The second one was a year later, 'Casey At The Bat,' again produced by Thomas Edison. So the first three listings are by Thomas Edison. While most of us will never see those early flickers, they illustrate the love filmmakers have for the game. There's individual effort. There's the chance of dreams dashed with a single pitch or swing of the bat.
Baseball is just a natural for the movies.
With a new baseball season under way and Wisconsinites buzzing over the Milwaukee Brewers' much-anticipated home opener at the new Miller Park on Friday, we take a look today at baseball movie favorites. The whole plot of the guy being head over heels in love with baseball, it was everything you could ask for. It evoked some of the simple things that are a part of baseball, like playing catch with your dad. Costner has become the king of big-screen baseball. It was funny and goofy, and it had some baseball in it.