America’s Favourite Pastime

In recent years American Football has become the topic of choice among many filmmakers but all the while baseball still remains America’s favourite pastime. Baseball has been the topic of many films in the past, especially during the 1970’s and 1980’s when films such as Bang The Drum Slowly, Bull Durham and Fields Of Dreams where showcased on the silver screen to great success. During that time there were some rather huge flops such as Summer Catch, Babe, The Scout and Ed starring Friends star Matt LeBlanc alongside a chimp, need I say more. For many men in America, baseball was a boyhood rite of passage and served as the backdrop to some of their most cherished memories. It wasn’t until 2011, with Bennett Miller’s Moneyball, that a truly memorable and touching baseball film was made.