Umiliato, il 13enne Josh esprime il desiderio di diventare grande e il mago di una macchinetta di un luna park lo esaudisce. Si ritrova nel difficile mondo dei grandi con un corpo da 30enne e la testa di un 13enne. P. Marshall, matematica e psicologa, non è riuscita ad approfondire più di tanto l'indagine psicologica, ma ha saputo costruire un film piacevole, pieno di trovate. Sullo stesso spunto l'italiano Da grande (1987).
Il cattivo Vincent Ludwig organizza un attentato contro la Regina Elisabetta, in visita in città. L'imbranato tenente di polizia Frank Drebin sospetta fin dall'inizio che ci sia qualcosa di losco in quel Ludwig e, avendo capito cosa sta tramando, cerca di mettergli i bastoni fra le ruote e salvare la regina.
Hank Thompson è un ex giocatore di baseball sull'orlo di una crisi di nervi che tenta di rimanere a galla nella spietata New York degli anni 90. Suo malgrado, però, si ritrova inconsapevolmente coinvolto negli affari del sottobosco criminale della città ed è costretto a lottare selvaggiamente per sopravvivere.
Assunto come general manager della squadra di baseball degli Oakland's Athletics, Billy Beane cerca di trovare in un complesso sistema computerizzato d'analisi statistica il modo per scovare i migliori giocatori da mettere sotto contratto e schierare in campo, così da tornare finalmente a vincere.
Dopo un pessimo appuntamento al buio, Lauren (Drew Barrymore) e Jim (Adam Sandler), entrambi genitori single, si ripromettono di non incontrarsi mai più. Il destino gioca però loro un brutto scherzo quando si ritrovano bloccati insieme per una settimana in un lussuoso resort sudafricano. Durante la vacanza forzata, aumenterà la loro reciproca attrazione e a beneficiare della nascente relazione saranno soprattutto i rispettivi figli.
Durante la seconda guerra mondiale alcuni prigionieri angloamericani esperti di fuga vengono riuniti in un campo nazista costruito appositamente per evasori specializzati. Un errore clamoroso, perché fin dal primo giorno essi mediteranno la fuga, tentando il colpo grosso attraverso la pianificazione di un'evasione di massa di oltre duecento detenuti...
Oregon 1943. Quasi tutti i giovani sono in guerra e le ragazze cercano di sostituirli in alcuni ruoli indispensabili come per esempio il baseball. Dottie e Kit, sorelle, organizzano una squadra e, contro ogni previsione, la faccenda funziona. Ad allenare c'è un certo Jimmy, preparato ma chiuso e pieno di problemi. Fra una partita e l'altra, un traguardo dopo l'altro, le ragazze vivono la loro vita, si fanno esperienze e si realizzano. Quella stagione rimarrà per tutti indimenticabile. Dopo molti anni il gruppetto si ritrova, alcuni sono nonni, altri non ci sono più. È bello e commovente ricordare quei tempi.
Il film narra la storia del leggendario campione americano di baseball Babe Ruth, attivo negli anni Venti. Dalla sua infanzia in un collegio di Baltimora alla fine della sua carriera con i Boston Braves.
Ambientato nei primi anni sessanta, narra la storia dello studente del quinto anno Scotty Smalls, appena trasferito in una nuova città coi familiari. Isolato dagli altri ragazzini in quanto non sa giocare a baseball, la sua vita cambia in meglio quando conosce e viene accettato dal capo della gang di quartiere, vero possessore del campo da baseball di quartiere.
Ray Kinsella, un agricoltore da poco trasferitosi in campagna con la moglie e la figlia piccola, una sera, mentre cammina tra le alte piante del suo campo di granoturco, sente una voce dirgli: "Se lo costruisci, lui tornerà". Ray crede di sognare, ma quando sente nuovamente quella voce, segue il suo istinto e costruisce un campo da baseball regolamentare proprio dietro casa.
