Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.
An unknown comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent.
An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his home town of Albany, NY after returning there for the first time in decades.
Sportswriter George Plimpton poses as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions for a "Sports Illustrated" article.
A young surgeon becomes bored with his wife and family, he has a very successful career, but even with having so much in life, he feels empty and goes through a series of brief and meaningless relations with attractive women.