Kľúčové slovo Baseball

Gus Lobel bol po desaťročia jedným z najlepších hľadačov bejzbalových talentov, avšak napriek všetkej snahe cíti, že starne. Vedenie Atlanta Braves začína spochybňovať jeho úsudok. Musí preukázať, že sa dokáže prispôsobiť novým technológiám pri výbere talentov a otestovať nového pálkara Boa. Jedinou osobou, ktorá by mohla Gusovi v krízovom období pomôcť, je jeho dcéra Mickey. Táto nádejná právnička dá do stávky svoju vlastnú kariéru, aby zachránila existenciu svojho otca. Napriek nesúhlasu Gusa sa Mickey pripojí k jeho poslednej skautskej ceste po Severnej Karolíne. Dievča zistí, že jej otec na diaľku dobre nevidí a tak sa na chvíľu stane jeho očami. Pri sledovaní Boa Gus používa nielen Mickeyine oči, ale tiež svoj sluch a zistí, že Bo je síce nádejný a dobrý hráč, ale nedokáže odpáliť točený nadhod, a tak svojmu tímu odporučí Boa nekupovať ...

Po katastrofálnom rande naslepo sa single rodičia Lauren a Jim zhodnú iba na jedinej veci: že už nikdy nechcú jeden druhého vidieť. Každý z nich sa však spolu s deťmi rozhodne pre dokonalú rodinnú dovolenku. Ich nadšenie opadne vo chvíli, keď zistia, že apartmán v luxusom africkom safari rezorte budú po celý týždeň obývať spoločne. Film Blended je v poradí už treťou komédiou, v ktorej si spoločne zahrali Adam Sandler a Drew Barrymore. Diváci už ich mohli vidieť vo filmoch 50x a stále po prvý raz a Pieseň pre nevestu. Okrem nich si vo filme zahrali aj Joel McHale, ako Laurenin exmanžel Mark, Wendi McLendon-Covey ako jej najlepšia priateľka Jen, Kevin Nealon a Jessica Lowe, ktorí hrajú nadmieru romantický pár tiež prázdninujúci v rezorte a Terry Crews sa predstaví ako spievajúci hostiteľ.

Niekto nezažije nič dobrodružné, aj keby sa rozkrájal. A niekomu stačí, aby vyšiel na ulicu a hneď ocitne sa v centre tých najbláznivejších situácií. Poručík Drebin patrí k tým druhým. Frank nedostáva nič zadarmo. Na celom tom zmätku, ktorý vždy a všade jeho osobu sprevádza, tvrdo a sympaticky pracuje. A pretože šťastie, ako je známe, praje iba pripraveným, býva to ostatné už len logickým vyústením deja, napríklad keď má do Los Angeles zavítať sama britská kráľovná Alžbeta a oddiel, ktorého je Frank členom, je poverený jej ochrankou.

Počas 2. svetovej vojny najvyššie nemecké velenie vytvorilo špeciálny tábor, kde boli deportovaný najproblémovejší zajatci spojeneckých armád. Veliteľ tábora plukovník von Luger upozorní seniora zajatých spojeneckých dôstojníkov kapitána Ramseya, že z tohto tábora, ktorý má najvyššie bezpečnostné opatrenia proti úteku, sa nikomu nepodarí uniknúť. Ten však von Lugerovi pripomenie, že pokus o útek zo zajatia je povinnosť každého správneho dôstojníka. A hneď prvý deň sa túto povinnosť pokúsi splniť hneď niekoľko čestných mužov. Neúspešne. Veliteľ Barlett, ktorému sa podarilo zorganizovať už niekoľko útekov, preto navrhne Ramseyovi neuveriteľnú akciu, pri ktorej by z tábora hneď zmizlo 250 zajatcov. A tak sa dajú do pohybu utajené prípravy na najväčší útek tejto vojny.

Dráma Moneyball spoločnosti Columbia Pictures je natočená podľa skutočného príbehu Billyho Beana (Brad Pitt) - bývalého nádejného baseballového hráča, ktorý sa potom, čo nedokázal splniť sľubné očakávania, so svojou súťaživou povahou radšej zameral na manažérsku stránku tohto športu.

