Mr. Baseball - Cultural Differences and Personal Change in Relationships
Uchiyama-san: [Hiroko lets him enter; looks around; presses button on stereo remote; music plays but he turns off; radio continues but he turns it off]
Can I come in? Nice place! I have come on behalf of Jack. He wants you to know... He loves you and wants to discuss the future with you, when your "jets are cool.
Hiroko Uchiyama:
But he's like you, father. He will not change.
Uchiyama-san:
Changes occurring all around. Perhaps you should listen first.
Hiroko:
He is a foreign ball player
Uchiyama:
Who you are in love with.
Hiroko:
It doesn't matter.
Uchiyama-san: [offers paper bag he brought]
It does matter... More than anything, doesn't it? This is for you.
Hiroko: [sees item]
Very nice of him.
Uchiyama-san:
It's not from him, it's from me. From now on... I want to speak to you from my heart with no holding back.
Hiroko: [slightly emotional; they embrace]
Father.
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Mr. Baseball - A Conversation About Thirst and Encouragement
Elliot:
You look thirsty, Chief. What do you say I buy ya a beer?
Uchiyama:
Later! AGAIN!
Elliot: [mutters]
You're no fun anymore...
Uchiyama:
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon! Pick it up! Pick it up! Harder! Harder, Jack!
Ryoh Mukai: [as the other players come out on the field for practice, in Japanese]
Looks like Elliot's run out of excuses.
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Mr. Baseball - Critique of a Baseball Swing
Jack Elliot:
What did he say?
Hiroko Uchiyama:
He says, "You have a hole in your swing.
Elliot:
Like father, like son huh?
Uchiyama: [in English]
Everybody can see it but you.
Hiroko Uchiyama: [to her father, in Japanese; stands up; walks off]
Why do you always put people down? You always do! And try to fit everybody in the same mold!
Uchiyama: [in Japanese]
Hiroko, sit down!
Hiroko: [to her father; Jack smiles at Hiroko standing up to her father; Jack looks at the mention of his name; leaves]
Try a little understanding! and you, Jack... Grow up!
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Mr. Baseball - Contractual Tensions in Baseball Management
Chunichi Dragons GM Hiroshi Nakamura:
He is becoming an embarrassment to us. You do not appear to have found the answer to the Giants.
Uchiyama:
As usual they stand between us and the pennant. I beg your patience.
Nakamura: [the executives leave]
Our patience is running out. And your CONTRACT is running out.
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