Moneyball (2011) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!

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[@HanZo121]

Did you speak over the whole movie there as well

[@duanevp]

Anything written by Aaron Sorkin is just unresistably compelling. It's really not even about baseball. It could be about DRY CLEANING and it'd be just as riveting because of how beautifully it's written. It's a story about BEING that first guy through the wall and getting bloody.

[@4tr0phy]

Right now I'm enjoying the thought of someone who uses the word unresistably being a big Sorkin & dialogue fan.

[@duanevp]

@@4tr0phy Yep. Guess it's obvious he's a better typist in addition to being an actual author.

[@AREA-jp8vb]

I don't like sports or baseball, but this movie is in my top 10 because something about it is just great!

[@ItDoesntMatterReally]

Same.

[@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer]

It touches my nerd nerve.

[@chrisbullard5901]

It’s one of those movies about process excellence, and optimizing systems to achieve longer term results much to the contrary of popular thought of “what can you do?”

[@arwyss]

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

[@laudanum669]

I had my 75 year old Mother watch this movie with me. She is not a sports fan in the least, however in the end she said it was one of the best films she had seen in a long time.

[@bethscott4330]

It caught my eye immediately when I saw you reacted to Moneyball…I thought right away “He’s going to like this movie!” It was so fun to watch you experience the unique approach of looking at baseball through algorithms. It seems right up your alley. I enjoyed watching and listening to your perspective. Thank you.

[@StarsDie88]

The movie portrays things for a layman audience as basically being about the fight for meritocracy over superficiality. But things are more complicated with what really took place and continues to take place. The "Old Guard" don't really look at things quite as superficial as is portrayed in the movie. The Old Guard values old school stats like batting average, RBI totals and home run totals. The New Guard (Moneyball) was looking at lesser-known and understood stats such as On Base Percentage and Slugging Percentage. Things have advanced significantly beyond that now, where the analytics are more geared towards stats like WAR (Wins Above Replacement), FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching), wOBA (Weighted On Base Average) and a bunch of defensive stats that track how much ground a defensive player covers in the field. The war between these factions have continued on, but mostly amongst fans and media. Moneyball has significantly won out in the front offices of most major league teams... To the dismay of a lot of fanbases and media personalities who feel that it takes the life out of the sport. The reality is that the analytics stuff mostly works (with some drawbacks). But the game looks a lot different in the modern era than ever before, with strikeout rates being much much higher than ever before in the history of the game.

[@grigoriorifiel]

Commentary and reaction are two different things.

[@angelramrattan4300]

Lol

[@zeakstigmata2]

Remember the Titans is one of the best sports movies I've ever seen, definitely recommend it

[@codyprice2616]

Another great sports film is Ford v Ferrari. It is a much deeper film than your normal sports film. Stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale. Highly recommend it. :)

[@jamesweible5357]

What a great movie!

[@xena2shoes]

“How can you not be romantic about baseball?”

[@ClickToPreview]

Oh this is so cool. I've been binge watching Moneyball clips for a couple of days now, and you're just now reacting to it. This is gonna be so good!

[@jamesweible5357]

I remember the Athletics from when I was a kid and Jose Canseco played. When I saw this was based there, it brought that nostalgia back. I wonder if that was also a factor for the filmmakers? The true story is based off that team though so it had to be set there, but I wonder if nostalgia was a factor they played off of. It also make A LOT of sense that the recruiters were still trying to use the old system, because they would be trying to get back to those Canseco days. Canseco was from Cuba btw 😉😏

[@matthawkins8880]

Aaron Sorkin is a wonderful writer. He wrote the TV Series The West Wing, and the movies A Few Good Men and The Social Network among others. What they neglect in this movie is that the Oakland A's had an awesome pitching staff this year.

[@M3A7]

I'm sure this has been said. This movie was a true story.

[@canadian__ninja]

_Based_ on a true story. Very important distinction.

