Angelina Jolie was at Seattle's stadium recently filming her new movie, "Life, Or Something Like It." Told that Jolie's character dates a Mariners second baseman in the movie, Seattle second baseman Bret Boone replied, "She's a lucky woman."

Boone, not exactly the most humble player in the majors, said Brad Pitt is the actor who could best portray him in a movie, though reliever Brett Tomko suggested that given Boone's height (he's listed at 5-10), a better choice might be Haley Joel Osmant, the kid from "Sixth Sense."

Jolie's movie is just part of a recent surge in baseball movies. What with all the hype for Billy Crystal's account of the Roger Maris-Mickey Mantle home run chase, "61*," you may have missed these recent baseball flicks that unfortunately went direct to video.

2,063*. Comedian Yakov Schmirnoff's homage to the memorable race between Rickey Henderson (Don Cheadle) and Alfonso Soriano (John Turtorro) when they both pursued Babe Ruth's career walks record and a tense nation watched from the edge of its seats. You'll cry when Rickey's hair falls out in clumps. You'll laugh when Rickey forgets what team he's playing for. You'll applaud when Soriano works the count to 2-2 before popping out.

The Bad News Bearers. The fun begins when Arizona team accountant (Tatum O'Neil) delivers the bad news to owner Jerry Colangelo (Walter Matthau in his final performance) -- the Diamondbacks are broke! Colangelo responds in typical ingenious fashion -- he raises needed cash and boosts merchandise sales by adding yet another alternate jersey, this one with advertising for Chico's Bail Bonds on the back.

A League of Their Own. This buddy movie in the style of "Midnight Run" and "48 Hours," tells the inspiring story of Jose and Ozzie Canseco (Academy Award-winner Benicio Del Toro in a demanding dual role) as the identical twins fight to keep their baseball careers alive for the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League. Jose delivers a hilarious monologue when he tells Ozzie, "There is no trying in baseball." And don't miss Madonna's cameo appearance when she refuses to take Jose's phone call.

The Babe: Pig in the City. Enchanting special effects magically transform animals into actors in this heart-warming story for the entire family. Wearing Babe Ruth's lucky cap, David Wells (voice of John Goodman) leaves the Hoggett farm and finds success in New York City where he pitches a perfect game and leads the 1998 Yankees to a record 114 wins and a World Series sweep.

Major League 3. Despite the best efforts of greedy owner Carl Pohlad (Montgomery Burns in a blend of animation and live action) to destroy the franchise and sell it back to the league, the Twins surprise everyone by going from worst to first. Things take an ugly turn for the worse, however, when Pohlad holds 10-cent beer and Swiss army knife night promotions the same game Chuck Knoblauch (Matt Damon) returns to Minnesota.

Bang the Drum Slowly. How loyal Cleveland fan John Adams (Danny Devito) pounds his drum after GM John Hart (James Caan) announces this is his last season as general manager.

The Unnatural. After the success of "Michael Jordan: To the Max," MJ and Imax team up again with this documentary of Mike's season with the Double-A Birmingham Barons.

20*. Baseball's record-keepers are at it again when they refuse to acknowledge Randy Johnson's 20-strikeout game as a record because it went into extra innings. Watch the exciting scenes when the Reds' batters hair falls out in clumps as they watch fastballs whiz by. With John Malkovich as the Big Unit and Damon Wayans as Deion Sanders.

Box score line of the week
The first game between a Japanese starter and a Japanese position player gave us a memorable line -- HBP-by Nomo (Ichiro) -- last Wednesday while Los Angeles reliever Terry Adams provided a hideous line by allowing seven runs on just 12 pitches and retiring no one Saturday. But this week's award undoubtedly goes to Randy Johnson, who joined Roger Clemens and Kerry Wood as the only pitchers to strike out 20 batters in nine innings Tuesday night. The Unit's line:

9 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 20 K.

"This was a game to put in a time capsule," Johnson told reporters.

Unfortunately for Johnson, he won't get credit for tying the record for most strikeouts in a nine-inning game because the game went into extra innings and therefore it will count as an extra-inning game.

