Honorable mention baseball movies from me would include Bang the Drum Slowly, which has DeNeiro playing a catcher with cancer and his friendship with the pitcher played by Michael Moriarty, and I have a sweet spot for Stealing Home with Mark Harmon and Jodie Foster. And now that I thought of Bang the Drum Slowly, another sports movie would be Brian's Song, about the relationship between Brian Piccolo (James Caan) and Gayle Sayers (Billy Dee Williams). Ultimate tear jerker and also has the themes of overcoming racism.