I saw Moneyball on Monday. Pretty good. My favorite quote: "I hate losing. I hate it even more than I love winning. And there's a difference."
The ironic thing about the movie is that the reason it's successful is probably largely because it has Brad Pitt, a big name actor, which is kind of the opposite of the moneyball philosophy (find undervalued players to fulfill your needs). A movie more analogous to the actual season would be filled with actors you've never heard of but which are still good. It wouldn't make much money (like the A's), but it would be nominated for four Oscars. It would win three: best cinematography (like the 20 game win streak--cool at the time, but quickly forgotten), best actor (like the MVP that Tejada won), best supporting actor (like the Cy Young that Zito won). But it would lose the big one--best picture--just like the A's didn't make it to the world series. It would be an indie film, and after it is made, paramount would try to recruit the director for a big-time film they're making, but he would turn it down to keep on making indie films, which continue to not make much money.
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