Baseballs are great. Movies are great. Therefore, baseball movies should be possible, because the universe surely cannot handle that much awesomeness. Nonetheless, a number of baseball movies have been made and the space-time continuum has largely stayed intact. In this article, I will discuss the five best baseball movies ever made. Since Father's Day is coming up, these movies can provide some great gift ideas.

#5 The Natural:

This film is the baseball movie, about a naturally talented baseball player who comes out of nowhere to help lead his team to the championships. Unfortunately, he has a dark past that follows him. It has perhaps the most famous image in baseball movie history, in which he shatters the lights on the field, leading to what looks like fireworks when he hits his final home run.

#4 Major League

This film is the classic baseball comedy, follow the adventures of a group of baseball players who try to help the then-hapless Cleveland Indians to win the division championship, when the owner wants the team to tank so badly that he can move it. Starring Charlie Sheen, this movie provides some great laughs.

#3 Bad News Bears (1976)

The Bad News Bears is a kids' movie, but it is still one of the best baseball movies ever made. It's also very watchable by adults, as Walter Matthau's character is interesting in its own right. It is about a former baseball player who tries to turn a group of Little Leaguers into a championship team by bringing in - a girl! Gasp! The team actually comes together, and is successful.

#2 Bull Durham

Bull Durham is about the world of minor-league sports and those players who just barely make a living making money at the sport that they love. It's about hopes that never materialized and about being able to find love in the midst of disappointment. It's also about loving baseball for its own sake.

#1 Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams is both a great baseball movie and also a great Father's Day movie. The plot is about a man who hears a voice telling him to build a baseball field in the back of his home, promised that "If you build it, he will come." Shoeless Joe Jackson, whose career was destroyed in the infamous "Black Sox" scandal, comes and plays baseball on the field along with the rest of the 1919 White Sox. The film is an interesting film about faith, family and baseball, which, if it isn't currently a state's motto, probably should be.