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Mr. Baseball: Production, Reception & Plot

Mr. Baseball is a 1992 American sports comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Dennis Haysbert, and Aya Takanashi. Selleck plays a veteran New York Yankees first baseman, Jack Elliot, who is traded to the Chunichi Dragons in Japan and must contend with cultural differences.

Language: English [EN]

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Mr. Baseball topic overview

The analysis highlights Production, Reception and Plot as prominent areas in the source structure around Mr. Baseball.

Related topics: 89
Source areas: 6
Connected nodes: 95
Extracted relationships: 153
Concept neighborhoods: 20
Bridge connections: 95

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Production · 40 topics

Reception · 14 topics

Overview · 11 topics

Plot · 11 topics

Cast · 9 topics

Promotion · 4 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Box office: $20,883,046
Budget: $40 million
Cinematography: Ian Baker
Country: United States
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Distributed by: Universal Pictures

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Overview

Plot

Cast

Mak Takano Mak Takano?action=edit&redlink=1
Kosuke Toyohara
Leon Lee
Bradley "Animal" Lesley Brad Lesley
Frank Thomas
Jun Hamamura
Sean McDonough
Larry Pennell
Norihide Goto 後藤祝秀

Production

Major League Major League (film)
Monte Merrick
Gary Ross
Kevin Wade
Universal Studios Universal Studios, Inc.
Matsushita Matsushita Corporation
Nagoya Stadium
Meitetsu Line Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Nagoya Station Meitetsu Nagoya Station
Kanayama Station Kanayama Station (Aichi)
Makoto Kuno Makoto Kuno?action=edit&redlink=1
Ja 久野誠
CBC TV Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting
Sunday Dragons Sunday Dragons?action=edit&redlink=1
Ja サンデードラゴンズ
Ōsu Kannon
Ōsu
Fuji Sengen Shrine Fuji Sengen Shrine (Naka-ku, Nagoya)
Banshō-ji
Expatriate American ballplayers American expatriate baseball players in Japan
Sakae Sakae, Nagoya
Mikawa Bay
Komaki
Inuyama Inuyama, Aichi
Hanshin Tigers
Yakult Swallows
Nagoya Baseball Stadium
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
Yokohama BayStars
Dedeaux Field
University of Southern California
Thomas Magnum
Magnum, P.I.
Senichi Hoshino
Randy Bass
Hankyu Braves Orix Buffaloes
Daryl Spencer
Leron Lee
Doug DeCinces

Promotion

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes
CinemaScore
Kevin Thomas Kevin Thomas (film critic)
Los Angeles Times
Clark Gable
Sports Illustrated
Siskel and Ebert
Janet Maslin
The Last of the Mohicans The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)
The Mighty Ducks The Mighty Ducks (film)
Robert Redford
River Phoenix
Sneakers Sneakers (1992 film)
Minor-league affiliate Western League (Japanese baseball)

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How Mr. Baseball connects Entity context

The extracted context around Mr. Baseball shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Mr. Baseball → American, Banshō-ji, Baseball, CBC TV, Chunichi Dragons, Concepts Graphic Designs, Doug Claybourne, Dragons, Filming, Florida, Fuji Sengen Shrine, Hiroko's, Irinaka, Jack, Jack Elliot, Jack Elliot's, Japan, Kakuozan, Kanayama Station, Kannon Another extracted example is Mr. Baseball → According, Baseball, Complicating, Ed Solomon, Gary Ross, Japan, Japanese, John Junkerman, Kevin Wade, Major League, Matsushita, Monte Merrick, Mr, Schepisi, The, Theo Pelletier, This, Tom Selleck, United States, Universal. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Mr. Baseball

