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re: Watched Moneyball for the first time on a flight home last night.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 9:19 pm to SEClint
Posted on 1/20/22 at 9:19 pm to SEClint
It's my top 5 sports films of all time easily.
I remember watching the 2002 A's and thought they were a nice little story in baseball, and them making a movie off of that team was interesting to me. Pitt, Jonah, and PSH we're excellent casting choices for their roles too.
Also correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Miguel Tejada win the fricking MVP that year too? I find it very fascinating they kept showing Jeremy Giambi, Hatteberg, and David Justice throughout the movie, but they never brought up Hudson, Mulder, Zito, Tejada, Chavez, Jermaine Dye, etc. who were all very good.
I remember watching the 2002 A's and thought they were a nice little story in baseball, and them making a movie off of that team was interesting to me. Pitt, Jonah, and PSH we're excellent casting choices for their roles too.
Also correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Miguel Tejada win the fricking MVP that year too? I find it very fascinating they kept showing Jeremy Giambi, Hatteberg, and David Justice throughout the movie, but they never brought up Hudson, Mulder, Zito, Tejada, Chavez, Jermaine Dye, etc. who were all very good.
This post was edited on 1/20/22 at 9:24 pm
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Posted on 1/20/22 at 9:35 pm to A Menace to Sobriety
I think he talks to Hudson and Chavez quickly passing through the clubhouse once. Dye and Tejada only existed in the game footage. Zito and Mulder never come up.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 9:41 pm to SEClint
One of my favorites
Posted on 1/20/22 at 9:48 pm to SEClint
Really enjoy that film. Not sure where I put it in my top baseball films.
Posted on 1/21/22 at 9:13 am to SEClint
My favorite scene was when they were in Scotty H's living room
Posted on 1/21/22 at 9:27 am to SEClint
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What do you guys think about about it as far as a sports film goes and where would you rank it in "baseball films"?
Sport films, off the cuff, somewhere 11-20. There are so many. but "What does losing sound like?" makes a strong statement.
Baseball films, rotates in the top 4-8, sometimes 4, sometimes 8, it depends on when you realize a 40 year old man is toting his special bat around in trumpet case, and if you're Ok with that.
This post was edited on 1/21/22 at 9:33 am
Posted on 1/21/22 at 9:27 am to A Menace to Sobriety
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hey never brought up Hudson, Mulder, Zito, Tejada, Chavez, Jermaine Dye, etc. who were all very good.
by far the biggest flaw in the movie, that team was not nearly as hopeless as they made it out to be.
all with over 200 Innings
Hudson 15 wins 2.98 era
zito 23 wins 2.75 era
Mulder 19 3.47
with 192 inning cory lidle with 8-10 with 3.8
So the top of their pitching staff was elite
This post was edited on 1/21/22 at 9:29 am
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:13 am to Nutriaitch
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They made Art Howe look like an idiot.
and an a-hole
and both are complete bullshite. Art Howe is a great guy and a he's not an idiot.
I love PSH, but he was completely miscast in that movie.
This post was edited on 1/21/22 at 11:39 am
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:23 am to A Menace to Sobriety
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Also correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Miguel Tejada win the fricking MVP that year too?
Yes, and Zito won the CY. That team was legit with or without Chris Pratt getting on base.
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:27 am to SEClint
I loved the movie but I wouldn't have it as my favorite baseball movie too many good ones,
Bull Durham, 8 Men Out, Bad News Bears, Major League.
Bull Durham, 8 Men Out, Bad News Bears, Major League.
Posted on 1/21/22 at 3:17 pm to TigerintheNO
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
Posted on 1/21/22 at 4:25 pm to LSUBoo
Yeah, it is a pleasant and enjoyable film but offends me as a baseball fan that it doesn't even acknowledge the A's had the best starting pitching in the AL.
Jason Giambi was a big loss, but Johnny Damon stunk his one year in Oakland. They replaced Giambi with Hatteberg and scored about 1/2 run per game less, but led the AL in ERA.
Jason Giambi was a big loss, but Johnny Damon stunk his one year in Oakland. They replaced Giambi with Hatteberg and scored about 1/2 run per game less, but led the AL in ERA.
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