the Church of Baseball
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The Church of Baseball is Annie Savoy’s quasi-religious, tongue-in-cheek belief system in the film "Bull Durham," through which she treats baseball as a spiritual practice and guiding philosophy for life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the Church of Baseball canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3622463 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: the Church of Baseball Context triple: [Annie Savoy, hasPhilosophyAbout, the Church of Baseball]
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A.
Why I Love Baseball
"Why I Love Baseball" is a book by broadcaster Larry King in which he reflects on his lifelong passion for the sport through personal stories, memories, and commentary.
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B.
Sunday Night Baseball
Sunday Night Baseball is ESPN's long-running weekly Major League Baseball broadcast that features a nationally televised prime-time game each Sunday during the regular season.
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C.
The Last Commissioner: A Baseball Valentine
The Last Commissioner: A Baseball Valentine is a memoir by former MLB commissioner Fay Vincent reflecting on his tenure and the history, culture, and inner workings of professional baseball.
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D.
Baseball Tonight
Baseball Tonight is a long-running ESPN television program that provides highlights, analysis, and commentary on Major League Baseball games and news.
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E.
Grays Sports Almanac
Grays Sports Almanac is a fictional sports statistics book from the Back to the Future franchise that becomes a pivotal plot device when used for time-travel-based gambling.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the Church of Baseball Target entity description: The Church of Baseball is Annie Savoy’s quasi-religious, tongue-in-cheek belief system in the film "Bull Durham," through which she treats baseball as a spiritual practice and guiding philosophy for life.
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A.
Why I Love Baseball
"Why I Love Baseball" is a book by broadcaster Larry King in which he reflects on his lifelong passion for the sport through personal stories, memories, and commentary.
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B.
Sunday Night Baseball
Sunday Night Baseball is ESPN's long-running weekly Major League Baseball broadcast that features a nationally televised prime-time game each Sunday during the regular season.
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C.
The Last Commissioner: A Baseball Valentine
The Last Commissioner: A Baseball Valentine is a memoir by former MLB commissioner Fay Vincent reflecting on his tenure and the history, culture, and inner workings of professional baseball.
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D.
Baseball Tonight
Baseball Tonight is a long-running ESPN television program that provides highlights, analysis, and commentary on Major League Baseball games and news.
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E.
Grays Sports Almanac
Grays Sports Almanac is a fictional sports statistics book from the Back to the Future franchise that becomes a pivotal plot device when used for time-travel-based gambling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
element of a film narrative
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fictional belief system ⓘ quasi-religious philosophy ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
film "Bull Durham"
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surface form:
Bull Durham
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| associatedWithCharacter | Annie Savoy ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
baseball as guiding philosophy for life
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baseball as spiritual practice ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdByWriter | Ron Shelton ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
film "Bull Durham"
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surface form:
Bull Durham universe
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| firstAppearanceMedium | feature film ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| genreContext | sports romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Annie Savoy’s romantic choices
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Annie Savoy’s worldview ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| nameOf | Annie Savoy’s belief system ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
character development device for Annie Savoy
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thematic framing of baseball in Bull Durham ⓘ |
| practitioner | Annie Savoy ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
personal spirituality
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rituals of baseball ⓘ sports fandom as religion ⓘ |
| tone |
ironic
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tongue-in-cheek ⓘ |
| treatsAsSacred | baseball ⓘ |
| usesAsMetaphorFor |
life philosophy
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religion ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: the Church of Baseball Description of subject: The Church of Baseball is Annie Savoy’s quasi-religious, tongue-in-cheek belief system in the film "Bull Durham," through which she treats baseball as a spiritual practice and guiding philosophy for life.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.