Best baseball documentary... I'll start; "Fastball"

[riggs336]

"Knuckleball!" is good. Heavy concentration on Wakefield and Dickey.

[JollyElm]

'When It Was A Game' DVD set. Not so much a documentary, but ridiculously cool nonetheless.

[Tabe]

I would second "Battered Bastards of Baseball". Fabulous documentary on an otherwise obscure baseball story.

[bmattioli]

Hands down Ken Burn's Baseball.. watch it during the long winter every year..

[Jim65]

Ken Burns Baseball is the best.

[marzoumanian]

A more recent doc that blew me away was "Screwball." It's the A-Rod steroids story. You can't believe the stuff that A-Rod did in the pursuit of records. Then again, maybe you can! Your jaw will drop. You will laugh out loud in disbelief. You will shake your head. And it's all true. The line I will never forget from this movie is when the fake Miami doctor who supplied A-Rod tells the camera that the first words A-Rod said to him were, "I want what Manny (Ramirez) uses." Wow. Crazy. Search it out.
Peace.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by bmattioli

Hands down Ken Burn's Baseball.. watch it during the long winter every year..

I used to be in that habit...think I'll start again.

[bobbyw8469]

Believe it or not, I thought "No No - A Dockumentary" was FANTASTIC. Dock Ellis pitched a perfect game on LSD, and was quite a character.

[jchcollins]

Ken Burns. You will find people that don't like it, and rail against it. These people by and large don't like Burns' politics. Whatever, deal with it. The documentary filmmaking is fantastic. Yes, he "screwed up" the overall portrayal / impression left of Ty Cobb. I think we all collectively know more historically about Cobb now than we did in the early 90's. I'll forgive him.

[Case12]

Sandlot 🤔

Seriously, I recently watched 'Fastball'. Very good and unique with science and history mixed. I learned a lot about Walter Johnson. It's my 'new' favorite.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

'When It Was A Game' DVD set. Not so much a documentary, but ridiculously cool nonetheless.

Color home movies, much of it taken by ballplayers themselves, starting in the 1930s! The vistas of the old ballparks make it worthwhile all by themselves. I wish they hadn't torn down a one of them, not even the smallest and plainest of them. Wow, just wow!

[Seven]

I thoroughly enjoy Ken Burns' Baseball. Yes it has slight inaccuracies, but it's a fantastic piece all around, and really sets the bar for Baseball documentaries. I love his deep dive into the Negro Leagues.

[UKCardGuy]

Ken Burns Baseball is tops but I loved Fastball. After watching Fastball, this was my next purchase

[Belfast1933]

Yes! (And if you do, you’ll see you are not the only one who thought of this)

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

Ken Burns Baseball is tops but I loved Fastball. After watching Fastball, this was my next purchase

[RL]

Seen a few of the docs listed, all were good.

One not mentioned was Fear Strikes Out about Jim Piersal

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Color home movies, much of it taken by ballplayers themselves, starting in the 1930s! The vistas of the old ballparks make it worthwhile all by themselves. I wish they hadn't torn down a one of them, not even the smallest and plainest of them. Wow, just wow!

Love watching this one.

I'll have to checkout some of the other's you guys mentioned, especially 'Fastball' and 'No-No'.

Thanks to all for the suggestions.