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Best Baseball Movies to Stream or Rent Right Now

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Best Baseball Movies to Stream or Rent Right Now

"A League of Their Own" is based on the real-life World War II-era women's professional league. "The Natural" starred Redford as Roy Hobbs, a former baseball prodigy whose career was derailed after he was shot by a woman. "Bull Durham" stars Costner as Lawrence "Crash" Davis, who is sent to the Durham Bulls to coach the team's new pitcher Ebby Calvin LaLoosh. In "Major League" Rachel Phelps, the widow of the former owner of Cleveland Indians, wants to move the franchise to Miami. She hires a minor league manager and creates a plot to create the worst team in baseball.

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