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* [[It Will Never Catch On]]: The concept of Sabremetrics, which drives the plot. |
* [[It Will Never Catch On]]: The concept of Sabremetrics, which drives the plot. |
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* [[Jerkass]]: Art Howe. In real life, Beane fired him following the loss to Minnesota. Unsurprisingly, the real Art Howe was one of the movie's most vocal critics. |
* [[Jerkass]]: Art Howe. In real life, Beane fired him following the loss to Minnesota. Unsurprisingly, the real Art Howe was one of the movie's most vocal critics. |
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* [[Only in It For the Money]]: Averted. At the end of the film, Beane turns down 12.5 million dollars to stay with the A's. |
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* [[Opposing Sports Team]]: Highlighted with the Yankees, as per their contractual arrangement to be the villain in any baseball movie not starring them. They don't appear as villains on the field (the team's final defeat comes at the hands of the Minnesota Twins, as it did in real life), but they are held up throughout the movie as the shining example of the big-market team against whom the small-market Athletics are trying to compete financially. |
* [[Opposing Sports Team]]: Highlighted with the Yankees, as per their contractual arrangement to be the villain in any baseball movie not starring them. They don't appear as villains on the field (the team's final defeat comes at the hands of the Minnesota Twins, as it did in real life), but they are held up throughout the movie as the shining example of the big-market team against whom the small-market Athletics are trying to compete financially. |
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* [[Playing Against Type]]: Jonah Hill in a dramatic role. |
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Jonah Hill in a dramatic role. |
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