Bang the Drum Slowly, It Happens Every Spring & Other Baseball Classics on TMC

Here are some wicked classic baseball movies which have featured on TMC.  Classics include hope floats, michael moriarty, it happens every spring, along came a spider, snake king and many others.

First we kick off at 1 pm with “It Happens Every Spring”,stars Ray Milland as a scientist who exploits his discovery of a fluid causing baseballs to repel wood – what an incredible idea.

Then, at 2:30,  we’ve got “Bang the Drum Slowly”, the movie from 1973 which stars Robert de Niro and  Michael Moriarty, chronicling the friendship link between a catcher and a pitcher coping with the former’s incurable disease which is terminal.

Then to top it all off at 4:30pm, Glenn Close and Robert Redford feature in the “The Natural” from 1984. In this movie, a mid 40s player turns the poor fortunes of his team into success in a heartwarming tale. So happy watching!

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