Baseball Movies
If you build it they will come..
Field of Dreams
Sandy Koufax won this annual pitching award with 100% of the first place votes in 1963, 65' & 66'
Cy Young
This Major League Baseball team's current stadium was built for a 20th century Olympics
Atlanta Braves
This basketball star retired from Basketball to pursue baseball after his father's death
Michael Jordan
Only 2 cities with both a National & American League baseball team
Chicago & New York
Wild Thing you make my heart sing..
Major League
Longtime Dodgers catcher Mike Scioscia drove to Orange County to become this team's longtime manager
Los Angeles Angels
The first baseball World Series game played outside the U.S. was played in this city in 1992
Toronto Blue Jays
This Heisman trophy winner was also drafted in the first round by the Oakland Athletics
Kyler Murray
A Red Sox pitcher, later a Yankee, he held the World Series record for consecutive scoreless innings from 1918 to 1961
Babe Ruth
Pack your bags Pete.
Why?
I just bought you from the Cleveland Indians
Moneyball
This Dodger Co-Owner knows how to lend a hand--playing across town, he led the NBA in assists per game 4 times.
Magic Johnson
This team received its name after an 1890 incident in which it 'stole' away an important player from another team
Pittsburgh Pirates
This former Auburn Tiger is famous for breaking a baseball bat over his head
Bo Jackson
The introductory verse to this 1908 song begins, 'Katie Casey was baseball mad'
“Stupid f—, Crash. What are you swinging at the breaking ball for? F— me. Usually start me off with a hammer.”
Bull Durham
The 1970s Dodgers had the longest lasting intact this group: Garvey, 1B; Lopes, 2B; Russell, SS; Cey, 3B
Infield
They are the only Major League Baseball team which prints their media guide in 2 languages
Montreal Expos
He was an Olympian, played pro baseball for the Reds & was a charter member of pro football's hall of fame
Jim Thorpe
Hall of Famer Willie Stargell called it 'a butterfly with hiccups'
Knuckleball
Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends: Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart kid, and you can never go wrong.
The Sandlot
In 1986 this Dodger Lefty From Mexico led the NL with Now-Mind-Boggling 20 Complete Games
Fernando Valenzuela
It's the only Major League Baseball team name whose first 4 letters match the first 4 letters of its city
Philadelphia Phillies
This two sport athlete is the only player to ever hit a home run and score a touchdown in the same week
Deion Sanders
It's the only team to win World Series titles in 3 different cities for which it played
Braves