Top 5 movie cameos by MLB stars

In honor of Friday's wide-scale release of the Disney baseball movie "Million Dollar Arm," we take a look at the best movie cameos made by major-league notables:

5. Barry Bonds in Rookie of the Year

Henry Rowengartner, a 12-year-old right-hander who proved an integral part of the Cubs rotation in Rookie of the Year (1993), cemented his status as one of history's finest pitchers when he struck out Barry Bonds, the greatest hitter since Ted Williams.

Bonds swatted 762 home runs in his 22-year career, eclipsing Hank Aaron's long-standing record in 2007, while his 173 wRC+ represents the third-best mark in history. Renowned for his turbulent relationship with the media, it's reasonable to presume Bonds was particularly testy when broached about his at-bat against Rowengartner.

4. Derek Jeter in The Other Guys

The Yankees' iconic shortstop fell victim to an overzealous cop in The Other Guys (2010). Mistaken for an intruder, Jeter was shot in the leg just hours before Game 7 of the World Series, reduced to a writhing, seething mass in the bowels of Yankee Stadium. Appropriately, the Yankees proved unable to capture a championship without their captain in the lineup.

The forlorn police officer who pulled the trigger is chided for his mistake by a cadre of fellow cops, one of whom proved quite prescient when he yelled: "You should've shot A-Rod!"

3. Reggie Jackson in BASEketball

Reggie Jackson's performance in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series likely sparked such a euphoria that the colorful slugger could scarcely notice where his third home run -- which lifted the Yankees to an 8-4 victory over the Dodgers -- even landed.

As it happens, the ball landed in the glove of Joe "Coop" Cooper, who would go on to immeasurable glory with the Milwaukee Beers in BASEketball (1998). Cooper, who idolized Jackson as a boy, got a chance to meet his hero moments after winning the Denslow Cup, but opted not to tell Jackson he'd caught his famous home-run ball all those years ago.

2. Vin Scully in For Love of the Game

Vin Scully's unmistakable voice provided the narration for Billy Chapel's improbable performance in For Love of the Game (1999). Though there was little but pride to play for on that September afternoon at Yankee Stadium, Scully, as he's wont to do, found poetry in the moment:

"...You get the feeling that Billy Chapel isn't pitching against left-handers, he isn't pitching against pinch-hitters, he isn't pitching against the Yankees. He's pitching against time. He's pitching against the future, against age, and even when you think about his career, against ending. And tonight I think he might be able to use that aching old arm one more time to push the sun back up in the sky and give us one more day of summer."

And, predictably, Scully's salute to Detroit's veteran right-hander was flawless: "The cathedral that is Yankee Stadium belongs to a Chapel."

1. Ken Griffey Jr. in Little Big League

Griffey, the most talented player in Mariners history, was very much a central antagonist in Little Big League (1994), repeatedly quashing the Twins' hopes with his mighty bat and tremendous range in the outfield.

Twins manager Billy Heywood even opted to start left-hander Bill Wedman in his club's fateful one-game playoff with the Mariners in an attempt to gain a platoon advantage against Griffey, but his strategy proved fruitless, as evidenced below: