Yep. One only has to look at the San Francisco Giants winning 107 games this year, while spending significantly less than the Dodgers did to win one game less than the Giants. The one drawback now is that every team is using statistics to make player decisions, so it’s not the advantage it used to be. But it can still allow you to put together a solid team without having to spend like the Yankees or Dodgers to do it. The one place it has its drawbacks is in the playoffs. There just aren’t enough games for the numbers to even out, so you need a little luck. But what team doesn’t need a few bounces to go their way to win a championship?

Baseball is all about numbers. I was ok, not good, but I could run, and hit homers. I’m fairly certain I stole more bases than the rest of my high school team combined; if not, it was close. Even if I wasn’t starting that day, I was subbed as a runner. The other team knew I was going to steal and usually I did it. Bad defender, really bad, but I could run and knock.

It absolutely worked. The problem is that it works for everyone else too.

Also everyone in all sports use analytics now, it certainly works

The funny thing is that Earl Weaver recognized the value of walks back in the 60's. But it seems like that knowledge was somehow lost until Billy Beane started working the system to get walks for cheap.

he was overrated and drafted too high coming out of high school because the scouts back then only judged players by what they saw with their own eyes and saw a handsome 18 year old 6'4" kid from Southern California who could hit the ball far, run, field and throw but who didn't have the emotional maturity to be able to deal with failure on the field. He would have benefitted from getting drafted later on instead of in the first round and taking the college scholarship where he could have had a lot more time to learn and develop and 4 years later re-enter the draft at age 22 with a lot more wisdom, strength and skill.

@@billymuellerTikTok yep. That’s the “for whatever reason” I was talking about.

It really isn't, Brad Pitt's character knew he did, he understood the metaphor.

agree, great movie!!

He's from Europe , Europe is soccer, soccer and soccer they don't care for anything else.

Rudy

Remember the titans was my favorite movie as a kid

Miracle

The no clock thing is also what drives some people crazy about it too. So much downtime. I like baseball but this is the reason so many others don’t. Someone did a study and found that in a typical 3 hr game there’s only about 12-15 minutes of actual action happening. (Balls being fielded, base running….) The positive side of this is the suspense though. Let’s go Oakland! 😃

Get a clue.

"You did good Billy." That's what every man wants too hear :) 💗💗💘⚾️😎

How can you not be romantic about baseball.

Baseball is such a great sport :) My city hadn't had a team since 1960. In 2005 the league created the Washington Nationals, and for years we were terrible (90-100 loses per season). Those years hurt but were nothing compared to when we finally became GOOD and still lost in the playoffs ('09-'18). All of that pain, the close game agonies, the painful collapses, all of it mixed with the toughed out victories, and miracle finishes to create the 2019 team that started the year 19 - 31 with a .01 chance of making the playoffs that year. That team won our first World Series ever :) I love baseball! 💘⚾️💗💪😎😊

this movie is a great gateway to get people into baseball - I know many people who loved it and knew nothing about baseball

Holy shit!* I will never understand why young people censor themselves.

@@OriginalPuro cause TikTok suspends you did cursing and then bans your account if you get suspended too many times.

Kind of ironic given the theme of the movie. Why do we want him? Because he gets on base.

Who's Larry? Is he close to anyone?

I think the film maker did an excellent job of explaining enough to the audience that they could follow what was happening, without boring the baseball fan. it's more about the stories of finding a different approach and overcoming obstacles and personal relationships and growth than about the sport. a lot of other sports movies either make it too hard for anyone with no knowledge of the game to understand and they are lost or they make over explain every detail which turns off the real fans of the sport.

That was the first thing I thought when i saw this reaction posted. There are some universal themes sure, but the characters in their roles and thus situations they faced will be difficult to grasp without the requisite knowledge. The movie does try to give some exposition but it still requires some background and you can miss some things like why he traded Pena or the montage with players in how they are approaching the season. That being said, these two did a great job in their reaction to the emotional pieces and characters.

@@Neo6364 they put a lot of great humor in it too - they missed the funniest line in the movie when Billy Beane and Ron Washington go to Scott Hattenberg's house to sign him and tell him they want him to play first base and Hattenberg is worried about replacing Jason Giambi and says "what about the fans?" and Ron Washington says to Billy Beane " Yeah, maybe I can teach one of them"... also, I forgot that Chris Pratt was in this

Hatteberg couldn't throw because he had an elbow injury. Didn't you watch the movie? I'm just teasing you. Yeah that's why he couldn't play in the outfield.

@lpr Oh I know, just pointing out switching positions isn’t easy, even if there is a reason for it.

Even if the movie is bad, Pitt turns in a solid performance.

he's in a lot of my all time favorite movies... Fight Club, Se7en, 12 Monkeys, Sleepers, Inglourious Basterds, Snatch, Legends of the Fall, Interview with the Vampire, True Romance, A River Runs Through It, Burn After Reading, Fury, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

@@billymuellerTikTok You should join the discord if you haven't already. I've been lobbying for True Romance for over a year it feels like. And you're right, all great movies!

@@LindsnDarth LOL I don't even know what discord is - I was actually looking it up just this morning and also looking up to see what a NFT was

@@LindsnDarth I'll check it out - been spending all my free time on youtube and Tiktok though

Even changed the non-sports world.

They did a live show where they talk about how they all started. I think it is still on the channel. It was really fun learning who knew who before and how they got together.

Both are numbers games. Practice, practice, practice.