Hardball

Hardball or hard ball may refer to:
*Hardball squash, a racquet sport
*Hardball, a sports term used to distinguish baseball from its variant softball.
*Hardball, a type of cricket, also called hardball cricket, as distinguished from softball cricket
*"Hardball" (film), a 2001 film
*"Hardball" (1997 film), a 1997 film with Tony Curtis
*"Hardball!" (computer game), a series of computer games about baseball
*A computer game similar to breakout which was made for the Palm OS
*"Hardball" (1989 TV series)
*"Hardball" (1994 TV series), a 1994 television series unrelated to the 1989 series.
*"Hardball with Chris Matthews", a talk show on MSNBC hosted by Chris Matthews.
*"Hardball" (comics), a marvel comic book by Chuck Austen.
*Hardball (band), a straight edge band from Indianapolis, Indiana who released a 7" Ep in the early 1990s.
*Hardball (company), a Norwegian investment company.
*Hardball, a slang term used for full metal jacket bullet pistol ammunition, particularly in .45 ACP caliber.
*Playing hardball is a negotiation term used to describe an attitude of intransigence.
*Hardball is a sugar stage in the making of candy.
*Hard Ball, an episode of 30 Rock
* In making confectionery the hard-ball stage as syrup is heated is used to make Toffee, Nougat, marshmallows, divinity, and rock candy