Lies, damn lies and statistics
Alex Rodriguez cracked People magazine's 50 most beautiful people list this week, but Baltimore starter Scott Erickson dropped off the chart. Call it the Beautiful People Curse -- Erickson has won only five games and been on the disabled list for more than 100 days since making the list last year. ... Tom Gordon won his first game since Sept. 2, 1998 Sunday, a 978-day span. During that stretch, Pedro Martinez won 45 games, the Yankees won 218 games and Stephen King wrote a best-seller, "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon." ... When Mike Lansing failed to catch Jose Offerman's throw during the ninth inning Tuesday night, it marked the first error Boston's shortstops have made in Nomar Garciaparra's absence. Nomar made 18 errors last year. ... The Expos drew midweek crowds of 4,340, 4,392, 4,788 last week and a Friday crowd of 6,017. Not that there's any reason they want to move. ... Philadelphia starter Omar Daal had as many hits in one inning May 6 as Mark McGwire (two) and Ken Griffey Jr. (zero) have all season combined. ... Interesting outfield the Mariners finished with Tuesday night in Boston after Mike Cameron left with a bruised knee. Right fielder Ichiro Suzuki had a league-leading 51 hits. Center fielder Charles Gipson had none, despite being on the active roster all season.

From left field
Everyone made such a fuss about the Twins fans showering Chuck Knoblauch at the Metrodome last week, but really, what's the big deal? Fan have been throwing garbage at players for 100 years and will continue to do so for another 100. And as for people saying Twins fans should finally get over Knoblauch's trade demand, just remember: This was the first time since the Twins traded him three years ago that there were enough fans at a game to actually cause a scene.

And even if the Twins fans had caused a forfeit, it wouldn't have been the first time fans had done so, as this list shows:

Year	Team	The skinny
1995	Dodgers	Fans throw souvenir balls onto field; Dodgers forfeit while trailing 2-1 in ninth.
1979	White Sox	Disco Demolition night sparks riot, White Sox forfeit second game of doubleheader.
1974	Cleveland	Ten-cent beer night turns ugly; Cleveland forfeits in ninth inning of 5-5 tie.
1971	Senators	Fans swarm field with two outs in ninth inning of final game in Washington, turning 7-5 lead into 9-0 forfeit.
1949	Phillies	Fans riot over umpire's call, game forfeited to Giants.
1913	Phillies	Waving hats and handkerchiefs, fans cause enough distraction for a forfeit.
1907	Giants	Fans throw snowballs at opponents, turning New York opening day shutout into forfeit.
1901	Reds	Fans spill onto field, causing forfeit, but Reds trailed 25-13 anyway.

Win Blake Stein's money
This week's category is: He Struck Out More Than A Trekkie At The Hooter's Waitress Of The Year Banquet.

Q: What is the minor-league record for most strikeouts in a game?

Power rankings

1. Twins Their fans are just lucky Knoblauch didn't try to throw those hot dogs back at them.

2. Mariners Building a lead so large Janet Reno couldn't forcibly remove them from first place.

3. Tina Wesson CBS chooses venue for "Survivor 3" -- left field bleachers of Metrodome.

4. "The Producers" "Springtime for Hitler and Germany. Wintertime for Oakland and A's."

5. Randy Johnson Good: Big Unit fans 20. Bad: 50 Most Beautiful People list snubs him again.

6. Pope John Paul II Next historic visit: He'll become first person to attend game in Montreal in six years.

7. George W. Bush New China controversy: Opens Little League field on White House lawn, bans Taiwan from tournament.

8. Alex Rodriguez Good: Makes 50 most beautiful people list. Bad: It's not covered by any incentive clause.

9. Rangers Bad week: Oates leaves, Hicks stays.

10. Royals Fan wins bet by falling 12 feet onto field. Royals make him new GM.

A. Ron Necciai threw a no-hitter and struck out 27 batters for Pittsburgh's Appalachian League farm team May 13, 1952. He struck out 24 his next start and the Pirates called him up later in the season. He went 1-6 with a 7.04 ERA for those '52 Pirates, one of the worst teams in history, and never pitched in the majors again.

Voice of summer
David Letterman on Chuck Knoblauch's White House visit with the Yankees last week:

"He's not the first person to drop a fly in the White House."

Jim Caple is a Senior Writer for ESPN.com.