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MONEYBALL. Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) challenges the system and defies conventional wisdom when his is forced to rebuild his small-market team on a limited budget. Despite opposition from the old guard, the media, fans and their own field manager (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Beane - with the help of a young, number ...
Nov 1, 2023 · The film depicts Howe as a stubborn and unhappy character who resists Billy Beane's new approach to team management. In the movie, Howe appears to want the Moneyball theory to fail at all costs, and Beane is forced to trade players to make Howe use the hitters and infielders that the analytics dictate. However, this is purely fictional.
Nov 27, 2011 · Moneyball brings these elements together in a manner that introduces that most romantic of baseball pictures, Field of Dreams, to that most 21st-century of films about technological and cultural ...
Moneyball is a film like that and it all begins at Sorkin's fantastic script. However, it is helped by the film's superb cast. Brad Pitt leads the film perfectly, creating a very interesting protagonist and driving the film in a way few leads can.
