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Billy Beane

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Five Cheesiest Moments in Baseball Movie History

    SonyDespite the brilliance of Moneyball as a baseball movie -- a really cheesy moment exists in the film.​ Looking to rally moviegoers this weekend is the feature adaptation of Michael Lewis 2003 tome Moneyball, which dramatizes the resurrection of the 2002 underdogs, the Oakland A's, under th ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    September 22, 2011

    Moneyball Review

    SonyDespite the brilliance of Moneyball as a baseball movie -- a really cheesy moment exists in the film.​ Looking to rally moviegoers this weekend is the feature adaptation of Michael Lewis 2003 tome Moneyball, which dramatizes the resurrection of the 2002 underdogs, the Oakland A's, under th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Toronto Film Festival: Moneyball and the Fetishizing of Spreadsheets

    ​ "It's hard not to be romantic about baseball," admits Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics played, in career-best form, by Brad Pitt in Bennett Millers' Moneyball.This line, from a screenplay by Stephen Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, happens in the home stretch of a film abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Baseball's Next Statistical Revolution: Dodgers Adopt LAPD's CompStat to Crack Down on Stadium Violence

    Frank McCourt: innovator​If you're a baseball fan, you're probably familiar with the statistical revolution that has recently transformed the game. Batting average is out; VORP and Win Shares are in.Well, get ready for the next level of innovation. The Dodgers announced today that in response to t ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    Why Moneyball Sucks

    Or, the case for the Los Angeles Angels

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    Go Blue!

    Dodger Moves I’d Make if the Team Were Mine

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