Moneyball: The Movie

Brad Pitt is supposed to play Beane. Sounds pretty meh to me.

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That makes me think that they will introduce some sort of love interest. Hmph.

by rotorueter on Oct 18, 2008 9:42 AM PDT reply actions

When this project was being thrown around I was thinking of Jason Isaacs as Beane. Oh well.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 18, 2008 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions

I was thinking maybe Kevin Spacey, but Isaacs sounds good too. Not so sure about Brad Pitt though.

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by raisingcain on Oct 18, 2008 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions

my pick

Frank Caliendo obviously

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by CB30 on Oct 18, 2008 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions

What, you don't see it?

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Oct 18, 2008 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Frankly

I’d rather watch Dragonball the Movie (the new one), and that movie is going to be awful.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Oct 18, 2008 10:21 AM PDT reply actions

Yeah, me too. At least Piccolo looks like Piccolo.

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by Natto on Oct 18, 2008 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions

I don’t think I’m down with the weird black leather get-up, though.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Oct 18, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions

I imagine it's just Return Of The Jedi with the names of some things changed

“Don’t you UNDERSTAND, Art Howe? We have statistics! They’re the future!”
“No, Billy! I’ll never give in to the SABR side!”
“If you will not be turned…you will be destroyed.”

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by groug on Oct 18, 2008 11:35 AM PDT reply actions

YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE

Jeremy Brown!

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 18, 2008 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions

It was said you would destroy major league pitching, not struggle in the high minors! It was you who would bring balance to the lineup, not leave it in shambles!

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Oct 18, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions

And now, my young prospect … you will be sent down to Low A.

by non sequitur on Oct 18, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions

" I do believe they think I am some kind of god of walks. "
“Well, why don’t you use your divine influence and get on base?”

by Natto on Oct 18, 2008 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Would that make them "E-walks"?

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by hairball on Oct 18, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions

I wonder how they’ll dramatize the part where Beane said Zito was better than Ben Sheets, or that Prince Fielder was the only player too fat to be drafted by the A’s?

Seriously, in terms of books to make into movies, Moneyball isn’t one that leaps to mind.

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by jcb9 on Oct 18, 2008 6:10 PM PDT reply actions

Still… better than Eragon.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Oct 18, 2008 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions

It really doesn’t make sense to me. I mean, they could work with the chapters on Chad Bradford and Scott Hatteberg, because I found those to be great storytelling. And even some of the stuff with Beane as a ballplayer.

But hey, they’re also releasing a film version of He’s Just Not That Into You and then there was Fast Food Nation a few years back…

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 18, 2008 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Youkilis, as much as he’s pissing me off this series against the Rays, is a good story as well. Regardless, this is almost guaranteed to be a shitty movie.

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by marcello on Oct 18, 2008 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions