Story Line:
Moneyball portrays the real life tale of Oakland A's GM Billy Beane [Played by Brad Pitt] and his quest for World Series despite the A's limited capital. Beane needs to find a way to compete with teams paying out four times the salary allotted by the A's (Such as the NY Yankees). This is where Peter Brand comes into play. Brand [Played by Jonah Hill] is a recent Yale graduate with an economics degree.( What may be confusing to some is there is no such person as Peter Brand. The actual person that Brand's character is based off of is Paul DePodesta) Brand introduces Beane to a new system of player analysis using computers. These computer generated scouting reports lead to a whole new way to scout players and field a team. You'll get to see an unconventional team of misfits rewrite history.
My Thoughts:
I thoroughly enjoyed this film from start to finish. I am completely undecided on whether baseball needs a salary cap. It presents an interesting situation: Do you want to even the playing field for small market MLB teams or do you want to experience some of baseballs biggest stars playing together on the same team? Never the less this movie presents a great behind the scenes look of how small market GM's have to be creative and develop a competitive advantage to keep them in the game.
Potential Cons:
- If you do not like baseball.... Chances are you won't enjoy this movie.
- Jonah Hill does not play the type of role you are used to.
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