Moneyball Page #11

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for the second year in a row.

Get her a bowling ball

for all I care.

Right.

Well, Steve told me

he's offering you a new contract.

Yes.

So why did you return my call?

Because it's the Red Sox.

Because I believe science

might offer an answer to

the Curse of the Bambino.

Because I hear you hired Bill James.

Yup.

You know, why someone took so long

to hire that guy is beyond me.

Well, baseball hates him.

Well, baseball can hate him,

you know.

One of the great things about money

is that it buys a lot of things,

one of which is the luxury

to disregard what baseball likes,

doesn't like, what baseball thinks,

doesn't think.

[CHUCKLES]

Ah. Sounds nice.

Well...

I was grateful for the call.

You were grateful?

Yeah.

For 41 million,

you built a play-off team.

You lost Damon, Giambi,

Isringhausen, Pena,

and you won more games

without them than you did

with them.

You won the exact same number

of games that the Yankees won,

but the Yankees spent

and you paid 260,000.

I know you're taking it in the teeth,

but the first guy through the wall,

he always gets bloody.

Always. This is threatening

not just a way of doing business,

but in their minds,

it's threatening the game.

Really, what it's threatening

is their livelihood, their jobs.

It's threatening the way

that they do things.

Every time that happens,

whether it's a government,

a way of doing business, whatever,

the people

who are holding the reins,

they have their hands

on the switch,

they go batshit crazy.

I mean, anybody who's not

tearing their team down right now

and rebuilding it

using your model,

they're dinosaurs.

They'll be sitting on their ass

on the sofa in October

watching the Boston Red Sox

win the World Series.

What's this?

I want you to be

my general manager.

That's my offer.

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PETER:

Heads up.

What was that?

Sorry. I don't know.

What the hell was that?

You knucklehead.

How was Boston?

Impressive.

Did Henry make you

a good offer, at least?

Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter.

What was it? What was it?

Doesn't matter.

What was it?

That makes you

the highest-paid GM

in the history of sports.

So?

So what?

I made one decision in my life

based on money.

And I swore

I would never do it again.

You're not doing it

for the money.

No?

No.

You're doing it

for what the money says.

And it says what it says to any

player that makes big money.

That they're worth it.

What a dump.

I really wanted to win here.

I really did.

I think you won pretty big, Billy.

Pete, we lost.

We lost.

It's only been a few days.

Give yourself some time

to get over it.

Man, I don't

get over these things.

Ever.

Come with me to the video room.

I wanna show you something.

No, man,

I'm not up for film right now.

Come on. Seriously.

Come on, Billy.

Come on.

PETER:

The Visalia Oaks

and our 240-pound catcher,

Jeremy Brown,

who, as you know,

is scared to run to second base.

This was in a game six weeks ago.

This guy's gonna start

with a fastball.

Jeremy's gonna take him

to deep center.

Here's what's interesting,

because Jeremy's gonna do

what he never does.

He's gonna go for it.

He's gonna round first

and he's gonna go for it.

Okay?

This is all of Jeremy's

nightmares coming to life.

Aw, they're laughing at him.

And Jeremy's about to find out why.

Jeremy's about to realize

that the ball went 60 feet

over the fence.

He hit a home run

and didn't even realize it.

How can you not be romantic

about baseball?

It's a metaphor.

I know it's a metaphor.

Okay.

Pete, you're a good egg.

I'll call you.

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CASEY [ON RECORDING]:

Hey, Dad, this is the song

I told you I'd record.

Please don't show it

to anyone else.

Let me know if you change

your mind and stay in California.

If not, you're a really great dad.

I'm just a little bit

Caught in the middle

Life is a maze

And love is a riddle

I don't know where to go

Can't do it alone, I've tried

And I don't know why

I'm just a little girl

Lost in the moment

I'm so scared

But I don't show it

I can't figure it out

It's bringing me down

I know I've got to let it go

And just enjoy the show

Slow it down, make it stop

Or else my heart

Is going to pop

'Cause it's too much

Yeah, it's a lot

To be something I'm not

I'm a fool, out of love

And I just can't get enough

I'm just a little bit

Caught in the middle

Life is a maze

And love is a riddle

I don't know where to go

Can't do it alone, I've tried

And I don't know why

I'm just a little girl

Lost in the moment

I'm so scared

But I don't show it

I can't figure it out

It's bringing me down

I know I've got to let it go

And just enjoy the show

Dum-dee-dum

Da-dum-dee-dum

Just enjoy the show

You're such a loser, Dad

You're such a loser, Dad

You're such a loser, Dad

Just enjoy the show

You're such a loser, Dad

You're such a loser, Dad

You're such a loser, Dad

Just enjoy the show

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