Top relations

related to Filming · 47

Mr. Baseball → American, Banshō-ji, Baseball, CBC TV, Chunichi Dragons, Concepts Graphic Designs, Doug Claybourne, Dragons, Filming, Florida, Fuji Sengen Shrine, Hiroko's, Irinaka, Jack, Jack Elliot, Jack Elliot's, Japan, Kakuozan, Kanayama Station, Kannon

related to Screenplay · 22

Mr. Baseball → According, Baseball, Complicating, Ed Solomon, Gary Ross, Japan, Japanese, John Junkerman, Kevin Wade, Major League, Matsushita, Monte Merrick, Mr, Schepisi, The, Theo Pelletier, This, Tom Selleck, United States, Universal

related to Box office · 15

Mr. Baseball → Baseball, Despite, During, Europe, February, Friday, However, Japan, Mohicans, Mr, North American, October, The Last, The Mighty Ducks, Universal

related to Critical reception · 14

Mr. Baseball → ABC, Audiences, Baseball, Bill Diehl, CinemaScore, Clark Gable, Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times, Mr, Oscar, Rotten Tomatoes, Sports Illustrated, Steve Wille, Tom Selleck

related to Home media · 14

Mr. Baseball → April, Baseball, Blu-ray, DVD, Goodtimes Home Video, It, July, June, LaserDisc, March, MCA Universal Home Video, Mr, Universal, VHS

related to By professional players · 7

Mr. Baseball → According, American, Baseball, Japanese, Mr, The New York Times, They

related to External links · 7

Mr. Baseball → Baseball, Box Office MojoMr, IMDbMr, LetterboxdMr, Mr, Rotten Tomatoes, TCM Movie Database

Edited by · 3

Mr. Baseball → Gary Woodyard, Jeremy Gibbs, Peter Honess

Produced by · 3

Mr. Baseball → Doug Claybourne, Fred Schepisi, Robert Newmyer

Screenplay by · 3

Mr. Baseball → Gary Ross, Kevin Wade, Monte Merrick

Important terminology

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Important terminology

baseball jack film mr uchiyama dragons japan selleck japanese nagoya scenes home filmed american universal team players schepisi tom also

Mr. Baseball relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 153 structured relationships around Mr. Baseball. Examples in this analysis include Mr. Baseball → Box office → $20,883,046 and Mr. Baseball → Budget → $40 million. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Mr. Baseball	Box office	$20,883,046	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Budget	$40 million	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Cinematography	Ian Baker	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Country	United States	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Directed by	Fred Schepisi	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Distributed by	Universal Pictures	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Edited by	Peter Honess	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Edited by	Jeremy Gibbs	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Edited by	Gary Woodyard	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Languages	English	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Languages	Japanese	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Music by	Jerry Goldsmith	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Produced by	Fred Schepisi	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Produced by	Doug Claybourne	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Produced by	Robert Newmyer	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Production companies	Outlaw Productions	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Production companies	Pacific Artists	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Release date	October 2, 1992 (1992-10-02)	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Running time	108 minutes	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Screenplay by	Monte Merrick	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Screenplay by	Gary Ross	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Screenplay by	Kevin Wade	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Starring	Tom Selleck	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Starring	Dennis Haysbert	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Starring	Ken Takakura	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Story by	Theo Pelletier	1.00	infobox
Mr. Baseball	Story by	John Junkerman	1.00	infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Mr. Baseball bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Mr, Film and Japanese. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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- Japanese
- Japan
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- Cultural
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- Japanese
- Dragons
- Chunichi
- Scene
- Also
- Nagoya
- Filmed
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- Cultural
- Training
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- Elliot
- Selleck
- Japanese
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- Cultural
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sunday dragons
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- Nagoya
- Filmed
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- Elliot
- Play
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- Professional
- Cultural

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Mr. Baseball, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Mr. Baseball with Production. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

Mr. Baseball — Production · splits 55 ⟂ 41

Mr. Baseball — Reception · splits 81 ⟂ 15

Mr. Baseball — Overview · splits 84 ⟂ 12

Mr. Baseball — Plot · splits 84 ⟂ 12

Mr. Baseball — Cast · splits 86 ⟂ 10

Mr. Baseball — Promotion · splits 91 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Mr. Baseball

Nodes96

Edges95

Triples153

Avg. degree1.98

Density0.020833

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Mr. Baseball to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Production, Reception & Plot, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Mr. Baseball · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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