MLB exec Mark Shapiro still frustrated by ‘Moneyball’ portrayal
"How come Brad Pitt played Billy Beane, and you got Reed Diamond playing you?"
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Viral post explains why ‘Moneyball’ has aged so poorly
Well, when you look at it that way...
Buck Showwalter rips ‘Moneyball’ as ‘farce’
"'Moneyball' was proven to be a farce. People in the game know it was just a Hollywood thing."
‘Moneyball’ author says analytics have made MLB ‘more boring’
"It turns out that the smart way to play baseball is boring,"
David Justice sounds off on ‘Moneyball’ portrayal: ‘They took it and made it however they wanted’
"One thing a lot of people have to understand is when Hollywood does a movie, that I would say they always Hollywood it up."
Michael Lewis believes Sam Bankman-Fried was inspired by ‘Moneyball’ when launching FTX
"We've replaced one smug club with another smug club. It's just this smug club are the nerds."
Remembering the magical time and lasting impact of Moneyball and the Oakland A’s
The amazing thing about the Moneyball A's is that the impact of the film and the franchise has gone well beyond anything accomplished during that era.
Michael Lewis on how ‘Moneyball’ made him mute broadcasts: ‘Joe Morgan was saying rude things about my life.’
"I did get sick of not being able to turn on ESPN without people arguing about it. I’m trying to watch a baseball game and get on my exercise machine and Joe Morgan was saying rude things about my life. That was fun for a little while, but like two years in I was just tired of it."
Jeff Bagwell railed against “farce” Moneyball during Houston Astros broadcast
"They had the three best pitchers in baseball. You could have stuck anybody out there"