Pamäť už je taká, že dávne spomienky halí do príjemnej nostalgie, a na to zlé dáva zabudnúť. Nie inak je tomu so spomienkou Scottyho Smallsa na partiu kamarátov, ktorých získal, keď sa rodičia presťahovali do mesta. Spočiatku to bolo ťažké. Jedného dňa však narazil na ihrisko, kde partia chlapcov pod vedením Benjamina Franklina Rodrigueza venovala všetok voľný čas a nadšenie bejzbalu. Stal sa členom partie a prežil s ňou množstvo dobrodružstiev a zábavy, väčšinou sa točiacou okolo bejzbalu. Zažil s nimi aj svoje veľké detské dobrodružstvo, keď loptička podpísaná slávnym hráčom, ktorú jeho nevlastný otec chránil ako oko v hlave, venoval do hry. Práve tú totiž odpálili na vedľajší dvor, na miesto, kam zatiaľ nikto z nich nevstúpil, pretože ho bránil veľký zlý pes, hotový netvor. Veď sa aj volal Netvor. Vzácna loptička však bola dostatočne pádnym dôvodom, aby sa chlapci vydali na veľkú a nebezpečnú výpravu, ako sa neskôr ukázalo, plnú nečakaných prekvapení...

Lisa je žena, ktorá svoj život postavila na svojich športových výkonoch a športu sa venuje už od útleho detstva. Keď je vylúčená zo svojho tímu, príde o všetko, čo mala. Bezradne sa snaží viesť normálny a všedný život. To vedie k jej zoznámeniu s Mattym, profesionálnym baseballovým nahadzovačom a samoľúbym sukničkárom. Ešte predtým, než sa Lisa spoznala s Mattym, zúčastnila sa jedného rande s obchodníkom Georgeom v deň, ktorý bol zrejme najhorším dňom v ich životoch: ona bola práve vyhodená z tímu a on dostal predvolanie na súd. Keď sa zdá, že sa im životy rozpadávajú pod rukami, spoznajú obaja, aké to je, keď vás stretne niečo neuveriteľné.

Ktoré dieťa by nechcelo byť aspoň na chvíľu dospelým? Také želanie sa splní pubertálnemu Davidovi Moscowovi, ktorý sa jedného dňa prebudí ako dospelý. To, čo sa mu zdalo úžasné, však prináša nečakané komplikácie. Vnútri totiž zostal malým chlapcom. Ba čo viac, nepozná ho vlastná mama, nemá si čo obliecť a nemá peniaze. Len vďaka kamarátovi prekonáva prvé prekážky a dokonca si nájde zamestnanie v hračkárskej firme. Nadovšetko však túži vrátiť sa do svojej kože malého chlapca. Podarí sa mu to?

Mladý Roy Hobbs, jenž má nevšední baseballový talent, si ze dřeva stromu poraženého bleskem vyřeže vlastní pálku, kterou nazve Fenomén (Wonderboy), a vydává se z rodinné farmy do Chicaga, aby své vlohy zúročil. Setkání s pomatenou fanynkou, která ho těžce zraní, však jeho kariéru o šestnáct let opozdí. Na prahu středního věku přichází do newyorského klubu Knights (Rytíři), ale o své místo v týmu musí bojovat. Jeho Fenomén se prosadí, ale cena je příliš vysoká.

Calvin Campbell je bývalý profesionálny baseballový hráč, ktorého poslali do predčasného dôchodku z dôvodu záchvatov úzkosti. Ako námesačný prepláva životom a pokúša sa vychovávať svoju dospievajúcu dcéru. Jeho život ide mierne ku dnu, keď stretne Produce. Chlapca s Downovým syndrómom, ktorý pracuje v miestnom obchode s potravinami. Ten ho motivuje a dodá mu novú chuť do života.

Jedného pokojného večera roku 1999 nájde John Sullivan starú vysielačku, ktorá patrila jeho otcovi. Skúsi ju zapojiť a podarí sa mu nadviazať kontakt. Muž na druhej strane je hasič, volá sa Frank Sullivan a práve sa mieni pozerať na záverečný zápas baseballovej ligy roku 1969. John k svojmu úžasu zisťuje, že vďaka atmosférickej poruche hovorí so svojím otcom tesne pred tragickým nešťastím. Teraz ho môže varovať, takže otec nezomrie, ale následky, ktoré tento zásah do histórie spôsobí, budú oveľa závažnejšie, než si myslel...

Skupina hráčov profesionálneho bejzbalu odišla na vojnu. V roku 1943 preto bolo veľa menších ligových súťaží uzavretých a všetci sa báli, že rovnaký osud stretne aj tie veľké. A tak sa zrodila prvá americká profesionálna bejzbalová liga žien. Odpísaný hráč Jimmy Dugan má trénovať tím plný fyzicky zdatných a energických mladých žien vrátane Dottie Hinsonovej, z ktorej sa stane prvotriedna stíhačka, jej mladšej sestry Kit Kellerovej, Mae Mordabitovej a Doris Murphyovej.

