![]() (Image credit: Orion Pictures) Bull Durham (1988)Īlthough it is not as well remembered as another Kevin Costner baseball movie that would come out the following year, Bull Durham remains as one of the most accurate portrayals of life in the minor league baseball system. I'm taken back to childhood bliss whenever I watch the movie or hear the theme song, more than 25 years later. Growing up, the closest baseball team was the Texas Rangers, and I'll never forget the first time my family and I went to a game at The Ballpark In Arlington and heard the dramatic brass arrangement come over the public address system whenever a Ranger would hit a home run. ![]() ![]() I actually knew of the theme song (composed by Randy Newman) from The Natural before I even saw the movie way back when. Hobbs, along with his trusty bat, "Wonderboy" coming through time after time. This American classic stars a young Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs, a gifted baseball player who is injured during a shooting only to make a triumphant return 16 years later in a bottom-dwelling team. The Natural has gone down as one of the quintessential baseball movies from the past 40 or so years, and there's a good reason for that. (Image credit: Tri-Star Pictures) The Natural (1984)
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