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Mr. Baseball

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Mr. Baseball	label	Mr. Baseball
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Mr. Baseball	comment	A 1992 American Sports comedy directed by Fred Schepisi that has a first baseman (Tom Selleck) getting traded with the Chunichi Dragons of Japanese Central League during sports training and must deal with a different culture.The movie also stars Dennis Haysbert, Ken Takakura, Kosuke Toyohara, and professional baseball players Leon Lee and Frank Thomas.It was released on October 2, 1992.
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Mr. Baseball / int_1d8733d3	type	Overly Narrow Superlative
Mr. Baseball / int_1d8733d3	comment	Overly Narrow Superlative: Baseball has-been, Jack Elliot, resorts to one of these to try to avoid being traded.
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Mr. Baseball / int_3eee0728	type	Captain Obvious
Mr. Baseball / int_3eee0728	comment	Captain Obvious: While driving through Tokyo, Jack asks Yoji where the temples and rice paddies are. Yoji merely looks at him with amusement and reminds him that he's in a city.
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Mr. Baseball / int_4782e35b	type	Meet the In-Laws
Mr. Baseball / int_4782e35b	comment	Meet the In-Laws: Midway through, Jack Elliot's Japanese girlfriend Hiroko takes him to dinner with her parents. In a twist on the Introduction by Hookup, Hiroko's father turns out to be Uchiyama, Jack's team manager. Jack and Uchiyama both realize they've been set up.
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Mr. Baseball / int_4fdd0d29	type	Place Worse Than Death
Mr. Baseball / int_4fdd0d29	comment	Place Worse Than Death: At the beginning, over-the-hill ballplayer Jack Elliot gets told by his team (The New York Yankees) has traded him, and that there was only one taker. He immediately asks with horror if they're sending him to Cleveland, and is visibly relieved when the manager says it's not Cleveland. Amusingly, his only objection to playing for Toronto is high Canadian taxes (of course this was when they were one of the best teams in the league, winning the next two World Series).
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Mr. Baseball / int_615fdb1f	type	Dream Sequence
Mr. Baseball / int_615fdb1f	comment	Dream Sequence: In the opening scene of the movie, Jack has a dream where he is at bat and keeps getting strikes more than three times.
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Mr. Baseball / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Mr. Baseball / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: At one point, Jack and Uchiyama have an argument in the locker room and during the row, Uchiyama responds to something Jack says without waiting for Yoji's translation, teasing the later reveal that Uchiyama can speak English.
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Mr. Baseball / int_e462893a	type	Artistic License â€“ Sports
Mr. Baseball / int_e462893a	comment	Artistic License – Sports: The final climax involves Jack Elliot coming to bat with his team down one run and with bases loaded, two outs. He bunts after receiving two strikes against him, then essentially plows over a fielder while running to first base before he can get the force out, allowing two runs to score and his team win the game. The former, bunting with two strikes, is legal, but an extremely risky play that goes against all common sense since a foul ball would mean a third strike, and a third out. note It has been tried, but it's ridiculous, especially as a potential last play of an important game. However, outright shoving the fielder would be called interference, resulting in Jack being called out by the umpire and no score. Not to mention that the first baseman is inexplicably absent from the bag he's supposed to be covering, necessitating the pitcher race the runner to it instead of a simple throw to him. There is no chance that the Dragons would allow Jack or Max to pick up a contract back in America in the middle of the playoffs. As a former New York Yankee, Eliott should have been clean-shaven while he was in the States. This has been and still is team policy since George Steinbrenner bought the team in the 70s.
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