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.
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 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.
A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
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.
An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his home town of Albany, NY after returning there for the first time in decades.