[@Migz2682]

Not even based on a true story but less than that, "based on true events" It's still great

[@canadian__ninja]

@Migz2682 actually we can take it a step further, it's based on a book about true events

[@Migz2682]

@@canadian__ninja exactly 🤣 Good catch. No pun intended

[@stevenclarke4067]

Watch Major League. It shows alot of the baseball games but the comedy is greatness. Charlie Sheen and Wesley Snipes...and Bob Ueker plays the best announcer ever.

[@andrewward5891]

As to your comment of getting players from overseas that will play for cheap. That was a tactic about 20-30 years ago. But the Red Sox and Yankees have talent scouts all over the Dominican Republic and they outbid the small market teams for the best DR players. And Japanese players get paid at least as much as American players

[@bless1984]

If you have never seen it, A League of Their Own. It's really funny plus great baseball action, great story and great acting

[@stephenochosiete9869]

Hard to do sports movies today but this and A League of Their Own are amazing!

[@phunkjnky]

I'm glad reactors, and non-sports fans are discovering this movie. This was genesis for the analytics movement in pro sports. At its heart, "Moneyball" is about finding economic inequalities in the name of competitiveness. There still exists a chasm between fans who want to romanticize sport and those who want to view it dispassionately with numbers.

[@boman987]

Based on you liking the administrative side, you would love “The Big Short” (2008 Housing Bubble) and “Margin Call” (investment firm drama).

[@alus992]

Margin call is superb slow burn movie. Amazing color grading and atmosphere for an office movie

[@xellestar]

I also have no real interest in watching sports but this movie is great. Another one to check out is "Draft Day" with Kevin Costner

[@seanhutt4621]

Completely agree both those movies are excellent at being around sports but not being about the sport great suggestion

[@billyg3230]

for those that dont know i think now the character pitt is playing,billy is the thepresident of baseball operations and someon else is the GM making all these decisions

[@BPARR30]

I love this movie. Ideally, baseball integrates scouting with data analysis. At their best, scouts can contextualize statistical successes or failures. Data mining's role is to find information that is overlooked or undervalued so that clubs can win without spending as much money for their positive outcomes.

[@woernerz2810]

Oakland had 3 professional sports team. The Warriors, Raiders, and A's all played in the same parking lot. Then the warriors left for SF, Raiders left for Vegas and now the A's are most likely moving to Vegas as well. A once great sports city is being picked apart. It's sad to see

[@dominicrowe6266]

Being born and raised in San diego I totally feel you brotha and not just baseball but football and soccer too it sucks to be poached of teams you grew up with

[@jxstified7558]

Love this movie so much! Also when you see Brad Pitt spit he is using dipping tobacco.

[@tstumpf75]

When you realize how different teams try to utilize different edges.. baseball becomes more intriguing imo.. its a nerd sport run by nerds basically

[@mrpaiute9013]

The A's owner is an owner notorious for penny pinching, playing in a relatively larger market yet not putting money behind the team. He recently left Oakland for Las Vegas in what will be a publicly funded bailout for someone undeserving of it

[@mikemath9508]

yeah, that's why this is the best baseball movie ever. because it's about math with some drama and not watching baseball. sincerely.

[@mikemath9508]

pretty sure it comes up, but yeah, their value increases and they want higher pay or go somewhere else, see ya, you're not financially viable. maybe viable isn't the word

[@eric5280]

You do know the Red Sox have won 4 Word Series in the last 20 years. The Yankees have won 1.

[@davidsumpter4933]

What was special about Billy was that he managed from a player's perspective rather than the traditional way.

[@drewshirleysports]

“I’m sure there will be players who will take less money to play for the love of the game.” But there aren’t. It almost never happens. The players always take the most money. And who can blame them?

[@pablosonic892]

Aaron Sorkin, baby! This dialogue just sings, man.

