Lights! Camera! Play ball! From the early silent era to the present day baseball movies have always been a staple of the cinema from coming-of-age childhood classics to MLB-level epics. EBaseball Goes to the MoviesE chronicles America's fascination with the sport from the beginning of the sound era to the current decade quite literally covering the bases on all of the great a and several of the not-so-great a baseball flicks. From EField of DreamsE ( If you build it he will come... ) EThe Pride of the YankeesE ( But today a today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth ) and EA League of Their OwnE ( There's no crying in baseball! ) to an Academy Award nominee for Best Picture (EMoneyballE) and a sports flick that many believe is the worst ever made (EThe Babe Ruth StoryE) Backer always swings for the fences in his all-inclusive analysis of this underappreciated genre. Striving to emphasize the baseball aspects of every film featured the book balances its critical discussions with information about players teams ballparks interesting plays statistics baseball rules and the legend and lore of the summer game (all without a DH!). EBaseball Goes to the MoviesE is equally at home in the hands of silver screen fiends sports fanatics and frightened parents looking for a soft lob at the beginning of Little League.

About the Author
RON BACKER (Pittsburgh, PA) is an attorney and an avid fan of both movies and baseball who has previously written four books on film, including works on Hollywood mystery movie series and horror films. Backer is a member of SABR (the Society of American Baseball Research). He has coached youth baseball teams and still suffers along with other Pittsburgh Pirates fans about his favourite baseball team.


Book Information
ISBN 9781495075551
Author Ron Backer
Format Paperback
Page Count 312
Imprint Applause Theatre Book Publishers
Publisher Hal Leonard Corporation
Weight(grams) 499g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 149mm * 19mm