Moneyball

[Gan]

Anyone going to see it?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210166/

[Keller]

Anyone going to see it?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210166/

I want to.

I am going to the Nats game with a buddy tonight. If it gets rained out, we'll probably head to see this.

[TheEschaton]

I haven't liked a baseball movie since The Sandlot.

[Gan]

I haven't liked a baseball movie since The Sandlot.

Sounds like a personal problem.

[Gan]

If I like the movie, I'll grab the book.

[Warriorbird]

If I like the movie, I'll grab the book.

I liked the book and as a kid I obsessed over the writing of the researcher they based their ideas on. I'll check it out later this weekend.

[Skeeter]

I hope Moneyball is better than Liar's Poker. I'm currently reading that and its a bit of a yawner.

[Sean of the Thread]

I hope Moneyball is better than Liar's Poker. I'm currently reading that and its a bit of a yawner.

Just for you Skeet because I feel bad about your buckeyes. ----------> Soy un douche bolsa

[Geijon Khyree]

I saw it. Good flick.

[Gan]

Cool

[Parkbandit]

I haven't liked a baseball movie since The Sandlot.

Field of Dreams?
Bad News Bears (original)?
Major League?
Bull Durham?

All of those movies were great. I would even put Mr. 3000 up.. but it wasn't that good.

[Fallen]

A League of Their Own was decent too.

[Paradii]

Field of Dreams?
Bad News Bears (original)?
Major League?
Bull Durham?

All of those movies were great. I would even put Mr. 3000 up.. but it wasn't that good.

Field of Dreams (1989)
Bad News Bears(1976)
Major League(1989)
Bull Durham(1988)


Sandlot (1993)




I haven't liked a baseball movie since The Sandlot.

[Atlanteax]

Parkbandit is apparently getting senile ... with those movie dates.

[Parkbandit]

Ah.. I never saw Sandlot and assumed that it was an older movie.

[Paradii]

Ah.. I never saw Sandlot and assumed that it was an older movie.

It's a classic for the generation you are not a member of.

[AnticorRifling]

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[Donquix]

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This is one of those quotes I use as barometer to figure out if I'm going to get along with someone. It's like a secret handshake of awesome.

[AnticorRifling]

Yeah it's the "Can you blow me where the pampers is?" of baseball movies.

[Parkbandit]

It's a classic for the generation you are not a member of.

Hey, we still have plenty in common though. I used to make 19K a year too!

[Paradii]

Hey, we still have plenty in common though. I used to make 19K a year too!


Bah, I got 4 more years of this shit.

[Parkbandit]

Bah, I got 4 more years of this shit.

Now that I think about it.. I didn't calculate my first real job salary with inflation. Turns out.. 19K in 1985 is more like $40K today.

Shit, even my pizza place job during high school turns out to be more than 19K inflation adjusted.

What do you do for a "living".. newspaper route?

[Paradii]

Now that I think about it.. I didn't calculate my first real job salary with inflation. Turns out.. 19K in 1985 is more like $40K today.

Shit, even my pizza place job during high school turns out to be more than 19K inflation adjusted.

What do you do for a "living".. newspaper route?

I am working on my Ph.D.

[Parkbandit]

So, you can't have a good paying job while you go to school? Shit, why didn't anyone tell me that!

[Paradii]

So, you can't have a good paying job while you go to school? Shit, why didn't anyone tell me that!

It's complicated. I could get a bad paying job that doesn't require any commitment, but since I spend 6-7 months in the field, I wouldn't be able to find a decent job.

Also, I spend 60-70 hours a week at school, I really don't have time to spend folding clothes or waiting tables for minimum wage.

[Bobmuhthol]

So, you can't have a good paying job while you go to school? Shit, why didn't anyone tell me that!

I have this weird feeling you don't hold a postgrad degree, let alone a research degree.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Yeah it's the "Can you blow me where the pampers is?" of baseball movies.

You're killing me smalls.

