RomoBall's Family Ties: Share Your Captions!

Cal Ripken and Steve Wilkos
Baseball and TV's Iron Men

Scott Rolen and Mark Wahlberg
"I'm the guy who does his job- you must be the other guy."


David Ortiz and Esther Rolle
Good times...


Ramon Castro and Bill Nunn
"Two minutes to deadline, Jonah!"

Brandon Dubinsky and Freddie Prinze, Jr.
I still don't know what you did last offseason...


Phil Ivey and Tiger Woods
WSOP with that?

Stan Van Gundy and Ron Jeremy
Magic Time


Kyle Korver and Ashton Kutcher
Punk's


Andy Roddick and Seann William Scott
Stifler/Roddick


Mike Tomlin and Omar Epps
Don't Be a Menace to the AFC Central while starring in Juice and The Wood


Jim Fassel and Robin Williams
Insomnia

Andrew Bynum and Tracy Morgan
Pass the 30 Rock


Vlade Divac, Yasir Arafat and Ringo Starr
"I hate Thanksgiving. Can we go out for Chinese this year?

Halloween Costume Ideas from RomoBall

Lou Brown. Proud of your imitation of Major League skipper Lou Brown? Bust it out this Halloween and tip your cap to one of the great sports characters of all time. Required: Cleveland Indians jersey and (adjustable) cap, baseball pants and cleats, thick wig and mustache. Fat suit is optional depending upon your carriage/budget, but some sort of stuffing inside the jersey should do it.

Norman Dale. Dark pants, some shade of tan or khaki-colored shirt, brown leather jacket, and keep that necktie short. Throw a whistle around your neck, grab a black folder (folded vertically) and you're in like an Ollie freethrow. Barking about "four passes" all night is optional. For the supremely tall, try and find a red basketball jersey and a gold pair of gym shorts, grease up your hair, grab a basketball and walk out the door as Jimmy Chitwood.

Sue Sudio. For the 80s chica. Throw on your most comfortable jeans, then grab a bowling shirt. Maybe you can get one with the name "Sue" on the front, but if not, making a nametag shouldn't be that hard. Use masking tape or a better method to spell "Sudio" on the back. Say the word.

Walter Sobchak. Imagine a tan vest with unlimited pockets over a black t-shirt, big tinted sunglasses and shorts (for comfort). Grow out or draw on the beard and let the fun begin. The possibilities are endless, so don't lug around a bowling ball or dog carrier (unless you have a showdog). Maybe you can find one of those Halloweeny severed fingers, paint the nail green and cut it so it looks more like a toe, then put it in a jewelry box and store it in any one of your pockets. Firearms (real or fake) are not recommended.

Rudy. For the diminutive Hallo-weiner. Grab a Notre Dame jacket, throw on a pair of jeans and go as Daniel E. "Rudy" Ruettiger. And make sure to complain a lot. You never got any respect from your brothers, you watched your best friend Pete die in a tragic accident, your older brother Johnny stole your girl, you're working for minimum wage, sleeping four hours a night in a dungeon and getting your head kicked in by the Fighting Irish starters. It's amazing you didn't just snap when Ara Parseghian quit, but hang in there. Your moment of redemption is nigh.

Al Czervik. Great golfer. Pure and simple. Make it Christmas in October with red pants, a green shirt, white cap, shoes and belt. If you're more of a villain, and if you can find that hat, grab the pink polo, white pants and your putter and you're g-g-g-g-oing to be a hit. Just hang onto the putter.

Lucas. Know someone who's already going as Rudy? Take it one step further. Throw it back to the 80s with a late-great Corey Haim tribute. Required: moderate height, slight build, generic red football jersey, pants, cleats and glasses. Helmet optional, but oversized shoulderpads and a redhaired date would cinch it.

Howard Cosell. Tell it like it is all night. Get a mustard-yellow blazer, a bad wig, sharpen your wit, and bring the Rock Band mic for full effect. For guys a bit bigger that dig the ABC Sports angle, go as Keith Jackson and when someone takes a shot yell, "Touchdoooown Alabama!"

Counting Down the 20 Best Sports Films: Honorable Mention

Kingpin. Bill Murray is hilarious and Woody Harrelson and Randy Quaid are amusing in the second-best movie about a bowler.

The Big Lebowski. Am I wrong? Am I wrong? Okay then.

Fever Pitch. Jimmy Fallon actually works as the lead in a role that's as close to playing himself as he'll ever get. Though he did get a little pissed when Drew kept calling him "Adam" off-camera.

Bull Durham. Incredibly, this list of the 50 Greatest Sports Films puts Bull Durham ahead of Rocky. Too bad Ron Shelton wasn't born a decade earlier, he'd have a Best Picture Oscar over his fireplace.

Little Giants. Is it coincidence that football movies are good and baseball movies are great? And that football movies are funny and baseball movies are hilarious? This is a good football movie that's funny, extra point for being kid-friendly.

He Got Game. Spike Lee tried really hard. Maybe a little too hard, as He Got Game is at once wonderfully authentic, poorly acted and 45 minutes too long. One of the worst performances in cinematic history comes courtesy of Al Palagonia, (which must be Italian for "Pal of Spike Lee") whose turn as super-agent Dom Pagnotti is about as bad as it gets and the reason this is a movie not a film.

Kicking and Screaming. Will Ferrell is always fun to watch playing sports (Semi-Pro, Talladega Nights, Blades of Glory) but K'ing and S'ing is due a special nod for being one of the funniest PG movies to come out in the '00s. If you have soccer kids, this is a buy.

The Greatest Game Ever Played. It's not the greatest film ever made, but for golf fans, Shia is your Spider-Man. Hi, I'm Francis. Have Ouimet?

School Ties. The Dead Poets Society of the 90's, School Ties basically started the careers of Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Brendan Fraser (you're welcome) and Chris O'Donnell. Even ol' Will Hunting's boy Cole Hauser makes his debut.

Counting Down the 20 Best Sports Films

21. The Natural. I honestly believe and will argue that the 20 films below are better.

20. The Hurricane. Denzel tour de force is better than Million Dollar Baby in its sleep.

19. Miracle. Kurt Russell actually overplays Herb Brooks, but no-name cast seals this one.

18. Friday Night Lights. Gritty and authentic, this is one well acted film.

17. Remember the Titans. Denzel joins Charlie Sheen (Major League, Eight Men Out), James Earl Jones (Field of Dreams, The Sandlot) and directors David Anspaugh (Hoosiers, Rudy) and John G. Avildsen (Rocky, The Karate Kid) in making this list twice, much to Kevin Costner's chagrin. Chelcie Ross (Ed Harris, Dan Devine) has earned himself an honorary spot in Romoville for his work in three top-ten films: Hoosiers, Major League and Rudy.

16. Breaking Away. Townies vs. college kids? Sold!

15. A League of Their Own. Girls playing baseball achieves non-chick flick status.

14. The Sandlot. A movie that goes where you want it to the first time you see it and feels like you've seen it a hundred times right after.

13. Happy Gilmore. Bob Barker's left jab will hit you in the side.

12. Chariots of Fire. Best Picture 1981 is slow, but from a time when Best Picture winners were pretty darn good.

11. The Bad News Bears. Walter Matthau was amazing with those kids.

10. Rudy. Who that has seen Rudy can honestly say they didn't like it? Best football movie ever.

9. The Karate Kid. 1980's Rocky clone hit the nail on the head for its generation.

8. Major League. My guess is Little Leaguers still quote the hell out of this one.

7. Field of Dreams. The top two baseball movies both center around the '19 Sox. This one really makes you feel.

6. Cinderella Man. Ron Howard may have wanted to call it Cinematography Man. It's that good.

5. Eight Men Out. Wonderfully cast recount of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox scandal.

4. Raging Bull. DeNiro and Scorcese at the top of their game.

3. Hoosiers. The ultimate comeback movie. Who isn't an underdog in Hickory?

2. Caddyshack. The funniest movie of all time? It's up there.

1. Rocky. Imagine a world with no Rocky sequels. Better yet, watch the original again, then imagine it.