Netturbino nella Pittsburgh degli anni '50, Troy Maxson combatte ogni giorno contro le ingiustizie sociali e i demoni interiori. Spirito indomabile e ciarliero, ha una moglie, un'amante, un amico inseparabile e due figli di cui non approva le vocazioni. Lyons suona il jazz e Troy canta il blues, Cory pratica il football e Troy gioca a baseball. Chiuso nel recinto che sta costruendo per Rose e in quello che ha innalzato nel cuore, Troy è un'onda implacabile che frange i suoi affetti. Inviso al figlio minore, a cui tarpa le ali per proteggerlo dalle discriminazioni razziali, e persuaso dall'amico a prendere una decisione sulla sua (doppia) vita, confessa alla moglie il tradimento e spalanca tra loro un abisso di dolore. Rimasto solo nel cortile del suo scontento, Troy ricompone i brandelli esistenziali e aspetta la morte.
La storia di Rickey Hill, che supera la sua disabilità fisica e ristabilisce il rapporto con il padre nel tentativo di diventare un giocatore della Major League Baseball (MLB).
Due giocatori di una squadra di baseball di provincia (il trentenne Crash e il ventenne Nuke) sono concupiti da una professoressa, da parecchi anni l'ape regina della compagine. Nuke fa carriera e se ne va. Crash si aggiudicherà la ragazza. Commedia tutt'altro che priva di spirito e di acutezza, anche se il canovaccio è troppo tenue per fornire un significato al di là del puro divertimento.
John Sullivan si mette in contatto con il padre morto 30 anni prima grazie a straordinarie ed inspiegabili onde radio. Il ragazzo cerca così di cambiare il destino del padre, ma modificando il passato anche altre cose sono cambiate: padre e figlio si ritroveranno in due mondi paralleli a tentare di fermare un orribile crimine.
Eijun Sawamura is a pitcher who joins an elite school with a brilliant catcher named Kazuya Miyuki. Together with the rest of the team, they strive for Japan's storied Koushien championships through hard work and determination.
Honda Goro the son of a famous baseball player loves nothing more than baseball itself. His biggest dream is to show his father that he can become the best pitcher in the world despite all the hardships he had to endure he keeps on running towards his goal at full speed.
Twins Kazuya and Tatsuya, and their neighbor Minami have played together since they were children and built an unbreakable bond. But with puberty, the twins realized something: Minami is a girl, and three is a crowd. As the trio tries to preserve their relationship, Kazuya's pledge to make Minami's dream come true by taking her to Koshien with his baseball pitching skills makes the slackerish Tatsuya wonder about himself, and his own goals. But Minami has another dream she wants fulfilled, and as the twins continue to push themselves, with Minami in the middle, a life-changing tragedy leads one twin down a path he once never would've considered...
Because of the legend left by Tatsuya Uesugi, Meisei Academy High School was well-known for their strong baseball team. But 26 years after their glory, the team has not been able to keep their record and has since lost their fame. Two stepbrothers, Souichirou and Touma Tachibana, aim to revive of the once-strong Meisei Academy baseball team and enter the National High School Baseball Championship. Souichirou and Touma are second years in Meisei Academy Middle School. Both boys are talented baseball players. Souichirou has shown excellent skill as a catcher and batter. Though having an extraordinary skill as a pitcher, Touma no longer pitches due to a certain reason. Once the two enter high school, they pair as a battery and aim to enter the National High School Baseball Championship!
Ren Mihashi was the ace of his middle school's baseball team, but due to his poor pitching, they could never win. Constant losses eventually lead to his teammates bullying him and reached the point where his teammates no longer tried to win, causing Mihashi to graduate with little self-esteem. As a result, Mihashi decides to go to a high school in a different prefecture where he has no intention of playing baseball. Unfortunately, upon his arrival at Nishiura High, he is dragged into joining their new team as the starting pitcher. Although unwilling at first, Mihashi realizes that this is a place where he will be accepted for who he is; with help from the catcher Takaya Abe, he starts to have more confidence in his own abilities. Abe, seeing the potential in Mihashi, makes it a goal to help him become a pitcher worthy of being called an ace.
