The Decline of Baseball Movies: A Look Back.

Baseball movies have been in a slump since the last significant theatrical release in 2016. While movies about other sports are thriving, Hollywood views baseball films as a money-loser that lucked into two boom periods. The death of the baseball film is consistent with how Hollywood has viewed the genre. Baseball movies are relatively expensive and skew mostly to men, which limits the audience. However, the World Baseball Classic could help overcome the lack of an international audience and create an eager audience for the baseball film.