Moneyball Movie Trailer

[Richie3Jack]

Here's the trailer for the movie 'Moneyball' which is based on the book by the same name, which has influenced my own statistical analysis of the PGA Tour



I've read most of the book and it was a good read. The movie will probably be Hollywood-ed upand that will probably ruin some of it for me.

I'm willing to guess the movie doesn't mention the following:

1. Moneyball had been around for a long time before Billy Beane instituted it. Bill James popularized it and then the inventor of Rotisserie Baseball (which created all of the other fantasy leagues) even popularized it more. It should be noted that Beane was the first to bring it to MLB as it was treated as a joke by clubs.

2. Moneyball had some flaws in its thinking. Mainly that it was so offense oriented and so little defense oriented. In fact, the '04 Red Sox were failing at Moneyball and didn't get good until they made a trade to get away from moneyball and instituted more defensive oriented players to help balance things out. That and Moneyball doesn't believe in 'clutch players' and that getting a closer is all that important. That being said, that happens because sometimes you don't think of every scenario and actually have to apply it and the game will likely change over time.


I'll probably watch the movie, although I'm not big on the idea of casting Brad Pitt. I don't think Beane's job was ever really in doubt because the A's weren't expected to do much. But, I've been there when the numbers are pretty concrete and people will just ignore them at all costs and will rely on instinct and old 'truths' they learned long ago.





3JACK

[jamo]

I read the book, and saw the trailer. It looks alright, and I'll probably watch it. The casting of Pitt is a little odd, but we'll see. I thought the casting of Jonah Hill was really odd.

[mchepp]

I think this is great publicity for the A's. It probably puts them in a pretty good light. Versus the movie that will likely eventually be made about the bash brothers and all the steroid use that went on here.

They are still fighting to get a new stadium. They have one of the worst stadiums in baseball. Hopefully this movie stirs up some interest in getting a stadium built.

[siegler]

Jun 17, 2011 19:10:03 GMT -5 jamo said:

I read the book, and saw the trailer. It looks alright, and I'll probably watch it. The casting of Pitt is a little odd, but we'll see. I thought the casting of Jonah Hill was really odd.

Casting Pitt is a good move. Remember that scouts overlooked Billy's weaknesses because he "looked" like the prototypical baseball player.

Looks good.