Player Affinity writes: Moneyball tells the true story about underdog Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), who turns the dismally performing Oakland Athletics into an exceptional team with the help of calculations and statistics from Peter Brand (Jonah Hill). Every team considers them to some extent nowadays, but not even 10 years ago, people were clueless and skeptical about the strategy.
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
You might not be able to hear his seven words on TV (at least not on a network anyway), but soon you’ll be able to hear them in a movie. Moneyball scribe Stan Chervin has been brought on to write a George Carlin biopic, which will be produced by his former manager Jerry Hamza and …
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Brad Pitt Reveals Strategy For Winning an Oscar on 'The Daily Show' (Video)The "Moneyball" star, up for best actor at this year's Academy Awards, impresses Jon Stewart with his unconventional idea to beat rival nominees George Clooney, Jean Dujardin, Gary Oldman and Demian Bichir.
This is a very funny video but then Jon Stewart is always funny and Brad Pitt can be too. His comments on how to win the Oscar at the end are not bad at all....not gonna happen, but not bad.
I'm going to see this tomorrow. I know I'll like it already. I love movies based on true stories and I love baseball. I'm not a sports loving person and i don't watch them on tv but give me baseball just about anytime.