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Okay, true confession time... I am a man, 57 years old, despite the moniker of betsie-k9 (the best dog ever!!), and I just watched "Slap Shot", courtesy of Netflix, for the first time. Man, if there is another movie out there which captures the life of a "Triple A" team better, I would love to know what it is. Will Ferrell's "Semi-Pro" comes to mind, but maybe you know of a better candidate. Now I know why so many people love this movie. Yes, it sophomoric, ultra-violent, "low brow", whatever, but it had me in stitches throughout, and I wish to hear your suggestions on what to watch next. I thank you already for your recommendations.
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Raging Bull, Any Given Sunday or Major League depending on the mood.
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I'm a sucker for sports movies, but three are at the top:
Hoosiers
Rudy
Field of Dreams
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Another vote for Slapshot. I actually met the Hanson brothers.
And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
- John Muir
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I liked Major League, 61, and For The Love Of The Game.
I hated Rudy (don't tase me, bro).
A sports movie that should have been good but wasn't was North Dallas Forty, which was a great book. But come on, Mac Davis as the QB? All 5'7" of him? When he threw the football like Maude?
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Nobody likes "The Natural"? That's probably my top movie.
I'd probably go with "Major League" #2 and ... hmm, tough call for #3. Maybe "Miracle"?
I really like "Rudy", but there's a few things that kill the movie for me ... the over the top "ridicule" from his family when he's trying to get to Notre Dame and that slow-clap scene near the end of the movie is terrible.
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Love The Natural as well. I realize it is hokey and unrealistic, but I love Redford and the movie's redemptive quality.
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Major League, Beerfest, Slapshot, The Natural, Dodgeball, Balls of Fury, Saw II
Browns is the Browns
... there goes Joe Thomas, the best there ever was in this game.
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70's "Rollerball", 80's "Running Man", and, of course, "Blades of Glory".
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Waterboy. It's great for a football fix in the mid spring.
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Don't understand the Rudy love.
That movie was average, at best, til about 20 min left.
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Rad - I couldn't get enough of this BMX racing movie when I was about 8 or 9. Put a gyro on my bike after seeing
this movie. Many crashes ensued.
Karate Kid - Love seeing "Daniel-san" pull out the crane move to take down Johnny.
Caddyshack- Carl Spackler: Your place got a pool?
Ty Webb: We have a pond in the back. We have a pool and a pond... Pond'd be good for you.
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Judge Smails: I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I
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No mention of The Rookie?
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Karate Kid - Love seeing "Daniel-san" pull out the crane move to take down Johnny.
One of the best scenes ever was when Mr Miyagi shows him why he was really doing all that "wax-on" stuff. 
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Bull Durham A League of Their Own Major League Strange Brew Caddyshack Brian's Song We Are Marshall Million Dollar Baby Happy Gilmore And I know some people would debate these movies are sports movies, but dammit *I* think they are and therefore I can put them here if I want!  Rush Senna LeMans Grand Prix
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I can't believe I forgot Happy Gilmore, Strange Brew, and Caddyshack!! 
Browns is the Browns
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Strange Brew is my favorite of those three. Haven't seen it in YEARS! Hmmm...pretty sure my ex got that one when we split up. Heading to Amazon now!
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I'm trying to remember how Strange Brew was a sports movie ... beer pong?
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Don't understand the Rudy love.
That movie was average, at best, til about 20 min left.
On top of that movie being mostly fictional.
Here's my top 10:
10. A League of their Own - Really underrated as a baseball movie
9. Friday Night Lights - Football movies are hard to make, but this one is probably my favorite.
8. Field of Dreams - If you explained what this movie was about to people, they'd probably tell you it would be terrible, but it's actually really good.
