Baseball is America's sport, and the romanticism and mythical status built around it have led to some truly great films.

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,” ...

Sports have been a favorite subject for storytellers since a primitive human first told others how much fun it was to whack a round rock with a stick. Author George Plimpton once wrote in the New York ...