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Why do 'crappy' baseball films get such high ratings??

posted 8 years ago by carpathianwolff
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Don't get me wrong... I'm not saying 'baseball films' are crappy...

there are actually several good ones... (ie.) "The Natural", "Field Of Dreams", "Bull Durham", "Eight Men Out", "Cobb", etc.)...

But several ridiculously 'hokey' films like "For Love Of The Game" and "Major League" have incredibly high scores... this amazes me... the IMDB average for "Major League" is actually higher than "Bull Durham".

The only accurately scored 'crappy' baseball film (on IMDB) is "The Babe"... which scores an accurate 5.9

[–] tyshimah3 8 years ago

I don't think about this movie is crappy. Or hokey.
I believe this movie has a high rating because it genuinely good.

"Do you even remember what you came here to find?"

[–] bourg000 8 years ago

It is indeed a great baseball flick. And I find the 6.5 shockingly low.