Kind of like anything involving the A’s in the present and future.
AlexMLB
Yes, the Rays should bee featured in Hollywood, but somebody need’s to write a book about the Rays, then become a best seller, and then people would go and watch the movie.
55saveslives
Rental only for me!
MattCMoore
Or you could just download it off the internet once it comes out like a normal person…
Just got back from seeing it. Great movie! Of course, I may be a little biased – I was AT the games where they won their 18th, 19th and 20th in a row.
Ben_Cherington
I thought that was you in the stands!
TwinsVet
Of course Moneyball fans and saberheads are going to be bit disappointed by the portrayal of the book in film. But the same can be said of ANY good book when Hollywood gets a hold of it. Considering they had to take a niche-market book and give it mass-market appeal, they appear to have done a pretty fair job…
DunkinDonuts
Weeeee ooooooooh weeeeeee oooooooooooh! Grammar police… do you know why I pulled you over?
When teams come together, they “jell” (unless, of course, you are implying that the players combined to form a molded dessert that old people often bring to Christmas parties).
metsman
is that your way of telling the world you own a fleshlight?
Many scouts hate the movie but they miss the true point of money ball that many players are not the tools player but can just play more than their abilities. Remember when a pitcher needed a fast ball to hit 90+ to get drafted or they must be tall. Now days players with abilities but not dominating tools turn out to be great players once they are given a chance. Its easy to pick the top 10 prospects but after the first 25 its a crap shoot even for scouts. Baseball America the most over rated publication hates the movie because it shows they are not right many times.
Over those same 20 games the Angels went 19-1. There’s no reason why it needs to be mentioned, just a fun fact about a team that also could have a movie made about them.
They did the MLB a huge favor by beating the Giants in the WS that year. Who cares if Glaus was probably juicing, they stopped Bonds from winning a ring, which would have been a tragedy in light of the steroid era!
AaronTV
Excellent baseball movie. I, too, found it a little odd that there was no mention of the huge seasons turned in by Chavez and Tejada. They had both performed similarly in 2001 as well, so the despair being presented during the off season meetings seemed slightly overblown to me. Still, very enjoyable movie.
crashcameron
if they did a movie about the Rays, they could A/ add a little hair and a smile and flip Phil Seymour-Hoffman straight into the Joe Maddon role; B/ easily rent an airplane hangar to double as Tropicana Field and C/ find any excuse whatsoever to create a role for Eva Longoria
mets1983
I def plan on seeing the movie myself regardless of what any of the analyst say being that Mr. Depodestra is now part of my organization and I must say I really enjoyed the book..
baycommuter
As an A’s fan, I could see a lot wrong with it, particularly the vicious portrayals of Art Howe and Grady Fuson, but it did popularize the sabermetric concepts and was nice enough to give props to Bill James.
As a divorced father, I appreciated that they made such a big deal of Beane putting his relationship with his daughter first. (Oddly, I sided with the A’s over the Giants largely because the Coliseum was a better Sunday afternoon outing with my kids than Candlestick was, and then when the Giants moved to AT&T their ticket prices weren’t exactly divorced-Dad-paying-child-support friendly).
As a movie, I’d give it an 8.
xhausted_grad
a dissident is here…
5) the movie was extremely slow and long. they definitely could have done a better job editing.
4) pitt’s performance was unremarkable at best. i think this has more to do with the direction than pitt’s actual acting ability.
3) they made beane look like a hero, even when he was meddling with managerial affairs.
2) very grim outlook of what it is like to be a gm. the film made it seem so stressful that it is not worth the dream job label. i think they were desperately trying to create drama out of beane’s life.
1) just a depressing film. not much joy in the film. definitely not what I want from a baseball movie.
5. Baseball is slow and boring
4. Pitt is a baseball GM how exciting can you be… go watch Troy if you fancy it
3. He changed the game with sabrematrics just ask the Red Sox
2. Then go back to your stoner job at Taco Bell
1. Go watch Sandlot then
owlssc
I have to agree, I want more Damn Yankees than throwing the TV at the wall.
Yeah casting was ridiculous for a lot of the players. I was anticipating Mike Sweeney being black too…and strangely they showed actual footage from the 2002 season, which included the bald-as-can-be Billy Koch, then the guy who played him in the film throws his glove in the dugout, flaunting a pretty decent head of hair.
notin
I see this thread is pretty inactive. Apparently the Moneyball movie was a lot like the Moneyball strategy – it works well in September but completely disappears in October…
Loved the movie. A lot of seemingly unnecessary additions and subtractions were made, but on second thought they most likely catered to the non-baseball-fan movie goers. As an A’s fan though, I’m biased.
the worst looking attempt for casting was art howe….but a great movie regardless
Moon
I love sport`s movies since childhood! – great review! – Many of them are seen in a movie theater, and some looked online, mainly on viooz.one/ site – if anyone is interested)) – is now in the internet you can find a lot of movies in high quality.
Comments for this post have been closed by the site administrator.
Guest 6626
Mark, damn good review.
Ben_Cherington
Just got back! This is a must see!
Great Baseball movie! Absolutely AMAZING! I know there are some things left out, but my wife and I loved it Go watch it guys, it is worth it
dodgers33dodgers
saw the movie this morning…thought it was great…must see for any baseball fan!!!
w00ters mcgee
I guess they figured tejada and friends “special” training regimen didn’t belong in the movie.
FamousGrouse
They are saving that for the Bud Selig movie
diesel2410
Shouldn’t the Rays be featured in Hollywood? They’ve had much more success as a small market team than the A’s
JayTeam
I’d imagine if it was about the Rays, it would be a great movie that hardly anyone would go to see,
w00ters mcgee
Kind of like anything involving the A’s in the present and future.