7. The Natural - I always thought that era of baseball was interesting.
6. The Sandlot - It really is the movie that EVERYBODY loves.
5. Hoosiers - There's a lot of cliché and corniness in this movie, but for some reason when it's on I have to watch.
4. Caddyshack - I don't think anything needs to be explained here.
3. Miracle - Greatest sports story ever told. I thought Kurt Russell nailed the role of Herb Brooks.
2. Major League - It's Slap Shot on a baseball field.
1. Slap Shot - I don't know if any sports movie, or maybe even any movie, is quoted as much as Slap Shot. I love that Paul Newman said he developed a bad habit of swearing a lot after doing that movie.
I know I left off some movies that most people would have put in their top movies, Rocky, Remember the Titans, etc... but I've never been huge on those movies. The one I had a hard time leaving off was The Replacements. If they had been able to get the NFL to agree to let them use real teams instead of corny made-up ones, I think people would view it better. It's a fun a movie.
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Most everything I could think of is already in this thread.. I will just add that I cry just thinking about Brian's Song.
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It's about beer and hockey, ya hoser. Take off, eh! 
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Raging Bull, Any Given Sunday or Major League depending on the mood.
I'll go with this.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
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Rudy, how could it not be this movie? True classic!
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Wow, I have actually seen most of these recommendations. My wife was a little "uncomfortable' when we watched Caddy Shack with my then high school sons, but my boyz got it. My second especially, as he is now attending Miami University (Oxford, OH) on the Evans Scholarship! Ain't life strange...
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That's a tough one but these are my top 3:
Field of Dreams (This movie is guaranteed to make me cry during that scene with him and his dad.)
Rudy (How can you not love this movie. Pure determination and heart).
Major League (What's not to like? It's the Indians and its our team!).
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Better off Dead
Gymkata
Talladega Nights
Gleaming the Cube
Rocky 451 (he's on fire)
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Reading through this thread, I have seen a lot of these movies, and I like a good majority of them. I want to mention a couple that didn't get mentioned yet...Million Dollar Baby was on the other night, so I watched it for like the 1001st time. I was always told this next one was an awesome movie, but I've never seen it, and since he passed away last week, I went out and bought The Hurricane, which I plan to watch tonight or tomorrow. I was a boxer in my younger days, so I tend to gravitate towards the boxing movies, which reminds me of The Fighter with Mark Wahlberg, which is a true story, and I remember seeing part of this true story on HBO many years before this movie was ever made. HBO did a special on crack, around 1995, in Lowell Mass. and the older brother of Mark Wahlbergs character was on this show, getting high.
And for a good low brow humor, check out Beer League with Artie Lange. I laughed my butt off at this movie! It's about slow pitch softball, and definitely not one to watch with the kids...lol
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It's about beer and hockey, ya hoser. Take off, eh!
Hockey, eh? Beauty! Thanks for the reminder, ya hosehead.
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A League of Their Own though for a kind of fun movie "Damn Yankees"
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The Color of Money
Major League
Hoosiers
Caddy Shack
The Program
Bull Durham
North Dallas Forty
Radio
Invincible
Varsity Blues
We are Marshall
For Love of the Game
White men can't jump
Glory Road
Semi-Pro
Days of Thunder
Tin Cup
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I forgot Pride of the Yankees. That's probably one of my favorite old movies.
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10. Talladega Nights - "If you don't chew Bid Red, then..."
9. Semi-Pro - Here for many reasons but the "S my C, I'll murder your family" scene might be the greatest cinematic event in the history of the world.
8. Blades of Glory - I laughed a lot
7. Field of Dreams - Freaking classic. Like Sperg said, on paper it doesn't work, but somehow it ends up getting me every time.
6. Caddyshack - the scene between Chevy and Murray in the shed is amazing.
5. A League of their Own - If it's on, I stop to watch. And the "there's no crying in baseball" scene is too perfect.
4. Bull Durham - This one is really, really good. Great action, great characters, great dialogue and great pacing.
3. Rocky - All the sequels ruined how great the original was.
2. Miracle - <insert goosbebumps here>
1. Major League - Come on, do I even have to say anything here?
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Gotta go with Major League.
Any of you hockey fans see a newer flick called Goon? I've heard good things but still haven't managed to check it out.
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