The World Series is over for another year and, surprise, surprise, the Yankees win again. With a nod to the boys on the ballpark, we thought it would be the ideal time to count down the top 10 baseball films of all time.

X. The Pride of the Yankees Year of Release: 1942

The coach (aka the director): Sam Wood

The lineup: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth

The pitch: Gary Cooper plays Lou Gehrig, the famous Yankee who played a whopping 2,130 consecutive games before dying at the age of 37 from ALS, a deadly nerve disease. Cooper knocks it out of the park with his unforgettable "luckiest man on the face of the earth" speech.

IX. Bang The Drum Slowly 1973

The coach: John D. Hancock

The lineup: Michael Moriarty, Robert De Niro

The pitch: Moriarty plays a star pitcher who takes a dying catcher (De Niro) under his wing. It may be set against the backdrop of baseball, but "Bang the Drum Slowly" – based on the novel by Mark Harris – is a beautifully told and moving story about the power of friendship.

VIII. Fever Pitch 2005

The coaches: Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly

The lineup: Jimmy Fallon, Drew Barrymore

The pitch: Jimmy Fallon plays a diehard baseball fan and Drew Barrymore is the woman who loves him – until he chooses his beloved Boston Red Sox over her. Yes, Nick Hornby's book makes more sense when set in north London but this is an underrated gem that accurately portrays what it truly means to be a fan of baseball, or anything for that matter.

VII. A League of Their Own 1992

The coach: Penny Marshall

The lineup: Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna, Tom Hanks

The pitch: While the male pros were off fighting World War II, the All-American Girls Baseball League of 1943 filled their very big shoes – no high heels in sight. The Rockford Peaches kept it together for their washed-up coach (Hanks), because, after all, there's no crying in baseball.

VI. The Bad News Bears 1976

The coach: Michael Ritchie

The lineup: Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal

The pitch: Matthau plays a lazy, drunken, washed-up former-minor leaguer who coaches a bunch of pathetic, foul-mouthed misfits. Hysterical and moving, the baseball comedy proves that you can be small and still dream big.

V. Field of Dreams 1989

The coach: Roger Donaldson

The lineup: Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, James Earl Jones

The pitch An emotional and heartfelt story about a struggling farmer (Costner), who hears the words "If you build it, they will come" in his head and builds a magical baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield. And come they did, including "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (Liotta) and Costner's long-lost father.

IV. Eight Men Out 1988

The coach: John Sayles

The lineup: John Cusack, David Strathairn, Charlie Sheen

The pitch: This compelling look at the dark side of baseball documents the Black Sox scandal of 1919, in which the defamed Chicago team cashed in and fixed their own World Series.

III. Major League 1989

The coach: David S. Ward

The lineup: Tom Berenger, Wesley Snipes, Charlie Sheen

The pitch: This rags-to-riches comedy isn't just the funniest movie ever made about baseball, it's the funniest movie about sports, full-stop. A bitchy new owner wants her Cleveland Indians to lose so badly that she can move them to Florida, but these down-and-out players rise to the occasion just to ruin her plans.

II. Bull Durham 1988

The coach: Ron Shelton

The lineup: Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon

The pitch: One of the most accurate depictions of baseball, both on and off the field. It's gritty, sexy and funny as hell. Costner has never been better and his chemistry with Sarandon sets the movie on fire.

I. The Natural 1984

The coach: Barry Levinson

The lineup: Robert Redford, Glenn Close

The pitch: A former baseball great (Redford) tries to make a comeback with the help of a magical bat. It's a divine, soaring, loving tribute to America's pastime and it treats baseball and its players with the respect they deserve.