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Live Oak — Cop Out

DVD $28.99 / Blu-ray $35.99

Bruce Willis and former “30 Rock” star Tracy Morgan team for this revival of an old Hollywood staple, the “buddy cop” comedy-drama. As longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen ultra-rare baseball card, they find themselves facing a menacing, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Extras on the Blu-ray include an hour of outtakes, a DVD and digital copy of the film, and “walk-ons” by director Kevin Smith, who strolls into the bottom of the screen to provide running comic commentary.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

Big League Ballparks

By Gary Gillette & Eric Engers with Stuart Shea and Matthew Silverman

Hardcover, 512 pages ($29.98)

A guided tour of every big-league stadium, this handsome coffee-table volume is packed with more than 1,000 photos, extensive statistics, recaps of great moments, timelines for each park and dozens of sidebars on concessions, artificial turf, fan antics, the demise of the ballpark organist and much, much more. Baseball fans will delight browsing its many tales and treasures about the hallowed spaces that are home to America’s pastime.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

Sergeant Bilko: The Phil Silvers Show

DVD $42.99

A building block of television comedy from the 1950s, this CBS series about a conniving Army officer turned Phil Silvers into a bona fide TV star and won several Emmy Awards. The five-DVD collection includes all 34 laugh-loaded episodes from the debut 1955 season, plus vintage commercials, cast auditions and an episode of “I Love Lucy” featuring Silvers as an efficiency expert who takes over her office.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

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