[@isaacolson8569]

When scouts are looking at players they are looking at players with a view of how they can develop to become a Big League player. That’s why body type, athleticism, and their baseball tools are taken into account. Pure stats are not always trustworthy for if a player can be successful or not in the Big Leagues

[@matthewlaird5235]

Baseball lends itself to analytics, because of the large sample size that is bake into the season. There are 162 games in a season, players that start will have over 500 at bats in a season. But in the post season the sample size shrinks. In a seven game series you’re looking at about 25 or maybe 30 ABs. Anyone that knows anything about statistics knows that a small sample size can create some statistical anomalies.

[@pickthestickup]

The 1989 World Series was the battle of the bay, SF Giants vs Oakland A's. I still have my hat from that game.

[@dannyp-ufc8883]

Never like basebal but love this movie. Maybe react to.something on Ryan Reynolds and rob Mchelney buying Wrexham football club in England? There's a whole documentary series but probably a more condensed video out there now

[@laudanum669]

Look at some of the Baseball teams in 2023 that have the largest Payrolls, it's not working. Yes, in the past it has and at times still does. However the game has changed,teams are better off to take a chance on young or older players that have an upside at for much less money.

[@phunkjnky]

Kind of lost in this, is that Carlos Pena, the first baseman traded to make room for Scott Hatteberg, was a future star, and Billy Beane knew it. That means that Beane also knows that he will leave in free agency because he won't be able to afford him. So on top of not being able to afford him, he will get nothing for him if he doesn't trade him.

[@maschwab63]

In the 1960s the St. Louis Cardinals played and won world series. In the 1970s the kept the veterans and stagnated despite some high individual states. 1980s the brought in a new coach who overrode managements insistence on keeping old stars and brought in new stars. Not expected to win for a few years but did in 1982, 2nd 1985, won in 1987.

[@Grizzly_6623]

Time to learn sports Mr. Mrlboyd

[@Bobbing4Fries]

One important historic truth about this team and this season that they leave out is that this team had 3 of the best starting pitchers in the league. Had a LOT to do wirh their winning. Moreso than Scott Hatteburg, thats for sure.

[@irollerblade13]

5:00 trust me they do go get the Players from DR, PC, and other central America countries and they pay a LOTTT

[@jamesweible5357]

This is truly a great movie, I've watched it multiple times. It's an underdog sports story where the players don't suddenly become more than they should to win, they accept who they are and learn how to win as a team. It also bring science in to destroy an image than has been built around sports, that only the best of the best can win, and only if you have a superstar do you even stand a chance. I always hated that perception, as it killed the team. Also underlying this entire movie is a father struggling to connect with his daughter while he feels his life is falling apart. That adds an element everyone can get behind. Most places where I grew up, had some place to play baseball, very structured systems feeding the best players to the top. But also, people wanting to get started or just to refine their craft as a young person would grab a rock and a branch and practice. Kinda like someone who throws paper wads into a waste basket. After what I have seen about how every sport just chews players up and spits them out, I'd fight like hell to keep any child I'd have from playing them professionally. MAYBE into college to help cover costs, but I'd advise them to focus on their degree, and that degree would need to be useful, like engineer, architect, physicist, doctor, MAYBE a bachelors in business, but those are no longer the guarantees they used to be. That knowledge is helpful though.

[@StoicManJustin]

Funny thing is, I've often heard that baseball is the only sport that is perfectly fit to the mold of cinema. I guess because of the natural breaks of action. Been watching baseball my whole life, but it's never really occurred to me more than in this movie, and probably the first two Major League films.

[@mikemath9508]

i like to think jonah sees brad almost weekly and always waves and is never noticed

[@bwsinfonia13]

You should also watch The Draft, with Kevin Costner. Also admin sports film.

[@swinn848]

Good movie

[@anthonycurby4606]

I recommend the movie Trouble with the Curve. Clint Eastwood. I feel you would enjoy it thoroughly. Also Draft Day

[@thereg23]

Unfortunately the Oakland A's are soon to be the Las Vegas A's and over the years their owner has legitimately been one of the worst if not the worst in the entire league. their payroll did go up after this, but generally they remain one of the lowest paid teams in the league and in fact their payroll today, in 2023 is only 3 million higher than it was in 2002... that's how shitty their owner is and he has done everything he can to rip that team from Oakland despite many attempts from outsiders to keep them at least in northern California. Truly Sad, and I'm not even a fan of them.

