02-06-2009, 03:27 PM
<!--quoteo(post=16461:date=Feb 6 2009, 12:22 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Feb 6 2009, 12:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=16460:date=Feb 6 2009, 01:20 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Feb 6 2009, 01:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=16459:date=Feb 6 2009, 12:17 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Feb 6 2009, 12:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=16453:date=Feb 6 2009, 12:50 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Feb 6 2009, 12:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=16450:date=Feb 6 2009, 11:38 AM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Feb 6 2009, 11:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->everyone is finding it ironic that they're making a movie about a guy who's never won a thing. you brought up hendry, which was irrelevant to the conversation, and i pointed out the fact that no one is making a movie about him. hope that clarifies things a little.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Exactly. Beane's a good GM, so is Hendry. Should there be a movie about either of them? Absolutely not.
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I'm not saying a movie based on Moneyball should be made -- it shouldn't. But Beane, for better or for worse, has revolutionized the way people look at, analyze, <b>hell -- even play the game.</b> Hendry hasn't done anything like that at all. If you had to make a movie about one of them, you make it about Beane.
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No it hasn't.
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Yes he has.
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Who? Everybody just assumes that but the players don't talk about this. I don't think I've heard a single player say "OPS". They don't go up looking to walk. There's naturally been an emphasis of being more selective and waiting for your pitch to drive as the years went on, but I don't think <i>Billy Beane </i>changed the way these guys play the game. Most of them think this crap is bogus and that these stat geeks don't know what they're talking about.
Exactly. Beane's a good GM, so is Hendry. Should there be a movie about either of them? Absolutely not.
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I'm not saying a movie based on Moneyball should be made -- it shouldn't. But Beane, for better or for worse, has revolutionized the way people look at, analyze, <b>hell -- even play the game.</b> Hendry hasn't done anything like that at all. If you had to make a movie about one of them, you make it about Beane.
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No it hasn't.
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Yes he has.
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Who? Everybody just assumes that but the players don't talk about this. I don't think I've heard a single player say "OPS". They don't go up looking to walk. There's naturally been an emphasis of being more selective and waiting for your pitch to drive as the years went on, but I don't think <i>Billy Beane </i>changed the way these guys play the game. Most of them think this crap is bogus and that these stat geeks don't know what they're talking about.
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