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 Iowa corn farmer, hearing voices, interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields; he does, and the 1919 Chicago White Sox come.
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.
The story of the friendship between a star pitcher, wise to the world, and a half-wit catcher, as they cope with the catcher's terminal illness through a baseball season.