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it’s the same ballpark

Quote form the movie Pulp Fiction.  but what does it mean?

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will_stewa profile picture will_stewaMay 2021
It is an idiom. The same general field, location, or group. ”Repairing tv’s and computers are in the same ball park.” It is a reference to them both being electronics.
AussieInBg profile picture AussieInBgFebruary 2021

Generally, in common usage, ”to be the same ballpark” means to be almost the same in terms of attributes or amount.

This is different from ”to be in the same ballpark”/"take it as a ballpark figure" (see the other thread).

Here's a list of a few other common idioms in American English derived from baseball terminology: https://www.ilac.com/10-common-english-baseball-idioms/

As for the specific usage of this idiom in ”Pulp Fiction”, I’m not going to explain all the details on an open forum!!!!