Nová majiteľka baseballového klubu Cleveland Indians nenávidí nielen celé mesto, ale má aj veľké plány na presťahovanie sa do Miami na Floride. Viaže ju však nájomná zmluva s mestom Cleveland, ktorá vraví, že presťahovať klub môže len v prípade, ak počas sezóny rapídne klesne návštevnosť zápasov. Bývalá striptérka a súčasná majiteľka tímu s minimálnym záujmom o šport sa rozhodne vytvoriť také úbohé mužstvo, ktoré by malo čo najväčšie predpoklady prehrávať.

V roce 1946 se Branch Rickey, majitel brooklynského baseballového týmu Dodgers, postaví rasovému konzervatizmu nejvyšší profesionální baseballové ligy v USA a uzavírá kontrakt s Jackie Robinsonem. Oba muži se stávají trnem v oku publika, tisku a dokonce i ostatních hráčů. Robinson je vystaven nepokrytému rasismu ze všech stran. Díky své ohromné odvaze a talentu si postupně získá fanoušky i spoluhráče, umlčí kritiky a změnou na baseballovém hřišti pomůže změnit svět.

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...

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!

With his major league baseball debut right around the corner, a star pitcher lands in prison and must learn to navigate his new world.

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. (Source: AniDB)

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.

Amateur baseball players go up against legendary pros in a championship to determine the ultimate winning team.

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.

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.

Kunimi Hiro is a high school student, who is forced to give up his ambitions as a professional baseball player due to a serious injury. Now at a new high school, Hiro gets involved with Haruko and her goals of reviving that school's baseball team. At first they must overcome the refusal of school principle, who still remembers a dishonorable defeat that the school's baseball suffered some ten years earlier. Even with permission to form a school baseball team, there are still the players to recruit and train, and the challenges of building a reputation of the team within the high school baseball circuit. This is a story of group of high school students and their love of the game of baseball. Hiro is national class pitcher and batter, with his best friend who is a catcher and with Haruko as the team manager, together they struggle to build a baseball team worthy of the national championship.

When Arihara Tsubasa enters Rigahama Municipal High School and learns that it has no baseball club, she starts up the Girls' Baseball Club on her own. Drawn to the club are girls who have never played baseball before, girls who once played it but quit, and girls who are constantly tackling great challenges. The Rigahama Girls' Baseball Club races through the trials of youth, periodically clashing and quarreling, but supporting each other all the way! And so begins the hottest summer the world has ever known...

Se Young is the youngest head of the management team of Dreams, a cellar-dwelling baseball team. She's highly recognized for her perseverance and intense passion for the team. One day, Seung Su is appointed as a general manager. Although he's been working in the sports field, the teams he led to the championship were unpopular, and some of them were even disbanded after winning the league due to the financial difficulties of their parent companies. Would this unlucky new general manager be able to steer Dreams to the championship with passionate Se Young?

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.

The series follows the romantic and professional trials of an aspiring nurse and two baseball players as they strive for their love and dreams.

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!

For the first time, Pete Young takes a risk - perhaps the only risk of his young life - when he applies for and lands his dream job as a batboy for the New York Empires. The problem is that his single mother, Lynne has no idea what he's up to. Until now, he's been the golden boy while his rebellious older sister, Betsy, has always been in the doghouse. Pete attends a strict Catholic high school where he hangs out with his best friend, Mike, who hopes to cash in on his friend's new position in life. On the job, Pete becomes a member of a new family that includes Conrad Dean, the team's captain and star third baseman and one of the boy's all-time idols, who takes on the role of an older brother. Also in the clubhouse are Pete's boss, Lou Russo, a gruff but fair equipment manager who becomes a much-needed father figure; Carlos Tavares, a rookie who believes that Pete is his good luck charm, and Jose Marquez, the Empires' territorial head batboy. Pete is over the moon at being part of his favorite team but he must still balance life at home and life in the big leagues as he faces the moral dilemmas and curve balls that are thrown his way.

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.

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.

Takumi Harada is an extremely gifted baseball pitcher. Upon entering junior high school, Takumi moves to a town situated in the mountains due to his father's job transfer. There, he meets a new classmate Go Nagakura, a catcher who is able to get Takumi's most powerful pitches. Takumi and Go both join the school's baseball team where they develop a firm friendship and grow as individuals through their battery.