I loved the Moneyball book and am a full-fledged baseball stat nerd, but last week I expressed skepticism of its potential as a movie. Would anyone go to see a movie about the business of baseball? The answer to that question is apparently yes, as it grossed over $20 million in its opening weekend, no […]
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Why I’m a little skeptical of the Moneyball movie
If you read a lot of baseball blogs, you are no doubt aware that there have been some decent reviews and some pretty scathing reviews of the new Moneyball movie by baseball writers. I respect the opinions of Gleeman, Law, and Leitch, so I will go into the movie with a few key questions that […]
Moneyball: The Movie
Perhaps this is old news to you, but perhaps it is not. Maybe, like me, you read some of the headlines about a Moneyball movie back in October, but you figured it was just some kind of joke, and a bad joke at that. If that was the case, you and I would both be […]
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