With Carson Lund’s ‘Eephus’ — about the final game in an amateur league of aging players — hitting the big screen, a THR film critic ranks 10 other movies that took viewers out to the ballgame. By ...

Over its 97 years, the Music Box Theatre — which opened the year the Cubs lost the 1929 World Series to the Philadelphia Athletics — has shown plenty of baseball movies, from “Pride of the Yankees” to ...

News of Robert Redford's death ignited a, shall we say, spirited debate among USA TODAY Sports aficionados about where the Hollywood legend's film, "The Natural", ranks in the pantheon of baseball ...

In the parlance of America’s pastime, Robert Redford and “The Natural” keyed a two-out rally for baseball movies. The 1980s were a golden era for baseball cinema: “Bull Durham,” “Field of Dreams,” ...

I grew up a fan of Kevin Costner’s films. My dad loved them and it, in turn, made me a fan of his work. And while he’s a talented director and actor, there is one genre of film he does better than ...

The history of baseball is in many ways the history of America itself. Its very nickname — America’s pastime — goes beyond the simplicity of a game, evoking a grandiosity that channels fundamental ...

Probably the most authentic baseball movie ever made is also one of the most shamelessly entertaining. It is the baseball version of “Slap Shot” — profane locker room slapstick at its finest. Does it ...

Baseball is rapidly becoming a game of athletic excellence. Its players are stronger and fitter than ever. They throw faster, swing harder, and routinely make plays of astounding agility, the kind ...

Will professional baseball ever showcase an openly gay player? The California-born-and-raised, 6'3" African American David Lamont Denson is slowly climbing his way through the Milwaukee Brewers' farm ...