Well? Exactly, there are none.
There seems to be an unwritten (AFAIK) rule in
Hollywood that states that the "
good guys" team, no matter how humourously
untalented,
winsome,
obese, or generally
unlikely to win, will always manage to score that
one last point that wins the game and the championship. Furthermore, this part of the game must be shown in protracted
slow motion, preferably with
flashbacks to the coach and the dying star player's mother hammily mouthing platitudes. I think it would be quite possible that anybody going to see a baseball movie would be prepared to ask for their money back if
Kevin Costner's* team didn't win. There is a rumour that once there was a
baseball film where the hero's team
lost, but everybody involved with its production mysteriously
disappeared. It should be noted at this juncture that the
Teamsters, the
Mafia, and the
Illuminati have never had any involvement in
Baseball Movies.
* It's always Kevin Costner. Or
Whoopi Goldberg. Or somebody equally
lame.
N.B. : Definitions of winning, sport, movie, underdog, soy and Kevin Costner may vary.