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  1. Mar 23, 2024 · Paul DePodesta was the inspiration for Jonah Hill's unexpected analytical mastermind Peter Brand in Moneyball, whose approach reinvents the fortunes of Billy Beane's (Brad Pitt) Oakland A's.

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  2. Paul DePodesta (born December 16, 1972) is an American football executive and former baseball executive who is the chief strategy officer of the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as a front-office assistant for the Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics, and New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB).

  3. Feb 1, 2024 · In Bennett Miller’s biographical film ‘Moneyball,’ Peter Brand becomes a part of Billy Beane’s Oakland Athletics as an assistant general manager who relies on analytical data to scout players.

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  5. Feb 18, 2022 · In the film, when Billy Beane and Peter Brand first began to build the Oakland Athletics using sabermetrics, they were met with an old guard who mocked and even scorned them. Even Oakland's manager Art Howe and scout Grady Fuson openly challenged Beane's new method, leading to Fuson's firing.

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    Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game is a book by Michael Lewis, published in 2003, about the Oakland Athletics baseball team and its general manager Billy Beane. It describes the team's sabermetric approach to assembling a competitive baseball team on a small budget.

    • Michael Lewis
    • 2003
  7. Apr 15, 2024 · Moneyball portrays the real-life underdog story of the '02 Oakland A's using innovative player analysis. The film received critical acclaim and awards, but overlooked key players.

  8. Nov 1, 2023 · The character of Peter Brand in Moneyball is fictionalized and based on Paul DePodesta. Despite the inaccuracies, Beane and DePodesta maintain a close friendship. The relationship between Beane and Grady Fuson was not as antagonistic as portrayed in the film. They had a professional working relationship and have worked together again since.

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