[g++]

I loved the book, which is odd since i hate baseball.

[Parkbandit]

I have this weird feeling you don't hold a postgrad degree, let alone a research degree.

Very true.

And yet, I somehow survived. Weird.

[Buckwheet]

Is this better than The Natural?

[Gan]

The Natural is on my list of all time favorites.

[AnticorRifling]

The Natural is on my list of all time favorites.

Yeah but so is The Mighty Ducks so you don't hold a lot of weight.

[Gan]

Yeah but so is The Mighty Ducks so you don't hold a lot of weight.

No - its the triple x version called the Mighty Fucks.

Get it straight.


(thats what she said)

[AnticorRifling]

No - its the triple x version called the Mighty Fucks.

Get it straight.


(thats what she said)

And yet you ordered the gay version The Mighty Dicks.

Sick bastard.

[Paradii]

No - its the triple x version called the Mighty Fucks.

Get it straight.


(thats what she said)

Ironically, it still stars Emilio Estevez.

[Paradii]

And yet you ordered the gay version The Mighty Dicks.

Sick bastard.

Ironically, this also stars Emilio Estevez.

[AnticorRifling]

The previous two posts are pretty win.

[Donquix]

The previous two posts are pretty win.

WINNING...oh sorry, it's Emilio.

GANAR

[Cephalopod]

Ironically, it still stars Emilio Estevez.


Ironically, this also stars Emilio Estevez.

Best one-two combo post (I made that phrase up just now) I think I've ever seen. Kudos, good man.

[Paradii]

Did I win the internet?

[Gan]

And yet you ordered the gay version The Mighty Dicks.

Sick bastard.

Damn - the package must have been smudged.

[Rinualdo]

The Natural is one of the top movies of all time for me.

Anyone read the book for Moneyball? I picked it up a few months ago before I knew about the movie and really enjoyed it. Shame they got Jonah Hill, though.

[FNLN]

For Love of the Game was another good one.

e: Huh, 3 of my favorite baseball flicks are Costner films

[g++]

The Natural is one of the top movies of all time for me.

Anyone read the book for Moneyball? I picked it up a few months ago before I knew about the movie and really enjoyed it. Shame they got Jonah Hill, though.

Yah I loved the book as well and was similiarly disturbed by the Jonah Hill thing. The statistics guru in the book was not a fat nerd he was just smart.

Book is great, really changed the way I look at sports in general but Im not entirely sure the movie can get across the better parts of the book. Like bean talking about pumping up pitcher stats too dump them and what not. I dont think you can explain all the awsoneness in the book in 2 hours.

[Gan]

Thats enough for me. I'm picking up the book this week. Soon as I'm finished with A Dance With Dragons I'll start MoneyBall.

[DoctorUnne]

If you like Moneyball the book you should also read The Blind Side (football version) and his article on Shane Battier (the basketball version) if you haven't already.

[Skeeter]

Yeah it's the "Can you blow me where the pampers is?" of baseball movies.

7 people get this reference. I just happen to have seen this movie 46 times.

Mostly unknown fact. John Faverau plays Gutter.

[Skeeter]

Just for you Skeet because I feel bad about your buckeyes. ----------> Soy un douche bolsa

I've been meaning to change that sig. Most of those posters have been gone for years. I guess I could start a new one with your bag of douche.

As for the Bucks, I'm just hoping to survive this season, and get a sweet coach in place for next year. (Urban Meyer perhaps)

Low expectations means I wasn't crushed even losing to a shitty team like Cryami.

[Sean of the Thread]

Mostly unknown fact. John Faverau plays Gutter.


Unknown to who? Special ed kids?

[Skeeter]

everyone but you and anticor. Nobody ever remembers that for some reason.

[Ceyrin]

This movie was a terrible disappointment...

I spent the whole movie wondering when the Moneyball was going to provide me with a moneyshot...

... it never did =(

[Boora]

pretty good movie.

Almost made me want to watch/pay attention to baseball.

almost.