Moneyball (2011) is a sports drama based on the true story of Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team. Faced with a limited budget, Billy Beane takes an unconventional approach to building a competitive team by using something called sabermetrics. What it is is a data-driven analysis to evaluate and recruit undervalued players. With the help of a young Yale economics graduate, Peter Brand. He challenges traditional scouting methods and reshapes the way professional baseball teams are built. The film stars Brad Pitt as Billy Beane and Jonah Hill as Peter Brand, and it explores themes of innovation, risk-taking, and challenging the status quo.
In this episode we discuss topics like baseball it’s self? Is baseball truly fare and can you mix sports with politics.
