With Vin Scully acting as the soundtrack (and it does not get any better than that), Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) pitched a perfect game against the New York Yankees in what was to be his last game in the Majors. As always, Costner is excellent as an athlete, though this time as an aging Pitcher on the tail end of his career. As he pitches his gem, Chapel reminisces about his personal relationship with his girlfriend, bringing the film to equal parts sports and romance; which may not appeal to the Baseball fans as much, but it did make it a more rounded film, and one that can be enjoyed by sports fans (and their spouses alike).



The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
For Love of the Game (1999)

Actor:
Kevin Costner

Position Portrayed:
Pitcher

Played for:
Detroit Tigers

Why you should vote for him:
A perfect game against the Bronx Bombers is no easy task.

Why you should not vote for him:
The movie is a little on the sappy side.

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The undisputed talent of the Sandlot kids, Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez was not just a great Baseball player, but the cool kid who had no problem embracing others for what could easily be categorized as “uncool”.

The 1979 Iowa Amateur Bowling Champion never lived up to his billing. Losing your right hand in a con gone wrong can do that. To us, the character of Roy Munson is one of the greatest comedic characters in a sports flick. From the bad clothes, comb over hairdo and just being the unluckiest son of a bitch we ever saw in a movie, Munson is the definition of “lovable loser”. We would consider voting for him just for his puking reaction after having sex with his ghastly landlord to avoid eviction; actually we are laughing aloud just thinking about it. Chances are there a few scenes from that movie that have you chuckle just recalling it.



The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Kingpin (1996)

Actor:
Woody Harrelson

Why you should vote for him:
It was one of the best comedic sports performances ever.

Why you should not vote for him:
You may not view bowling as a sport.

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Sometimes (actually, a lot of the time) it is difficult to defend being a fan of professional wrestling. The movie, “Ready to Rumble” did not help anyone who is standing on that soapbox at all.

Rather than go into the details about what was wrong with the film, allow us to say this: If they were going to get a legitimate actor to play a pro wrestler could they not have found one who at least looked the part? With all due respect to Oliver Platt, (who was cast as Jimmy King, the object of two dimwitted wrestling fanboy’s hero worship), he was physically out of place in the role, and it was not like Platt was a big enough name to bring serious attention to the movie. Surely, there was someone else in Hollywood that they could have found to play the role, as it was not as though the film did not have funding, and the film was not cast with no names. Incidentally, World Championship Wrestling, which was the setting and producers of the film, went out of business a year after the film came out; although if we had to point fingers it would be more at David Arquette than Oliver Platt.