Getting Your Baseball Fix During Quarantine

So you miss baseball…

Here we are in the middle of a pandemic. It has been a little over six weeks since spring training was canceled and the start of the season put on hold. If you are anything like me, you might be missing the players, teams ballparks, and games as much as you miss being able to leave your house without wearing a mask or worrying about being infected. It’s okay to feel that way, I promise.  

When it all comes down to it though you might be struggling to find something to fill the time you once filled with baseball. I wanted to share sixteen baseball-related movies and documentaries that you just might scratch the itch left by baseball.

Movies:

1. League of Their Own (Amazon Prime)
2. Major League (Amazon Prime)
3. Major League 2 (Hulu / Netflix)
4. The Rookie (Disney+)
5. Rookie of the Year (Disney+)
6. For the Love of the Game (Hulu)
7. Moneyball (Hulu)
8. Angel’s in the Outfield (Hulu)

Documentaries

1. Longshot (Netflix)
2. 30 for 30: Jordan Rides the Bus (ESPN)
3. 30 for 30: Four Days in October (ESPN)
4. 30 for 30: The Day the Series Stopped (ESPN)
5. Ken Burns: Baseball (Netflix)
6. Fastball (Netflix)
7. Screwball (Netflix)
8. The Battered Bastards of Baseball (Netflix)

So without further ado, I took a little time and found some shows that have episodes that involve, mention, or include baseball. 

• Grey’s Anatomy
  • Season 8, Episode 7 
    • Put Me in Coach: Owen organizes a baseball game between Seattle Grace Hospital and Seattle Presbyterian Hospital.

• Schitt’s Creek
  • Season 5, Episode 9
    • The MVP: David agrees to sub in for the annual baseball game, and Moira runs a rehearsal that pushes Stevie over the edge.

• Simpson’s 
  • Season 2, Episode 5
    • Dancing Homer: Homer’s popularity as the local baseball team’s mascot sends him to the big leagues.
  • Season 3, Episode 17
    • Homer at Bat: After making a million-dollar wager, Mr. Burns hires a group of professional baseball players as ringers for the Nuclear Power Plant softball team.
  • Season 12, Episode 15
    • Hungry, Hungry Homer: As a result of becoming a Good Samaritan, Homer discovers that the Springfield Isotopes baseball team are planning to move to Albuquerque, so he decides to go on hunger strike, but how long will it last?
  • Season 17, Episode 22
    • Marge and Homer Turn a Couple play: Homer and Marge play marriage counselors to help Springfield Isotopes baseball star, Buck Mitchell, and his sexy recording-artist wife, Tabitha. Things become complicated, however, when Buck catches Homer giving his wife a massage.
  • Season 18, Episode 18
    • The Boys of Bummer: Bart is once again enemy number one in Springfield when he makes an error that costs the Isotopes baseball team the Little League championship.