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Mr. Baseball
Comedy
Jack Elliot, a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees is now on the down side of his baseball career. With a falling batting average, does he have one good year left and can the manager of the Chunichi Dragons, a Japanese Central baseball league find it in him?
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy easygoing sports stories about an aging competitor learning humility, adapting to unfamiliar customs, and finding renewed purpose.
- Tone
- playful, warm, sentimental
- Payoff
- amusement, inspiration
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- gentle
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- aging, cultural adaptation, teamwork, redemption, humility
- Setting
- early 1990s, Japanese professional baseball club and urban surroundings
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