| This cosmic baseball game is played between Famous Historical Battles and Best Picture Winners/Nominees. The selected battles come from Edward Shepherd Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World (1851). The links are to further information about each selected batte. The selected movies were all nominated for Best Picture awards, the so-called "Oscars." Several selected films won the Best Picture Oscar for the year indicated. Further selection criteria for the Best Pictures team was that the subject or theme of the picture had to be about war. The Best Picture links are to the entry for the picture at the Internet Movie Database. |
| Battle | Date | Position |
| Battle of Arbela | 331 BC | 1B |
| Battle of Blenheim | 1704 AD | 2B |
| Battle of Chalons | 451 AD | IF |
| Battle of Hastings | 1066 AD | LF |
| Battle of Marathon | 490 BC | SS |
| Battle of Pultowa | 1709 AD | 3B |
| Battle of Saratoga | 1777 AD | P |
| Battle of Syracuse | 413 BC | RF |
| Battle of the Metaurus | 207 BC | C |
| Battle of Tours | 732 AD | CF |
| Oscar Winner/Nominee | Year | Position |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | 1929-30 | 1B |
| Apocalypse Now* | 1979 | CF |
| Bridge on the River Kwai | 1957 | C |
| Deer Hunter | 1978 | LF |
| Dr. Strangelove* | 1964 | P |
| From Here to Eternity | 1953 | IF |
| Longest Day* | 1962 | SS |
| Patton | 1970 | 2B |
| Platoon | 1986 | RF |
| Saving Private Ryan* | 1998 | 3B |
| Sergeant York* | 1941 | P |
| Wake Island* | 1942 | P |
| Italics indicates Best Picture Award | ||
| *Indicates Nominee for Best Picture |
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