Favorite baseball movies

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Posted By: ramram

all I could ever wait for just before spring training was the movie "It Happens Every Spring". Surely somebody out there remembers this one. The school chemistry teacher, by accident, comes up with a mixture that makes the baseball "allergic" to wood. He takes his new invention and tries out for the lowly St. Louis team. Of course, he goes on to lead them to the pennant with his "hop" pitch. Some great humor to the movie, especially when his catcher uses the potion as hair tonic and another time when he injures his finger and has a wood splint put on it. Needless to say, he has a little trouble picking the doctored ball up after each pitch. A lighthearted must see from the old days. I haven't see it for many years but would love to run across it again (especially this time of year)!