[@GrouchyOldBear7]

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.

[@MrAitraining]

Someone needs to react to "eight men out" . Great film and historically factual

[@aguilarjr]

Now you have to watch a movie called Fever Pitch. The secondary storyline is the Red Sox season where they finally win the World Series.

[@bwsinfonia13]

I love this movie! Seen it many times!

[@perrimadden6964]

I’m not much for baseball, but I love baseball movies. Check out The Natural

[@osullibr]

in my top ten list. Great movie. Also, Draft Day with Kevin Costner for another top-tier sports movie.

[@koutastone1994]

Great Movie.

[@theduckfromthejoke152]

I think i'm living in a deja vu but okay let's do it again, It was good the first time I imagined it

[@Grizzly_6623]

18:34 they’re chewing tobacco, baseball is a big part of southern culture and so is tobacco so naturally chewing tobacco is a part of baseball culture. Obviously it’s less of a thing now but most of them still zyn, same idea just less noticeable

[@benjaminsarles6660]

If you liked this one, you would like Draft Day and the movie that is the antithesis to this one called Trouble with the Curve.

[@SDRube14]

Yeah... I think the MLB has already figured out that there are players in the DR and Japan.

[@mikemath9508]

but I mean he's valuable. You fire him, he helps your competitor. but the boss doesn't see him useful the way he is

[@jestertlsodx9897]

Never love a sports movie.....? WTH Mate? A League of their own was a truly awesome movie. Hell, lets not even toss in A Field of Dreams.

[@jmango2636]

Oakland still has the lowest payroll in MLB in 2023

[@laudanum669]

That will change in the future with their move to Las Vegas.

[@jamesweible5357]

Million Dollar Arm was a really good movie too.

[@rakwraithraiser7315]

The oakland raiders are now in las Vegas

[@michaelriddick7116]

Moneyball is a great movie :) Highly recommend 61* with Barry Pepper and Thomas Jane :) Best baseball movie ever imo though is Major League! 😂🤣😂🤣

[@Xman-ny4hw]

Draft Day is another good sports movie that’s not really about the game.

[@Rex-900]

An Dominican with no baseball knowledge. I’ve seen it all, lol.

[@Zseventyone]

They’re spitting because they’re chewing tobacco.

[@2wrig777]

2:03 Jose Ramirez turned down the money to stay in Cleveland. Legend. Jonah hill’s character is based on Paul DePodesta who drove analytics in baseball and now works for the Cleveland browns doing the same

[@bless1984]

Friday Night Lights the movie. Highly recommend it

[@bwsinfonia13]

No man guitars do not all sound the same, wood type, top and back thickness, bracing style, string type, bridge and nut material…

[@DrFeelgood1127]

It’s chew (chewing tobacco)

[@Zseventyone]

You gotta remember those players are on multi-yr contracts.

[@matthawkins8880]

Only the good ones. the kid who got sent to the minors, got sent to the minors.

[@keithplumley5243]

You play for a team in a state with a low to no income tax, if possible.

[@SMcK17]

Has this man really never encountered someone who chews tobacco before?

[@marcbender874]

If u like this you should watch draft day. With Kevin Costner

[@michaelwilber774]

If you can't see yourself getting into todays baseball game, I recommend listening to and watching old school mlb games on KZbin from late 60s to now. Good stuff

[@brianfantanamcsexpanther9290]

Draft Day

[@matthewdawson129]

They have been so cheap an terrible, their payroll was 38 million THIS YEAR

[@TCHC85]

The kinda did Art Howe (Philip Seymour Hoffman's character) dirty by making him out to be a douchebag. In real life, Art Howe has universal praise from the people who worked with him. and he was actually a big supporter of Moneyball as it was happening.

