Baseball's 10 worst movies ever

Here now are 10 bad baseball movies:

Talk about crap. This film's full of it. The historical inadequacies are Ruthian. They might as well have made "The Babe" about a right-handed, singles hitter who plays for the Rays. John Goodman gives this his best. But lifeboats couldn't save everyone on the Titanic and neither can his performance in this bench jockey.

It's hard not to like a movie with Diane Lane in it.
But Hard Ball, which starred Keanu Reeves, was a bore. The story itself is based on a true story about a down and out man - alright, he's close to being a degenerate - who learns about himself by coaching a bunch or rascals. Sounds like the "Bad News Bears." In a way it is, without the laughs.
We admit the movie does have a conscious: It makes us think about the troubles inner city youths face. But that's the only thing that keeps this downer of a flick from being the bottom of the barrel.

Everybody loves Billy Crystal. And who doesn't love Roger Maris now? Crystal and stars Barry Pepper and Thomas Jane give this film an admirable effort. And the supporting cast is good. But this film is supposed to be about the relationship between Mantle and Maris. The question is do we get an interesting picture about who they were as teammates? As individuals yes. But not as teammates? This film aimed high, unlike most on this list. In other words, it swung mightily. And missed drastically.

Didn't movies with Monkeys go out in the 60s? At least the 70s? Apparently, no one ever told Matt LeBlanc, who fired a big blank with this drivel. Even toddlers look at the screen and ridicule "Ed." The only thing that keeps this from being the worst movie ever is that it did't aim high. It was a kids movie. But if you want a kids movie about baseball and animals, rent one of the Bud flicks.

Holy Cow, this was atrocious. ESPN really flunked out with this biopick of Pete Rose. First, Tom Sizemore is unbelievable as Rose. Second, it felt like it was made from a Kitty Kelly bio and not any respectable material. The only thing worse was when ESPN put Charlie Hustle on "trial."

There was a string of kid-centered baseball films in the 90s. The best of the bunch, and the only one that's stood up to the test of time, is "The Sandlot." The worst of the bunch was "Little Big League." The Southpaw is man enough to admit he owned a VHS copy of this story about a kid who inherits a team and becomes manager. But that was back when we were kids. That was when Rosie O'Donnell was the "Queen of Nice." Not "Horrible Hair." Sure, Jason Robards steals some scenes. And it's got the mom from Heroes. But this film is full of bad stuff.

It's hard for The Southpaw not to love a movie that includes Ken Griffey Jr. and former Phillies Pat Burrell, Doug Glanville and Mike Lieberthal. Throw in Brittany Murphy and Jessica Biel and it's even harder not to watch. That is until you try to. Freddie Prinze Jr and the rest of "Summer Catch" tanks worse than David Nied.

Don't remember this one, do you?
I vaguely remember it from my childhood. The Southpaw was 13 and wasn't fooled by this crap. Burt Reynolds plays a homeless man who coaches little leaguers. Of course, they inspire each other. Sure, wouldn't you let your kids be coached by a homeless man? Sure you would. As a 13-year-old, this concept terrified me.
What's even worse, Reynolds plays a character named Jack Robinson. Makes one want to vomit.

How bad was this movie? Well, Wesley Snipes wouldn't do the second film in the series. But Tom Barringer and Charlie Sheen wouldn't even touch this one.
The producers had to get Scott Bakula and Ted McGinley to round out this cast. I bet Bakula would love to get back in his time machine and rethink that decision. The only way to descibe this Class-A clunker would be a ride from Batavia to Reno in the back of a bus with odor 25 pairs of sweaty socks. Total bush league.

This isn't Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler and Robin Williams, who've made their share of horrible comedies. This is the Mount Rushmore of crap: David Spade, John Heder and Rob Schneider. Among them, they've starred in two decent-to-good movies: "Napoleon Dynamite" and "Black Sheep." Some comedy makes us laugh 'til we hurt. Some makes us hurt 'til we laugh - the awkwardness of "The Office" comes to mind. This movie, however, just makes us hurt.