Moneyball (2011) - Netflix

[OAITW r.2.0]

Watched this money last night. Was totally entertaining. It is the story of the Oakland Athletics and the team in 2001/2002. It stars Brad Pitt in one of the best roles that I've seen him in. He played Billy Beane, the Atheltic's GM who bought into the statistical analysis of Peter Brand (Jonah Hill). The tension is between Beane/Brand and the rest of the old school scouts and manager. Seymour Hoffman was unrecognizable as Art Howe, the manager, of Oakland. A great role for Hoffman! That was also the year that Oakland won a record breaking 20 straight wins.

In one of the last scenes, Beane interviews with John Henry (Red Sox owner)...he ends up turning down the largest GM salary ever offered...

This is really Brad Pitt's movie. He was pitch perfect in playing this role. Highly recommended.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Classic!

[Under The Radar]

2. Don't forget the screen play was written by Arron Sorkin

His movies have the greatest scripts, with fantastic intelligent dialogue with a dash of humor sprinkled in the right places to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. With the exception of the Steve Jobs movie, everything Sorkin has written has been a home run.

[BGBD]

3. Beane

should have taken the Red Sox job.