AlexMLB
Yes, the Rays should bee featured in Hollywood, but somebody need’s to write a book about the Rays, then become a best seller, and then people would go and watch the movie.
55saveslives
Rental only for me!
MattCMoore
Or you could just download it off the internet once it comes out like a normal person…
Mike Martin
Where is my bootleg DVD hook-up?
woodmember
Just got back from seeing it. Great movie! Of course, I may be a little biased – I was AT the games where they won their 18th, 19th and 20th in a row.
Ben_Cherington
I thought that was you in the stands!
TwinsVet
Of course Moneyball fans and saberheads are going to be bit disappointed by the portrayal of the book in film. But the same can be said of ANY good book when Hollywood gets a hold of it. Considering they had to take a niche-market book and give it mass-market appeal, they appear to have done a pretty fair job…
DunkinDonuts
Weeeee ooooooooh weeeeeee oooooooooooh! Grammar police… do you know why I pulled you over?
When teams come together, they “jell” (unless, of course, you are implying that the players combined to form a molded dessert that old people often bring to Christmas parties).
metsman
is that your way of telling the world you own a fleshlight?
john
Many scouts hate the movie but they miss the true point of money ball that many players are not the tools player but can just play more than their abilities. Remember when a pitcher needed a fast ball to hit 90+ to get drafted or they must be tall. Now days players with abilities but not dominating tools turn out to be great players once they are given a chance. Its easy to pick the top 10 prospects but after the first 25 its a crap shoot even for scouts. Baseball America the most over rated publication hates the movie because it shows they are not right many times.
Alex M
Over those same 20 games the Angels went 19-1. There’s no reason why it needs to be mentioned, just a fun fact about a team that also could have a movie made about them.
They did the MLB a huge favor by beating the Giants in the WS that year. Who cares if Glaus was probably juicing, they stopped Bonds from winning a ring, which would have been a tragedy in light of the steroid era!
AaronTV
Excellent baseball movie. I, too, found it a little odd that there was no mention of the huge seasons turned in by Chavez and Tejada. They had both performed similarly in 2001 as well, so the despair being presented during the off season meetings seemed slightly overblown to me. Still, very enjoyable movie.
crashcameron
if they did a movie about the Rays, they could A/ add a little hair and a smile and flip Phil Seymour-Hoffman straight into the Joe Maddon role; B/ easily rent an airplane hangar to double as Tropicana Field and C/ find any excuse whatsoever to create a role for Eva Longoria
mets1983
I def plan on seeing the movie myself regardless of what any of the analyst say being that Mr. Depodestra is now part of my organization and I must say I really enjoyed the book..
baycommuter
As an A’s fan, I could see a lot wrong with it, particularly the vicious portrayals of Art Howe and Grady Fuson, but it did popularize the sabermetric concepts and was nice enough to give props to Bill James.
As a divorced father, I appreciated that they made such a big deal of Beane putting his relationship with his daughter first. (Oddly, I sided with the A’s over the Giants largely because the Coliseum was a better Sunday afternoon outing with my kids than Candlestick was, and then when the Giants moved to AT&T their ticket prices weren’t exactly divorced-Dad-paying-child-support friendly).
As a movie, I’d give it an 8.
xhausted_grad
a dissident is here…
5) the movie was extremely slow and long. they definitely could have done a better job editing.
4) pitt’s performance was unremarkable at best. i think this has more to do with the direction than pitt’s actual acting ability.
3) they made beane look like a hero, even when he was meddling with managerial affairs.
2) very grim outlook of what it is like to be a gm. the film made it seem so stressful that it is not worth the dream job label. i think they were desperately trying to create drama out of beane’s life.
1) just a depressing film. not much joy in the film. definitely not what I want from a baseball movie.
Pev
5. Baseball is slow and boring
4. Pitt is a baseball GM how exciting can you be… go watch Troy if you fancy it
3. He changed the game with sabrematrics just ask the Red Sox
2. Then go back to your stoner job at Taco Bell
1. Go watch Sandlot then
owlssc
I have to agree, I want more Damn Yankees than throwing the TV at the wall.
Brandon Holveck
Anyone notice Raul Ibanez was black?
Patrick
Yeah casting was ridiculous for a lot of the players. I was anticipating Mike Sweeney being black too…and strangely they showed actual footage from the 2002 season, which included the bald-as-can-be Billy Koch, then the guy who played him in the film throws his glove in the dugout, flaunting a pretty decent head of hair.
notin
I see this thread is pretty inactive. Apparently the Moneyball movie was a lot like the Moneyball strategy – it works well in September but completely disappears in October…
Patrick
Loved the movie. A lot of seemingly unnecessary additions and subtractions were made, but on second thought they most likely catered to the non-baseball-fan movie goers. As an A’s fan though, I’m biased.
dylanp5030
Dennis Shin liked this.
Joey Ethan Prager
What does Youk have to do with it?
$491966
Read the freakin’ book Joey!
MLBAddict
There is a film about the Rays, even if indirectly…..”The Rookie”, about Johnny Morris, pitcher for the Rays.
Alex Lawrie
Jimmy Morris, but yes great movie
NGC
the worst looking attempt for casting was art howe….but a great movie regardless
Moon
I love sport`s movies since childhood! – great review! – Many of them are seen in a movie theater, and some looked online, mainly on viooz.one/ site – if anyone is interested)) – is now in the internet you can find a lot of movies in high quality.