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Here's A Picture Of Jonah Hill As Paul De Podesta On The Set Of Moneyball

David Matthews — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:40:00 EDT

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The Michael-Lewis-book-turned-definition-of-production-problems finally started shooting. See for yourself how the baffling casting choice will look on the silver screen. It's really a shame Sam Kinison wasn't available to play the ghost of Connie Mack. [The appropriately named Accidental Sexiness, via The Playlist] More »

Soderbergh's Moneyball Script Too Real To Get Made

Dashiell Bennett — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:15:58 EDT

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The Sony Pictures executive who pulled the plug on Moneyball says that Steven Soderbergh changed the original script because he didn't want anything in the movie that didn't actually happen. So Billy Beane isn't a sweaty, foul-mouthed, Hooters waitress slayer? More »

Billy Beane Is A Golden God: Excerpts From The Scrapped Moneyball Script

Ben Cohen — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:30:00 EDT

It looks like Moneyball might not be coming to the big screen anytime soon because director Steven Soderbergh tinkered with the script and everyone realized that a movie version of the book made about as much sense as Joe Morgan. More »

Dodgers Rid Themselves Of Tweedy Math Dork

Leitch — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:10:25 EST

Not surprisingly, the sabermetric-friendly Web is all abuzz this morning after the firing of Dodgers GM Paul DePodesta on Friday evening. As always, Baseball Musings is on top of the story, looking at the aftermath of the move, tracking the journalists trying to make sense of it and ultimately settling on one most likely culprit: Dodgers "advisor" Tommy Lasorda, who reportedly never got along with the "nerdy" GM and was furious about the moves away from "clubhouse chemistry." More »