The '67 Sox shocked the world by winning the American League pennant |
- Joe DiMaggio: The 56-game hitting streak seems like a good place to start
- Ted Williams: There's so much cinematic gold here (batting .400, Korean War combat missions, homering in his final at-bat) it's not even funny
- Summer of '49: Great source material with David Halberstam's book. The same could also be said about "The Teammates" and "October 1964"
- The 1967 Red Sox: Everything about the "Impossible Dream" team screams Hollywood
- The Miracle Mets: Ditto
- Roberto Clemente: Follow his quest to 3,000 hits and tragic death
- 1975 World Series: The greatest Fall Classic of all time deserves a movie
- 1978 Red Sox-Yankees rivalry: Could work as a miniseries, maybe follow-up "The Bronx is Burning"
- Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa: Would love to see a movie made about the 1998 home run race. It can be the sort-of sequel to "61*" the same way "This is 40" was a sort-of sequel to "Knocked Up"
- Daniel Nava: The baseball equivalent of "Rudy"
Other ideas: 1951 Dodgers-Giants, Josh Hamilton's fall and rise, Mark Fidrych's rookie season, Sandy Koufax's dominance/retirement, Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's record, Bill Buckner and 1986 World Series, Ichiro Suzuki coming to America and leading Seattle to 116 wins, Tony Conigliaro
Good list of potential movies. I guess the movie "Chasing 3000" doesn't really count as per suggestion #6. It had a great premise but fell dreadfully flat.
ReplyDeleteGreat list. From what you've written, I'd want to see the 1998 McGwire/Sosa HR chase, shown in the context of the steroid era, how it emerged, and its effect on baseball. The Hank Aaron story would be great, as well.
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