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Plot

Jack Elliot (Tom Selleck) is an aging American baseball player who's put on the trading block by the New York Yankees in favor of a younger player (played by former Chicago White Sox legend Frank Thomas, currently playing for the Toronto Blue Jays), and there's only one taker: the Nagoya Chunichi Dragons of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Thomas William Selleck (born January 29, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American actor, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his starring role on the long-running television show Magnum P.I.. // Born in Detroit to Slovak-Rusyn[1] father Robert Selleck and... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 44, 49 Name New York Yankees (1913–present) New York Highlanders (1903-1912) Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) (Also referred to as... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Frank Edward Thomas (born May 27, 1968 in Columbus, Georgia) is an American Major League Baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays, nicknamed The Big Hurt or Frankie T. Frank Thomas became one of baseballs biggest stars in the 1990s, playing for the Chicago White Sox. ... Major league affiliations American League (1977–present) East Division (1977–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 42 Name Toronto Blue Jays (1977–present) Ballpark Rogers Centre (1989–present) a. ... Nagoya ) is the fourth largest city in Japan. ... The Chunichi Dragons have won the Central League pennant seven times (including 2006), and won the Japan Series in 1954. ... Part of the History of baseball series. ...

Right away, the arrogant Elliot clashes with the Japanese culture and he soon alienates his new teammates. He believes the rules and management style of his new skipper, Uchiyama (Ken Takakura) are ludicrous and continues to do things his way, which leads his already dwindling performance to suffer more. His only ally on the team is another American ballplayer, Max "Hammer" Dubois (Dennis Haysbert), but even he's fed up with Jack's attitude and lack of respect for the game and his team. Japanese culture and language Japans isolation until the arrival of the Black Ships and the Meiji era produced a culture distinctively different from any other, and echoes of this uniqueness persist today. ... Ken Takakura (高倉健) (Born 16 February 1931, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan) A Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic yet honorable presence he bring to his roles. ... Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954) is an American film and television actor. ...

At the same time, Elliot's developing a relationship with the beautiful Hiroko (Aya Takanashi), whom he later finds out is Uchiyama's daughter.

After one too many outbursts, Elliot is suspended. He later has to swallow his pride and admit his deficiencies. In a rare show of humility, he apologizes to the team, who rally around him and teach him the value of sportsmanship and respect for hard work. Uchiyama lifts his suspension and begins to work with Elliot on improving his play. The reinvigorated Jack Elliot's enthusiasm for team play is contagious and the mediocre Dragons become contenders for the Central League pennant. Eventually, Elliot gets the opportunity to break Uchiyama's record of seven consecutive games with a home run. His new-found respect for team play becomes apparent in crucial game against the Yomiuri Giants. With the potential winning run at third base, Uchiyama tells him to swing away, knowing that a home run would break his record. But Elliot sees the Giants' infield is playing deep and bunts. The Giants are caught off guard and the suicide squeeze is successful. See also: Central League (football) The Central League (セントラル・リーグ Sentoraru Riigu) is one of Japans two major professional baseball leagues (the other is the Pacific League). ... The Yomiuri Giants ) are one of the popular Central League baseball teams based at the Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. ... The position of the third baseman A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in the sport of baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base, the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in a counterclockwise succession in order to score a run. ... In baseball, a squeeze play is a sacrifice bunt with a runner on third and fewer than two outs. ...

Trivia

• Tom Selleck is an avid baseball fan and a former minority owner of his hometown team, the Detroit Tigers.
• The scene where a frustrated Jack Elliot turns his bat upside down in protest of the opposing team not pitching to him was inspired by a real incident involving American ballplayer Randy Bass of the Hanshin Tigers. In 1985, Bass, arguably the most prolific American-born player in Japanese baseball history, was close to breaking the Japanese league's single season record of 55 home runs, held by Sadaharu Oh. However, as Bass closed in on the record, many teams began refusing to pitch to him, and he ended the season with 54 long balls. During a game, he batted with his bat upside down out of frustration. Discrimination against foreign-born players is touched upon in a scene where other American players complain about such things as umpires giving Japanese pitchers a strike zone "the size of a Buick" against American batters.
• Noted Japanese baseball historian Matthew Jacobs was consulted to insure authenticity of several aspects of the league and style of the game.