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Can you sweep Jeopardy!'s baseball movie category?

Tuesday's episode of Jeopardy! featured a category that's right in Cut4's wheelhouse (see
what we did there?): "Take Me Out to the Baseball Movie."

Thanks to the J! Archive, we've brought you the questions and answers (by which we mean answers and questions-curse you, Trebek) so you can test your own baseball movie knowledge. Highlight the row below each question to see the answer. Spoiler alert: BASEketball doesn't count.

$200: This 1992 film told the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball
League

What is A League of Their Own?

$400: There's a lot of corn in this 1989 film-Kevin Costner puts a baseball diamond on
his corn farm

What is Field of Dreams?

$600: The ace pitcher on a boys' Little League team is a girl (Tatum O'Neal) in this
comedy from 1976

What is The Bad News Bears?

$800: In this film Robert Redford uses a homemade bat called Wonderboy

What is The Natural?

$1000: Tim Robbins was a minor league pitcher, "Nuke" LaLoosh, in this movie

What is Bull Durham?

And here's a few more questions of our own-can you answer them? (Disclaimer: Cut4
can offer no prize money, but all correct answers will be rewarded with high fives.)

This Oscar-nominated feature depicts the transformation of the 2002 Oakland Athletics
by GM Billy Beane (Brad Pitt)

What is Moneyball?

A young baseball fan's prayers are answered by a heavenly Christopher Lloyd in this kid-
friendly classic

What is Angels in the Outfield?

In this 2004 comedy, a retired slugger (Bernie Mac) returns to the game to attain an all-
important number of career hits

What is Mr. 3000?

-- Molly Fitzpatrick / Contributor to MLB.com