And yes, it did explain his reasoning for sticking with Oakland. He wanted to win less.

And yes, it did explain his reasoning for sticking with Oakland. He wanted to win less.

 

Dickish quoting there, poptart, but made me laugh :lol

I was kind of disappointed in the movie. With all the hype, I honestly expected a bit better.

 

Still, quality film. Not really award worthy, but nice movie.

I finally saw it. It definitely was a good movie, and what I liked about it was that I watched it with my wife, a sports illiterate, and it made some sports topics really make sense. For her, the most interesting thing actually was seeing how players were treated. She thought it was akin to cattle and slaves, but I had ti remind her that these men are still being payed very handsomely. And Brad Pitt says so in the film, "these guys are professional baseball players". They know what to expect.

 

It was very interesting to see a sports film that wasn't about a coach or player, and instead see something about the philosophy of team constructing a team. And I felt like I could relate a lot more to a character whose drama has to do with decisions and convincing others than one whose drama is to throw a game winning TD or hit a home run in the WS. Being Billy Beane wasn't my childhood fantasy, but it's something that is closer to me as an adult than being a star athlete.

 

My favorite moment was him talking to David Justice. And he said something that echoed something I've always thought about; that teams will pay millions just to not have a player on their team. The script really hit it on the head in that scene.

Zambrano?

 

:lol

I just saw it now that it is out on DVD and really enjoyed it. But it did not really detail the draft what was much of the point of the book.

 

Brown might have been a schmuck, but an MLB team's draft that produced 4 legit major league players (5 if you count Pappelbon who did not sign)