Hardball

Hardball may refer to:

Baseball

• Baseball, as opposed to its variant softball
• an English-language idiom derived from baseball, meaning to be or act tough or aggressive

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

• Hardball, in the Avengers: The Initiative series from Marvel Comics
• Hardball, in the Fire from Heaven comics crossover event story arc
• Hardball, in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

Film

• Hardball (film), a 2001 American sports comedy-drama film
  • Hardball (soundtrack)
• Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball, a 1997 American/Canadian action film

Gaming

• HardBall!, an early baseball video game

Literature

• Hardball — How Politics is Played Told By One Who Knows the Game, a book by Chris Matthews
• Hardball, a comic book series written by Chuck Austen
• Hardball, a 2009 V. I. Warshawski novel by Sara Paretsky

Television

• Hardball with Chris Matthews, an American TV talk show
• "Hard Ball", a 2007 episode of 30 Rock
• Hardball (1989 TV series), an American crime drama
• Hardball (1994 TV series), an American baseball sitcom
• Hardball (2019 TV series), an Australian children's series
• Hardball, a BBC One game show hosted by Ore Oduba

Other uses

• Hardball, a type of Gaelic handball
• Hardball (company), a Norwegian investment company
• Hard ball, a sugar stage in the making of candy and other confectionery

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Hardball
• Hardball squash, a racquet sport