Demetri Martin in the Moneyball movie.

This is a little weird for multiple reasons.

A. What is this Earned Run Value that the article talks about? Was that in the book? Because I missed that, evidently.

B. Demetri Martin is way too cute to play Paul dePodesta.

I'm really not looking forward to this movie at all.

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But... but... Scott Hatteberg's gonna be in it!

Also, Brad Pitt as Billy Beane? Try again, hotshot.

by Brendanukkah on Apr 23, 2009 9:52 AM EDT reply actions

That doesn't bother me as much.

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Apr 23, 2009 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions

We're not selling jeans here

by Red Menace on Apr 26, 2009 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions

he's got titties

Bloop

by justin007000 on Apr 26, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions

I woulda picked Billy Crudup

Also, good or bad, I will definitely see this movie. But I really doubt if this will have any mass appeal.

by ken on Apr 23, 2009 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions

I'm interested in it just to see how they turn it into a movie

I didn’t think the narrative was strong enough to actually tell a story with pictures. I want to see how they pull it off.

Who’s going to play Joe Morgan in the movie?

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Apr 23, 2009 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions

Not strong enough?

you have bean freaking out as a ball player, freaking out smashing things during games, reaming out his manager, winning 40 bazillion games in a row. Subversion always works!

Dusty Baker said it was the first [triple play] he’d seen in person. When he was with the Dodgers, they hit into one, but he was in the bathroom.- C Trent

by The Crushinator on Apr 23, 2009 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions

Is Louis Gossett Jr. too old?

I read the book a while ago, but iirc the movie plot should go something like:

- Beane in the minors and his cups of coffee in the bigs, K’ing up a storm despite being a touted first-rounder. The Dykstra line about Carlton should come up.

- Sandy Alderson serves as Beane’s Yoda when he joins the A’s. Once he takes over, the establishment is turned upside down and other front offices don’t know what to think of the numbers freak.

- Something bad about Kenny Williams.

- Shots of Pitt in the weight room while A’s games are going on.

- The A’s rise but Beane’s shit doesn’t work in the playoffs.

by ken on Apr 23, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions