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The Baseball Movies of Kevin Costner with Jessica Kleinschmidt (@KleinschmidtJD)

It's pretty much a given that Kevin Costner is the best movie athlete of all-time (at least according to this podcast he is). At the heart of his case is three top tier baseball movies; "Bull Durham," "Field of Dreams," and "For Love of the Game." NBC Sports baseball reporter Jessica Kleinschmidt joins to tell us why "For Love of the Game" is her favorite baseball movie, and to compare & contrast the Costner baseball movie trio. We break down: The best aspect of each film How each movie handled baseball The respective casts  Each film's "Big Chill" moment And more Big Screen Sports is brought to you by Blue Wire Podcasts and presented by BetOnline.ag. Make sure to follow Jessica on Twitter @KleinschmidtJD to check out what she's doing for NBC Sports in the absence of live baseball. Make sure to subscribe for new episodes of Big Screen Sports every Monday. You can follow the podcast on Twitter @Big_ScreenSport and host Kyle Bandujo @kylebandujo.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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06 Apr 2020

It's pretty much a given that Kevin Costner is the best movie athlete of all-time (at least according to this podcast he is). At the heart of his case is three top tier baseball movies; "Bull Durham," "Field of Dreams," and "For Love of the Game."

NBC Sports baseball reporter Jessica Kleinschmidt joins to tell us why "For Love of the Game" is her favorite baseball movie, and to compare & contrast the Costner baseball movie trio. We break down:

  • The best aspect of each film
  • How each movie handled baseball
  • The respective casts 
  • Each film's "Big Chill" moment
  • And more

Big Screen Sports is brought to you by Blue Wire Podcasts and presented by BetOnline.ag.

Make sure to follow Jessica on Twitter @KleinschmidtJD to check out what she's doing for NBC Sports in the absence of live baseball.

Make sure to subscribe for new episodes of Big Screen Sports every Monday. You can follow the podcast on Twitter @Big_ScreenSport and host Kyle Bandujo @kylebandujo.


 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's pretty much a given that Kevin Costner is the best movie athlete of all-time (at least according to this podcast he is). At the heart of his case is three top tier baseball movies; "Bull Durham," "Field of Dreams," and "For Love of the Game." NBC Sports baseball reporter Jessica Kleinschmidt joins to tell us why "For Love of the Game" is her favorite baseball movie, and to compare & contrast the Costner baseball movie trio. We break down: The best aspect of each film How each movie handled baseball The respective casts  Each film's "Big Chill" moment And more Big Screen Sports is brought to you by Blue Wire Podcasts and presented by BetOnline.ag. Make sure to follow Jessica on Twitter @KleinschmidtJD to check out what she's doing for NBC Sports in the absence of live baseball. Make sure to subscribe for new episodes of Big Screen Sports every Monday. You can follow the podcast on Twitter @Big_ScreenSport and host Kyle Bandujo @kylebandujo.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices