 AM EST reply actions
amen!
Voted a league of their own, but nothing will ever come close to the sandlot! Best all time baseball movie ever. Period.
by Sara-Marie Little on Jan 27, 2011 8:42 AM EST up reply actions
this
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
I haven't seen 8 men out yet
So I had to vote for the chick flick. This is why democracy doesn’t work.
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Jan 27, 2011 8:32 AM EST reply actions
A lot of "A League of their Own" was filmed in Evansville, Ind.
…in a beautiful old ballpark (Bosse Field). Still used for Independant League team. Evansville also has a major tournament every summer for Legion, Sr Babe, Dixie League, etc. My son got to play their once, can always say he played in the same centerfield as Madonna!
I was wondering about this game two weeks ago
Voted for A League of Their Own. Tom Hanks is probably my favorite actor and I’ve never seen Eight Men Out.
Baseball reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.-Terence Mann/James Earl Jones in FoD
All things being equal,
I personally think Hanks could swing this vote on his own. If I voted, I’d vote for ALOTO.
8 Men Out
Is about the Black Sox scandal. I couldn’t vote for it because it’s about the white sox. That and even though it’s about chicks, it’s still baseball, and Tom Hanks is phenomenal in that movie.
“THERE’S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL”
Eight Men Out
Apparently I’m the only person who has seen this movie. Theoretically it has a lot going for it: John Sayles, historical baseball scandal, John Cusack, Studs Terkel. It ended up falling pretty flat. The movie peaks too early and there were several scenes that needed to be rewritten. A historical movie should be accurate and they mess that up several times.
I can’t say I re-watch 8 Men Out. I will occasionally watch A League of Their Own.
A League of Their Own
Too many people seem to be voting for it because they don’t know Eight Men Out… I just wanted to point out that it deserves to win regardless of what movie it goes up against. It may be because I’m female and have a younger sister that I used to play softball with, but this is easily my favorite baseball movie, if not out right favorite movie, of all time.
It also has some great baseball/life wisdom regardless of gender: “It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great.”
by ColossusOfRhode on Jan 27, 2011 10:39 AM EST reply actions
I voted for it because I like it, love Hanks and because I don't know Eight Men Out
Baseball reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.-Terence Mann/James Earl Jones in FoD
I'll add it to my list of things to see
It sounds interesting and I can handle seeing it once whenever I’m bored.
Baseball reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.-Terence Mann/James Earl Jones in FoD
You're enthusiastic
A League of Their Own is your favorite movie of all time?! Have you seen any other movies?
Sort of off Topic
It always sort of rubbed me the wrong way that Tom Hanks was “playing” Jimmy Foxx, but appeared to pay no attention what so ever to the actual person. I could be totally off base with that, but Foxx was always a fascinating player to me.
A League of Their Own is a great movie.
So many classic lines, and Tom Hanks is fantastic. 8 Men Out was alright, but doesn’t even begin to compare to ALoTO. Since the movie that should have won is out now, I’m going to try and ride the League train. :)
俳句！
by fischean on Jan 27, 2011 1:58 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Which one are you referring to?
Baseball reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.-Terence Mann/James Earl Jones in FoD
Bull Durham I'm assuming
Best baseball movie ever
To be honest
I’ve never seen all of that movie. I’ve seen parts of it here and there, but never all of it.
Baseball reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.-Terence Mann/James Earl Jones in FoD
I know, I know
It’s extra funny because I think I have it on VHS, so I could watch it any time.
Baseball reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.-Terence Mann/James Earl Jones in FoD
It a great movie that just happens to be about baseball
Most baseball movies are more about baseball than the human condition. Sandlot and Bull Durham are two exceptions.
"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot
bull durham is great
FoD vs Bull Durham was a huge heavyweight bout in the quarters, probably 2 of the best 3 movies on the board.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
A League of Their Own
I always liked tha movie. I remember seeing it for the first time at my Grandma’s with my cousins when I was pretty young and we always liked the line : “You know you look like a penis with that little hat on”.
Eight Men Out had no funny lines, so it does not get my vote.
Also off topic,
but has anybody seen the old footage of the Babe playing sandlot ball with a bunch of kids during a whistle stop? It is the prize you earn after you pass the Perfect Game quiz in the extras of For Love of the Game? It’s excellent.
Anyway, liked both movies but chose Eight Men Out for what it does for Shoeless Joe. It portrays him as what it seems he was: a superb ballplayer and an unwitting pawn. Sadly, he was and remains banned due to manipulation by some of his selfish teammates. Shoeless Joe better damned well get reinstated before the game even THINKS about letting Rose in.
I call BS
Neither one should be in the Hall of Fame
First of all
Reinstatement does not equal H.O.F. However, it’s pretty obvious that his numbers and accounts of his play from contemporaries would make him a lock. Everything I’ve read suggests he was duped. Rose can rot, Jackson deserves serious consideration. Selig supposedly had it under review but nothing came of it. Surely he was too busy covering his ass in the steroids scandal.
He took the money
Joe Jackson should be banned. I’m not sure what reinstatement of a dead ballplayer accomplishes.
Clears his name.
Reinstatement says:
Even though you took the money as a piss poor, practically illiterate, possesion of the White Sox, we (baseball) recognize that it was more out of ignorance and need than anything malicious. We recognize the evidence that supports the claim that you did not throw the series, that you were duped (if not coerced) and that the others implicated in the scandal ultimately said as much. And also, that your case and the case of others, like Rose, are vastly different.
As far as his not being alive…really?!
by z-squad on Jan 29, 2011 12:05 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Brilliant movie.
Up-ended by Bull Durham in round one. I think people voted for BD over TN because, compared to each other, TN is quite polished. It’s all down to taste, though. It’s still one of the greatest baseball movies ever.
This is a 3 horse race now...
… and neither of these are one of the 3. I’ve gotta’ think there are two movies remaining on a crash course with one another for the title.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
Oh wow, I don't know if I could choose that round
Field of Dreams, Major League and The Sandlot are like in a three-way tie for my favorite baseball movie.
Baseball reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.-Terence Mann/James Earl Jones in FoD
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