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1. Before he went "Psycho", Anthony Perkins played Boston Red Sox player Jimmy Piersall in what biographical movie?
2. This is a 1951 film starring Paul Douglas as Pirates' manager Guffy McGovern, who starts hearing a voice telling him he has to change his bad behavior in order to win games. What movie is this?
3. This is a 1952 biographical movie starring Dan Dailey as hall-of-famer Dizzy Dean. What is the proud title of this movie?
4. What 1976 baseball movie starring Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor was based on the barnstorming Negro League and non-affiliated baseball teams of the 1930s and '40s?
5. What 1953 film directed by Robert Aldrich starred Edward G. Robinson as real life baseball manager Hans Lobert in a completely fictitious story?
6. This movie from 1988 was based on the book about what some consider the greatest scandal in baseball history. It starred D.B. Sweeney as Joe Jackson and John Cusack as Buck Weaver. What movie is this?
7. A boy must convince Yankee power hitters Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris to attend his baseball team's banquet after he lies and claims they are his friends in this 1962 movie. Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris starred as themselves. What is the name of this baseball comedy?
8. When his grandfather died, an 11 year old boy inherited ownership of the Minnesota Twins. What movie is this?
9. This 1952 fictionalized biography of major league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander starred a future president of the United States. What was this Lewis Seiler directed film?
10. What 2011 movie was based on the Michael Lewis biography of Billy Beane and his approach to putting together a competitive team?
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