11 Incredible Sports Movies That Have Terrible Rotten Tomatoes Ratings

When I first started reading this list, BASEketball was the first movie that came to mind. (Un)Fortunately it made the list:

11. The Mighty Ducks
10. Varsity Blues
9. Ladybugs
8. The Program
7. Space Jam
6. Blue Chips
5. Any Given Sunday
4. Rookie of the Year
3. Little Giants
2. BASEketball 42%
1. Every Which Way But Loose

BASEketball currently airing on Cinemax

Check your TV listings for airtimes! See how many lines you can recite while watching, and maybe play the drinking game if you're inclined.

Dude!

Ernest Borgnine, dead at 95

Sorry, I'm not going to make a hairpiece joke. But seriously, legendary actor Ernest Borgnine passed away yesterday due to renal failure. I'm sure everyone has a favorite movie of his, considering he's easily been in over 100 films during his career. My favorite of his was BASEketball (obviously) where he played billionaire Ted Denslow. Some other ones I remember were Poseidon Adventure and Gattaca. Of course 95 is an old age to live to, but it always seems like people are taken too early.**The above was originally posted at the B Long Blog last week, sorry for the delay!**

In honor of Borgnine's memory, 11 Points has a list of  "11 BASEketball Quotes Applied to Ernest Borgnine's Death, Ranked by Tact":

11. "You kids with your loud music, and your Dan Fogelberg, your zima, hula hoops, and Pac-Man video games -- don't you see? People today have attention spans that can only be measured in nanoseconds."

10. "Did they try to save him with those heart paddles? The ones George Clooney uses?"

9. "He was health challenged and survival impaired."

8. "Looks like your boy Borgnine bought the farm."

7. "What an unfortunate thing to happen on dozen egg night."

6. "Today we lost the big game and a dear friend. It certainly does seem to be raining shit."

view the rest after the jump!

BASEketball came close to guessing the new Marlins uniforms

Miami Marlins on the left, Miami Dealers on the right

Link here, with props to my friend Warren for finding it!

More Updates

Added a bunch more YouTube videos to the "Media" page, including some on-set interviews, clips, and more.

Also, here's some other older BASEketball sites:

We were extras in BASEketball
BASEketball at WikiQuote
Sound Clips (More available at the old 1Colony site, but I'd hold off on those for now due to bandwidth)
BASEketball at TV Dance
BASEketball vs. Dodgeball (79% picked BASEketball!)
Statistical Analysis of BASEketball (Very interesting read!)
The Shenangahela BASEketball League

More soon.

Videos added

Added a bunch of videos to the Media page, so click the tab and check them out.  Vids are from YouTube, and include all but one of the outtakes from the BASEketball VHS (YouTube apparently doesn't like Matt and Trey's asses).  Also included are a clip of an interview where Matt and Trey talk about Yasmine Bleeth, Siskel and Ebert's review of the film, Reel Big Fish's music video for "Take On Me" and the BASEketball/Time Warped connection.

Enjoy!

Petition and Updates

Not that it matters, but here's the link to my petition for an Actor's Cut of BASEketball.

Also, uploaded a lot of photos with more to come.
Audio and Video should be coming soon.
"My League" to be updated with pics and some info.
Cast, Rules, References, and Contact are all complete.
Rules and Cast (Previously "The Beers" have been added to.
"Forum" just links to the old BASEketball forum I had.

Any suggestions, send an email or comment.