History YMMV / Moneyball

* TheWoobie: Beane trying so hard to put together to win the World Series with so little money [[spoiler: and he still hasn't yet.]]
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The combination of music and clips for "The Streak".
** Culminating with the Walk off Homer
** Also Kerris Dorsey's cover of The Show.

** [[TwentyFour Blink and you'll miss Aaron Pierce]] as one of the scouts.
* {{Tearjerker}}: It's very hard not to get misty-eyed while listening to Beane's daughter sing for him, especially if you're a father.
** The scene where Beane's got to tell Magnante that he's being sent to the minors. Even worse when you see the associated deleted scene where Beane mentions that Mags is playing scared - constantly worrying that his next pitch will be his last in the Majors.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The combination of music and clips for "The Streak".

* HilariousInHindsight: Some baseball fans snarked about the movie's timeliness considering the A's had recently fallen into a string of mediocrity [[note]] including the 2011 season which the film was released, the A's had gone five years without a winning record [[/note]] and Billy Beane's roster strategy being called into question. After the film's release, the A's revived their ''Moneyball'' success by winning their division the next two seasons (2012-13), a division that features two rival teams who were among the six highest payrolls in baseball.

** [[TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton Benjamin Button]] is the General Manager, with a [[GetHimToTheGreek Rock and Roll]] assistant.
** [[{{Capote}} Truman Capote]] is the Field Manager.
** [[ParksAndRecreation Andy]] is a catcher who has to switch to first-baseman to keep his career going.
** [[Film/ThePrincessBride Buttercup]] is Beane's ex-wife.

* TheWoobie: Beane trying so hard to put together to win the World Series with so little money [[spoiler: and currently (October 2011) he still hasn't yet.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Some baseball fans snarked about the movie's timeliness considering the A's had recently fallen into a string of mediocrity [[note]] including the 2011 season which the film was released, the A's had gone five years without a winning record [[/note]] and Billy Beane's roster strategy being called into question. After the film's release, the A's revived their ''Moneyball'' success by winning their division the next two seasons (2012-13), a division that features two teams who were among the six highest payrolls in baseball.

* HilariousInHindsight: Some baseball fans snarked about the movie's timeliness considering the A's had recently fallen into a string of mediocrity and Billy Beane's roster strategy being called into question. After the film's release, the A's revived their ''Moneyball'' success by winning their division the next two seasons (2012-13), a division that features two teams who were among the six highest payrolls in baseball.

* HilariousInHindsight: Some baseball fans snarked about the movie's timeliness considering the A's had recently fallen into a string of mediocrity and Billy Beane's roster strategy being called into question. After the film's release, the A's revived their ''Moneyball'' success by winning their division the next two seasons (2012-13), topping the Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers, who both sit among the top 10 highest payrolls in baseball.

* HilariousInHindsight: The season after the movie came out (2012), the As have started to play better due to Beane's trades in the offseason, winning the AL West after years of mediocrity

** Billy's line about the A's--"There are rich teams, and there are poor teams...then there's fifty feet of crap...and then there's us"--became disturbingly literal in 2013 when a stadium plumbing backup filled the locker rooms with raw sewage.

* DownerEnding: Surprisingly averted. In real life, although the system espoused by Beane seemingly hasn't been that successful for the A's, as they've won their division only a handful of times in the 13 years since Beane took over, and they only won the divisional series once, a lot of people seem to forget that given the disparity between the amount of money being spent the A's and the big teams, they've never have and never could be competing directly with them. Just making it to the playoffs is a big result in itself and better than they could ever hope of.
** To some degree the point is that Billy succeeded: he changed baseball even if he didn't win with the A's. Hence mentioning the Red Sox winning the World Series two years later using the A's model.

* DownerEnding: Surprisingly averted. In real life, although the system espoused by Beane seemingly hasn't been that successful for the A's, as they've won their division only a handful of times in the 13 years since Beane took over, and they only won the divisional series once, a lot of people seem to forget that given the disparity between the amount of money being spent the A's and the big teams [[hottip:*: the Nicks, for one, can spend more on a single player than the entire payroll of the A's!]], they've never have and never could be competing directly with them. Just making it to the playoffs is a big result in itself and better than they could ever hope of[[hottip:*: not to mention how much baseball has changed because of their relative success in the past decade]].

* HilariousInHindsight: The season after the movie came out (2012), the As have started to play better due to Beane's trades in the offseason, they may even make the playoffs after years of mediocrity

** To some degree the point is that Billy succeeded: he changed baseball even if he didn't win with the A's. Part of the reason for mentioning the Red Sox winning the World Series two years later using the A's model.

* DownerEnding: A real-life example - the system espoused by Beane hasn't really been all that successful for the A's. They've won their division only a handful of times in the 13 years since Beane took over, and of the times where they managed to make the playoffs, they only won the divisional series once and then lost in the league championship series, which was in 2006, the last year they made the playoffs. Plus there's the HarsherInHindsight-ness as well.
* HarsherInHindsight: Several of the A's Beane was praised for signing in the book were later implicated in the Mitchell Report. Most notably, Jason Giambi. Several other players were poached by big money teams. Most notably, Nick Swisher to the Yankees.

* DownerEnding: A real-life example - the system espoused by Beane hasn't really been all that successful for the A's. They've won their division only a handful of times in the last 15 years, and of the times where they managed to make the playoffs, they only won the divisional series once and then lost in the league championship series, which was in 2006, the last year they made the playoffs. Plus there's the HarsherInHindsight-ness as well.

* DownerEnding: A real-life example - the system espoused by Beane hasn't really been all that successful for the A's. They've won their division only a handful of times in the last 15 years, and of the times where they managed to make the playoffs, they only won the divisional series once and then lost in the league championship series, which was in 2006, the last year they made the playoffs.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The combination of music and clips for "The Streak".

* CrowningMusicofAwesome: The combination of music and clips for "The Streak".

* TheWoobie: Beane trying so hard to put together to win the World Series with so little money [[spoiler: and currently (October 2011) he still hasn't yet.]]