[@distemic]

Their three best starting pitchers didn’t get mentioned, nor their shortstop who won mvp. In the original history, Billy took the Boston job. The man who Pete is supposed to be(the real person didn’t want to be associated with the movie) would be the new gm and since Billy was being let out of his contract, Boston would get that Kevin youkilis back but Billy changed his mind. He is still in the Oakland front office but not gm. That season was art howes last season in Oakland and he was portrayed poorly in the movie. He and Billy butted heads but not like they showed. The a’s still haven’t won the world series

[@MrZeek1519]

Now watch "Rudy".... it has a good chance at making you love Football! Such an inspiring story.

[@thebackyardbear]

Most "elite" athletes are merely small percentages better than the rest, then finely tuned and honed thru intense training. I believe you could field an ENTIRE TEAM of "underperforming" athletes... those at the 95% level instead of the 99... and offer them 25% of the pay... and your team would be consistently competitive.

[@laudanum669]

Jonah Hill's character is based on Paul DePodesta after a few jobs in the MLB he is now the Cleveland Browns of the NFL the teams chief strategy officer.

[@M3A7]

There is actually a legit correlation between how much Brad Pitt eats and how much money that movie makes. So they have him eat.

[@Leftylobber]

Please, MLB keep my A's in Northern California..... This is the team I grew up watching as Sacramento River Cats AAA-level Minor League Baseball

[@Robbo-mx8nn]

They’re gonna end up in Vegas

[@robtintelnot9107]

I gave up when the move was announced. Don't even know what our record is right now.

[@Zseventyone]

LB - Rec. you learn some more about baseball. I think you’d like it more than you think you will.

[@piotrswat169]

So yankees won't even make play offs this year

[@swinn848]

He’s dipping tobacco and that’s a spit cup lol. Check out more baseball movies please

[@dan0phantom832]

Not for me.. 😅😅😅

[@JoeBlow_4]

I get it. I love baseball and college football. I'm drawn to those sports over others. I watch all of them, but baseball and college football are my favorites.

[@chadodom1693]

Analytics in baseball works during the regular season just not in the postseason.

[@StarsDie88]

Analytics works in the postseason as well, it's just that the A's version of it was doomed to fail in the postseason because they constantly had an influx of players coming and going in the organization -- making it difficult for the teams to build a strong camaraderie and 'chemistry'. Teams employing it but with more flexibility in the budget that allows for retaining leaders in the clubhouse gives a team a much better shot at pulling something off in the small sample size theater that is the playoffs.

[@chadodom1693]

@@StarsDie88 not always because analytics can’t determine hot streak.

[@SpudBro1]

How long is a normal reaction.. commenting and stopping every other phrase

[@MrAitraining]

This guy talks more than the dialogue in the movie. Geez

[@donferoce5652]

No, they don't sound the same. Unlike orchestral instruments there is a ridiculous amount of variation in tone among acoustic guitars, due to body style, woods used, strings, and whether the guitar is designed to be a personal or performance instrument. (unrelated to whether it is student or professional) Not a fan of baseball, but I like baseball movies. "The Natural", starring Robert Redford is my favorite. It won Academy Awards for: Best Cinematography. Caleb Deschanel. Best Art Direction-Set Decoration. Mel Bourne. Angelo P. Graham. Bruce Weintraub. Best Music, Original Score. Randy Newman. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Glenn Close.

[@lasmoker67]

Too much talking 😂😂😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[@couch.patati-patata]

You only ever like Brad Pitt movies in which he dies violently.

[@gregoryhurst8483]

It is terribly distracting when mumble through the whole movie...

[@alesh4654]

man...u talking much....I am sorry

[@korybeavers6528]

The one glaring omission from this movie is the fact they had Barry Zito Tim Hudson and Mark Moulder three of the top five pictures that year. When you're pitching, is that good? It's a little easier to win.

[@ROBOTRIX_eu]