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* WrongGenreSavvy: As the Isotots' new coach, Lisa mistakenly assumes she's in for something more in the vein of ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'' before settling into the ''Film/{{Moneyball}}'' groove.

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* WrongGenreSavvy: As the Isotots' new coach, Lisa mistakenly assumes she's in for something more in the vein of ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'' ([[RagtagBunchOfMisfits "lovable loser" team]], prejudice against female participants) before settling into the ''Film/{{Moneyball}}'' groove.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: As the Isotots' new coach, Lisa mistakenly assumes something more in the vein of ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'' before settling into the ''Film/{{Moneyball}}'' groove.

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* WrongGenreSavvy: As the Isotots' new coach, Lisa mistakenly assumes she's in for something more in the vein of ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'' before settling into the ''Film/{{Moneyball}}'' groove.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: As the Isotots' new coach, Lisa mistakenly assumes something more in the vein of ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'' before settling into the ''Film/{{Moneyball}}'' groove.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: {{Subverted}}: newly self-appointed coach Lisa (presumably having seen her share of sports movies) addresses the Isotots as this, [[WrongGenreSavvy only to learn]] that they're in fact the competent JerkJocks of their league.

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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: {{Subverted}}: newly self-appointed coach Lisa (presumably having seen her share of sports movies) addresses the Isotots as this, [[WrongGenreSavvy only to learn]] that they're in fact the competent JerkJocks [[JerkJock mean-kid team]] of their league.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: {{Subverted}}: newly self-appointed coach Lisa (presumably having seen her share of sports movies) addresses the Isotots as this, [[WrongGenreSavvy only to learn]] that they're in fact the competent JerkJocks of their league.
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* WorthIt: Nelson makes this comment after recalling that the Isotots [[StupidEvil bullied a really good hitter off the team]].

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* WorthIt: Nelson makes this comment after recalling that the Isotots [[StupidEvil bullied a really perfectly good hitter off the team]].
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* WorthIt: Nelson makes this comment after recalling that the Isotots [[StupidEvil bullied one of their better hitters off the team]].

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* WorthIt: Nelson makes this comment after recalling that the Isotots [[StupidEvil bullied one of their better hitters a really good hitter off the team]].
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* WorthIt: Nelson makes this comment after recalling that the Isotots [[StupidEvil bullied one of their better hitters off the team]].
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* AsHimself: Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia, which marks his second appearance on the show, his first being "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E17HomerAtTheBat Homer at the Bat]]" 18 years previously.

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* AsHimself: Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia, which marks his second appearance on the show, his first being "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E17HomerAtTheBat Homer at the Bat]]" 18 years previously. Apparently, he recovered wonderfully from his lethal radiation poisoning.
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* InstantExpert: Lisa goes from lacking the most basic knowledge of baseball (and confusing it with other sports) to gaining such an advanced understanding of the sport through Sabermetrics that she coaches an essentially unbeatable team.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Lisa's decision to kick her own brother off the team for disregarding her coaching––immediately after he achieves a game-winning home run—goes over about as well as you'd expect. Having turned baseball into an exact science, she's convinced that his win was a fluke and that, being Bart, he'll blow the team's shot at the championship by continuing to flaunt her direction——and when he fills in for Ralph in the championship game, that's exactly what happens.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Lisa's decision to kick her own brother off the team for disregarding her coaching––immediately after he achieves a game-winning home run—goes over about as well as you'd expect. Having turned baseball into an exact science, she's convinced that his win was a fluke and that, being Bart, he'll blow the team's shot at the championship by continuing to flaunt flout her direction——and direction—and when he fills in for Ralph in the championship game, that's exactly what happens.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Lisa's decision to kick her own brother off the team for disregarding her coaching––immediately after he achieves a game-winning home run—goes over about as well as you'd expect. Having turned baseball into an exact science, she's convinced that his win was a fluke and that, being Bart, he'll blow the team's shot at the championship by continuing to flaunt her direction——and when he fills in for Ralph in the championship game, that's exactly what happens.
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In this episode written by Tim Long, Lisa becomes Bart's Little League coach in order to expand her extracurricular activities, but Bart comes to hate it when Lisa begins sucking the fun out of baseball.

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In this episode written by Tim Long, Lisa becomes Bart's Little League coach in order to expand her extracurricular activities, but Bart comes to hate it when Lisa begins sucking the fun out of baseball.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Any experienced baseball player would tell you that stealing home is extremely ill-advised except on a very wild pitch. Bart tries to steal home and predictably gets thrown out, losing the game.



* RealityEnsues: Any experienced baseball player would tell you that stealing home is extremely ill-advised except on a very wild pitch. Bart tries to steal home and predictably gets thrown out, losing the game.

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