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[MUSIC PLAYING]
-It's April, so that can only mean one thing.
Well, it can mean several things.
But in this case, it means just one thing-- baseball is back.
If you don't feel like being taken out to the ball game,
why not settle in at home with a movie
about our national pastime?
Here are some notable baseball movies
you can stream this weekend.
[DIRT GRINDING]
[CLANG]
If you're looking for some laughs,
then look no further than Cleveland.
When a former Las Vegas showgirl becomes owner of the Indians,
she concocts a plot to make the team
so bad that attendance will drop and she'll be
able to move the team to Miami.
A rag-tag team-- featuring performances
from Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, and Tom Berenger--
try to pull the impossible and keep the team in Ohio.
[GRUNT]
[WHOOSH]
[CRASH]
[CHEER]
LOU BROWN: Nice velocity.
-"Major League" is available to stream on Netflix.
JIMMY DUGAN: (ANGRILY) And did I cry?
EVELYN GARDNER: (TEARFULLY) No.
No.
JIMMY DUGAN: No!
No!
And do you know why?
EVELYN GARDNER: No.
JIMMY DUGAN: Because there's no crying in baseball!
There's no crying in baseball!
-If you want comedy and drama, a classic
by director Penny Marshall might be the right one for you.
With many pros departing to fight in World War II,
Cubs owner Walter Harvey bankrolls a women's league.
Two sisters, played by Gina Davis and Lori Petty,
leave their Oregon farm to play ball
under the eye of their drunken, has-been manager played
by Tom Hanks.
[SPITTING]
[DISTANT CHEERING]
JIMMY DUGAN: That sounded good.
-"A League of Their Own" is Available to Stream on Netflix.
THE VOICE: (WHISPERING) If you build it, he will come.
[RUSTLING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-If you're looking for drama and you
don't care about crying in front of your family and friends,
why not choose what many feel is the greatest movie
about baseball of all time?
An Iowa farmer starts hearing a voice whispering, "if you
build it, he will come."
Ray Kinsella, played by Kevin Costner,
at the risk of looking insane decides
to build a baseball field that winds up hosting games
played by Ray Liotta's Shoeless Joe
Jackson and other former greats of a bygone age.
TERENCE MANN: It reminds us all that once
was good and could be again.
-"Field of Dreams" is available to stream with an HBO Now
subscription.
What do you think?
Do you have a baseball movie you like more?
Let us know on Facebook or in the comments below.
[WHOOSHING]