42

While today sports teams all over the world are racially diverse, society unfortunately wasn’t always that accepting. 42 depicts Jackie Robinson’s amazing story as the first African American to play Major League Baseball. Although Robinson was a fantastic ball player and legend, his first biopic did not completely live up to that same standard.

As passionate as we are for everyhting we cover here on Hypable, you might be surprised at how big of baseball fans some of us are. Tomorrow’s release of 42 has us very excited, and with that in mind, here’s our list of our top 10 baseball movies.

Alan Tudyk stars as Ben Chapman in the upcoming movie 42, which chronicles the life of baseball legend Jackie Robinson. Now, the actor speaks to Hypable about the controversial role.

Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for director Brian Helgeland’s real life drama 42. The film will follow Jackie Robinson’s (Chadwick Boesman) life and the Brooklyn Dodgers general manager at the time, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), who worked together during 1947 in an attempt to eradicate segregation in baseball.

The trailer for 42, which tells the inspiring true story of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, has been released!