Years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach phys ed at his old middle school.
A famed major league baseball announcer who suffers an embarrassing and very public meltdown live on the air after discovering his beloved wife's serial infidelity decides to reclaim his career and love life in a small town a decade later.
Follow the journeys of Simone Hicks, a tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills, and elite baseball player Damon Sims from Chicago, as they navigate life at the prestigious HBCU Bringston University.
The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and the words of those who contributed to the game in each era. Writers, historians, players, baseball personnel, and fans review key events and the significance of the game in America's history.
Kō Kitamura, whose family owns a sporting goods store, has known the Tsukishima girls since he was born. The Tsukishima family runs a batting center and cafe, and they have four daughters. There's Ichiyo, the responsible eldest; Wakaba, Kō's cheerful best friend; Aoba, who doesn't get along with Kō; and Momiji, the energetic youngest daughter. When Kō enters high school, he aspires to lead his baseball team to the Koshien National High School Championship as their ace pitcher and make Wakaba's dream come true.
Shigeno Daigo is an elementary student whose father, Goro, is a professional baseball player. Inspired by his father, who was once a Major League player, Daigo started playing baseball with the Mifune Dolphins, a youth team. However, he was unable to live up to the expectations of being the son of a professional, and quit baseball after less than a year. Then, in the spring of his sixth-grade year, Daigo's school welcomes a transfer student, Sato Hikaru, whose father is Sato Toshiya, a former Major League player and Goro's close friend. The fate of these two young men begins to move forward!
A wild and overzealous baseball player is scouted and trained by the Yomiuri Giants as their new star pitcher.
With his major league baseball debut right around the corner, a star pitcher lands in prison and must learn to navigate his new world.
Star pitcher Haruka Kiyomine and skilled catcher Kei Kaname were an unstoppable duo—until Kei was hit with a curveball: amnesia. Now they have a second chance to play at a no-name high school with a team of past rivals. Can they overcome Kei’s memory loss and rekindle their baseball dreams? With hilarious hijinks and fierce competition, get ready for a strikeout.
Keiko Himuro, Chairman of the Kisuragi School, puts together an all-girl baseball team led by Ryo Hayakawa, daughter of a legendary pitcher, in hopes of proving that girls can compete just as well as boys. Their goal: Koshien stadium, where only the best teams get the opportunity to play.
Kishimoto Kasumi, a 15-year-old girl, was supposed to live at her auntie's house in order to go to high school since April. However, when she moved to the house she was surprised with the fact that there were already four new male students living in the same house. To make the matter worse, that day while she was taking a bath, Takasugi Yusaku, one of those boys, came into the bath and saw her naked. This is how Kasumi's troublesome high school days started.
The life of athlete Colin Kaepernick and his adoptive parents as they navigate the challenges of raising a black son in a white family and community.
Nagumo Shuuji, a social studies teacher at Mie Prefecture’s Etsuzan Senior High School, was a former baseball player up until university when he quit after sustaining an injury. Thereafter, he worked as a sports trainer but returned to university at 32 years old in order to pursue his dream of becoming a teacher. However, his peaceful daily life goes through a change after he’s appointed to be the advisor of his school’s baseball club that is on the verge of abolition.
In 1943, Carson Shaw travels to Chicago to try out for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. There, she meets other women who also dream of playing pro baseball and makes connections that open up her world. Rockford local Max Chapman also comes to the tryouts but is turned away. With the support of her best friend Clance, she must forge a new path to pursue her dream.
In 1925 (year 14 of the Taishō period), after being told by a baseball player that women should become housewives instead of going to school, two 14-year-old Japanese high school girls named Koume and Akiko decide to start a baseball team in order to prove him wrong. During this time, when even running was considered too vulgar for women, baseball is known as "what the boys do" and they face many difficulties when searching members, getting permission from their parents and when learning about the sport itself.
