Billy Beane

A's GM Billy Beane knows when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em when it comes to taking gambles. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Some stadiums are loud. Some are not so loud. When fans show up, they are ready to see their ball club win. The A’s didn’t win a lot last year. The A’s don’t have any superstars. Remember Rickey Henderson, Mark McGwire? When a ballpark is empty, criticizing voices cut through the crowd. The disgust and disillusionment is audible. It’s not washed away by thousands of...Read Full Story

It's been a pretty good year for Billy Beane, sure, the Athletics are coming off a disappointing 74-win season, but Beane himself has been immortalized on film by Brad Pitt's Oscar-nominated performance in Moneyball and now Billy is on the verge of completing a deal to extend his tenure in Oakland through the 2019 season. Given Beane's stellar reputation throughout the league, it is hard to argue with the A's wanting to lock him up as long as possible, but through 2019, really? Is that...Read Full Story

Evidently Bo’s not the only one who knows baseball. Brad Pitt plays it by the numbers (literally) in Bennett Miller’s Moneyball, an entertaining biopic about Billy Beane, the Oakland A’s general manager who helped change the way professional baseball evaluates talent.Pitt, one of Hollywood’s biggest stars tackles the world of sport with great results... adding instant creditability (and personality) to the managerial side of a game that lives and dies on the shoulders of its player heroes...Read Full Story

Moneyball: It’s entertainment! At least that the message I give in my official review of the film over at Sports Media Watchdog: Moneyball delivers the goal of any movie: entertainment. There is a little of everything in the film; Baseball, personal struggle, an underdog, and even a family component. The main character, Oakland General Manager Billy Beane, is played by Brad Pitt. The other two characters of interest are Peter Brand (Johan Hill) who is actually Paul Depodesta and the A’s...Read Full Story

Moneyball The Movie opens up in theaters today. I had a chance to preview the film on Tuesday. Check out my review below which I originally ran on Sports Media Watchdog Moneyball  the movie opens up this Friday, September 23rd. I was able to get an advanced screening last night at the Regal E-Walk in Manhattan. Moneyball delivers the goal of any movie: entertainment. There is a little of everything in the film; Baseball, personal struggle, an underdog, and even a family component. The main...Read Full Story