Moneyball

Billy  Beane brought sabermetrics to baseball. Well, at least according to the movie "Moneyball".

Questions:

1. If baseball is a game that has always been steeped in statistics? Why are statistics now controversial? ​

2. Has sabermetrics changed the game of baseball?

3. Who did Aaron Sorkin throw under the bus this time?

4. Where does Steven Soderbergh fall into all of this?

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Join us as we talk about everything right and wrong about Moneyball, and why this is a biopic that does not suck.​

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Sources used for this episode include:

1. Moneyball: The Truth About Billy Beane and His Role with the Oakland Athletics | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights

2. Moneyball movie: The numbers are good, but the story is still bunk. (slate.com)

3. ‘Moneyball’ is compelling, but leaves out much of the real story - The Washington Post

4. UZR | Sabermetrics Library (fangraphs.com)

5. Houston’s Art Howe livid over his portrayal in ‘Moneyball’ - Ultimate Astros (chron.com)

6. Say-It-Ain't-So Joe | Feature | San Francisco | San Francisco News and Events | SF Weekly

7. Moneyball and Sabermetrics: The Sabers vs. the Traditionalists | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights

8. Sabermetrics – Oakland Athletics and Moneyball | Sports History & Culture (sportshistoryculture.blog)

9. The Truth about Sabermetrics (samford.edu)

10. ‘Moneyball’ is compelling, but leaves out much of the real story - The Washington Post

11. The Research Collection – Society for American Baseball Research (sabr.org)

12. 2002 'Moneyball' draft class in review (espn.com)

13. 'Moneyball' leading man apparently retires at 28 (sfgate.com)

14. Brad Pitt Explains Making 'Moneyball' Without Steven Soderbergh - MTV

15. Director Steven Soderbergh Talks 'Moneyball,' Baseball Movies - MTV

16. Soderbergh's Moneyball mothballed | Brad Pitt | The Guardian

17. For Billy Beane, Winning Isn’t Everything - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

18. Moneyball: The Truth About Billy Beane and His Role with the Oakland Athletics | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights

19. Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane fires back at angry Art Howe over portrayal in ‘Moneyball’ – The Mercury News

20. Houston’s Art Howe livid over his portrayal in ‘Moneyball’ - Ultimate Astros (chron.com)

21. Art Howe Rips 'Moneyball' and Billy Beane | KQED

22. Howe never blamed ‘Moneyball’ portrayal on Hoffman (nypost.com)

23. Brad Pitt Reveals What He, Sony Did to Save ‘Moneyball’ – The Hollywood Reporter

24. Sony scraps Soderbergh's 'Moneyball' - Variety

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[Biopics (Mostly) Suck does not claim ownership of the information contained in the links above. The intent for providing the links to sources above is to provide due credit.]

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