Eastbound & Down follows the story of Kenny Powers, a former Major League Baseball player who becomes a gym instructor in his hometown of Myrtle Beach. Filled with crude humor and outrageous antics, the show explores Kenny's attempts to make a comeback in the baseball world while dealing with personal and professional challenges.
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.
The first female professional baseball player who strikes out sluggers with her magical pitch... The manager who makes every effort to amend the Baseball Regulations so that she can join the pros... The separated twin brothers who couldn't have met each other if they weren't both totally absorbed in baseball... This series describes the joys and distress, the glory and frustration of those who enthusiastically love baseball.
Squid Girl has come to the land from the depths of the sea to conquer humanity in revenge for pollution of the ocean. Unfortunately she ruins the first house she uses as an invasion base and has to work to pay for repairs. Of course, she can't overcome the Aizawa sisters who manage the house, so who knows whether she can subjugate humankind.
One Outs is a TV show based on a manga series that focuses on Tokuchi Toua, a brilliant but unorthodox pitcher who joins a struggling baseball team. With his unique gambling methods and unbeatable pitching skills, he turns things around for the team, but not without creating enemies along the way.
In Major League, a group of misfit baseball players must come together to try and turn the Cleveland Indians into a winning team. With a new owner and some unconventional training methods, they face various challenges, both on and off the field. Can this underdog team defy the odds and make it to the playoffs?
A foster boy who loves baseball becomes an angel's good luck charm and helps turn the team around.
Katsumi has been playing baseball for years, disguising herself as a boy. However, one day she is recognized and scouted by Hoshiyama, the manager of the Chunichi Dragons, who offers her a chance to become a professional player. After Katsumi joins the Dragons and befriends their new catcher Oikawa, her skills win over one suspicious mind after another, and she becomes a star pitcher leading the team to victories.
A wild and overzealous baseball player is scouted and trained by the Yomiuri Giants as their new star pitcher.
The Natural is a movie about a baseball player who has talent and potential but faces obstacles and challenges. He goes on a journey of self-discovery and redemption, overcoming the odds to achieve greatness in the sport.
In Hardball (2001), a schoolteacher struggling with aimlessness and financial crisis becomes a coach for a little league baseball team in a housing project. Through dedication and redemption, he forms an intergenerational friendship with the team and helps them overcome their challenges.
A talented baseball player from a small town is given the opportunity to play in a professional league. Along the way, he falls in love with a local girl and must balance his dreams of baseball and his feelings for her.
For Love of the Game is a movie about a legendary baseball pitcher, Billy Chapel, who is contemplating his career and his personal life during what might be his final game. As he takes the mound for the Detroit Tigers, Chapel reflects on his past while facing the pressures of the game. Alongside his performance on the field, he navigates his relationship with his girlfriend and her teenage daughter, and contemplates his future as he reaches the end of his baseball career.
The Fan (1996) is about a successful baseball player who becomes the target of an obsessed fan. As the fan's obsession grows, he becomes increasingly dangerous, leading to a deadly confrontation.
The Babe is a biographical drama film that tells the story of legendary baseball player Babe Ruth. It explores his rise to fame and the challenges he faced, both on and off the field. From his humble beginnings in Baltimore to his triumphant years with the New York Yankees, the film delves into Ruth's personal and professional life, capturing his larger-than-life personality and the price of fame.
A down-on his-luck baseball pitcher finds a new set of rewards coaching a gang of underprivileged youngsters and romancing a career-oriented playground supervisor who, against her better judgment, put the kids in his charge.
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.
Starring AOA's Min Ah as an endearing outcast who turns the heads of Da Won, Ro Woon, Cha Ni and Ju Ho, this interactive choose-your-own-adventure series unites AOA and Neoz trainees in a sweet string of high school romances.
Comic melodrama following the day-to-day life of high school senior Will, a promising but naive athlete struggling with choices that could determine his future, romance and family difficulties.
In the post-war era, a dedicated schoolteacher's secret marriage to a baseball pitcher jeopardizes her career as a presidential candidate. As scandal and intrigue unfold, she must navigate the complexities of love, politics, and personal sacrifice.