A movie worth remembering

Nedra 2022-03-17 09:01:02

In today's society where money is supreme, this movie is like a baseball, giving this society a home run. Pete sits alone in an empty stadium, and the commentary of the baseball game is playing loudly on the radio, but Pete's loneliness and loss are even more apparent. A good student who once received the Stanford Prize, chose to play baseball. As a result, the baseball didn't play well, and he chose to become a GM. Still went to such a bad team. But he has a dream, he has a firm belief to lead this team to victory.

The initial contradiction of the film started with money. In this major league without a salary cap, it is difficult to have a fair game. It is as serious as the current polarization of society. But Pete discovered Hill, a top student who also loves baseball but graduated from YALE, who is proficient in a set of data analysis algorithms. Through his unique algorithm, he reserves for Pete a team that can still win the game under the embarrassment of the existing money. However, things couldn't be smooth sailing, not supported by the team coach, and widely questioned by the media. These all made Pete difficult in the early stage, but he and his little fat Hill persisted. Then they first achieved 7 consecutive victories and then broke the Yankees' winning streak. They not only changed a team, they changed the rules of the game. Although Pete's team could not win the knockout round, he has already achieved success, as can be seen from the sky-high wages given to him by the Boston team, but Pete refused.

A person who struggled to pursue his dreams because of lack of money, but rejected the money after success. Success in the world cannot be measured by money.

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Moneyball quotes

  • Peter Brand: There is an epidemic failure within the game to understand what is really happening. And this leads people who run Major League Baseball teams to misjudge their players and mismanage their teams. I apologize.

    Billy Beane: Go on.

    Peter Brand: Okay. People who run ball clubs, they think in terms of buying players. Your goal shouldn't be to buy players, your goal should be to buy wins. And in order to buy wins, you need to buy runs. You're trying to replace Johnny Damon. The Boston Red Sox see Johnny Damon and they see a star who's worth seven and half million dollars a year. When I see Johnny Damon, what I see is... is... an imperfect understanding of where runs come from. The guy's got a great glove. He's a decent leadoff hitter. He can steal bases. But is he worth the seven and half million dollars a year that the Boston Red Sox are paying him? No. No. