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Mr. Baseball is a 1992 American sports comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Dennis Haysbert, and Aya Takanashi.
Oct 2, 1992 · Tom Selleck stars as Jack Elliot, a former Yankees star who is traded to the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central league. He faces cultural and language barriers, but also finds romance and friendship in this inspirational sports comedy.
- (12K)
- Comedy, Romance, Sport
- Fred Schepisi
- 1992-10-02
A professional American baseball player whose career is on the wane, Jack Elliot (Tom Selleck) gets traded to the Dragons, a Japanese team.
- (18)
- Fred Schepisi
- PG-13
- Tom Selleck
Jan 9, 2012 · Jack Elliot is an aging American baseball player put on the trading block by the New York Yankees in favor of a rookie first-baseman, and there's only one taker: the Nagoya Chunichi Dragons of ...
- 2 min
- 121.1K
- Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
Oct 2, 1992 · Tom Selleck stars as a Yankees player who is traded to Japan and faces cultural and personal challenges. The movie has a formula plot but a flair for style, according to Ebert, who praises the director and the crowd scenes.
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?
- 108 min
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Mr. Baseball (1992) was released near the end of that run, and although exhibiting many of the clichés of formula sports films, it has an appealing style and humor and offered Selleck a chance to show his considerable comic range as a washed-up ball player traded to a Japanese team.
