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Ron Washington made the trailer! or the actor who plays him, anyways.
I'm definitely going to watch this.
The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Director: Bennett Miller
Writers: Steven Zaillian (screenplay), Aaron Sorkin (screenplay)
Stars: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright and Jonah Hill
Ron Washington made the trailer! or the actor who plays him, anyways.
other than the ultrageneric music, that trailer was pretty good
I can't wait for the film about Daryl Morey.
The TV spot
so is this the first use of saber metrics?
brad pitt
So, when does the Championship team take place? And I mean in Oakland (or markets like 'em), not the money-spending disciples in the larger markets.
Seems like a good movie, but why tease with a le never attained? Sort of undercuts the success actually had. What was done was impressive/revolutionary enough. No need to cheapen it by throwing around "championship team" talk.
My friend who has written for the Chicago AP and now writes elsewhere likes to discuss that, for all their budgetary restraints, the early 2000s A's had as much or more talent than anyone, and they failed to even win a playoff series... at least not together as their dominant core from 2000-2004.
I mean, Damon has his rings, Mulder and Zito theirs, Isringhausen his, Dye his, etc... but as a team?
Trailer 2. A more in depth trailer. I love it.
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Jonah Hill lost some major weight
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_900580.html
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I haven't been this excited about a sports movie since Jerry Maguire.
baseball's the tiest most boring sport ever created, this we all already know (I don't count golf as a sport in case you're wondering). On top of that, it's not even about the sport itself but technology being used to revolutionize the sport. And on top of that, add the now slimmed down Jonah Hill for horrible comedic relief....I'll pass
Dude. He stole that "50 ft a' crap" line from his ex wife's old tv show.
I'm definitely going to watch this.
Rachel: When I saw him get off that plane with her, I really thought I had hit rock bottom. But today, it's like there's rock bottom, 50 feet of crap, then me.
Weird.
Jesus
And yeah, looks like a good movie, but as JMark said, why do people try to depict Billy Beane as a GM who's actually won something.
Some people hate Facebook, but The Social Network was a really good movie.
baseball's the tiest most boring sport ever created, this we all already know (I don't count golf as a sport in case you're wondering). On top of that, it's not even about the sport itself but technology being used to revolutionize the sport. And on top of that, add the now slimmed down Jonah Hill for horrible comedic relief....I'll pass
name me one other movie like The Social Network
now I'll post a list of sports related movies that'll take up an entire page (not really but you get my point)
holy you're an ignorant little got. There's no "technology" involved, it's just the first time an actual baseball GM used a bunch of nerdy statistics to run his team. You might be the most uneducated wad this forum's ever seen, and I'm including peewee's lovechild when I say that.
Considering the salary restraints placed upon him, making the playoffs a few times with Oakland is just about equal to the Yankees paying out the ass to win one world series in the past decade.
Not only that, did the system help other teams later on? People miss the point. Rocky didn't win in the first one either, he went the distance with less means.
That kind of greatness or inspiration goes over some people's heads.
awwww, no long winded attempt at making a humorous TLC post? It's funny watching you break character
computer generated analysis isn't technology? I didn't watch the trailer, I've been confused about what the ing movie's about since seeing all the commercials, and I have no clue on the actual history so I'm just going on what I read. Got any more problems or you wanna just revert back to your ty rambling troll self?The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Director: Bennett Miller
Writers: Steven Zaillian (screenplay), Aaron Sorkin (screenplay)
Stars: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright and Jonah Hill
The analysis doesn't require computers. You can figure it all out with an abacus if you so choose.
In other words you talked out of your ass like the ignorant, uneducated got you are.
He looks like a gastric bypass patient. I've seen alot of them and they always have a certain look to them. Hard to explain but it's a different look than people who lose weight naturally.
I know what you mean. That look like their skin didn't necessarily keep up with the weight loss?
Absolutely. EVERY team now uses those stats, and you can't get those efficient players cheaply any more because there is a thriving market for them now.Not only that, did the system help other teams later on? People miss the point. Rocky didn't win in the first one either, he went the distance with less means.
That kind of greatness or inspiration goes over some people's heads.
Oakland's main issue was that there is no Moneyball for managers and coaches. They were also extremely cheap in that area, and a top manager can mean the difference in a key game of a series.
Make no mistake, what Beane did was revolutionary. It changed the game. What he did was the equivalent of taking the Clippers to the second round or WCFs. The As were that bad.
Rumor has it that he may be in line for the Cubs gig. I'd love to see what he would do with a big market team budget.
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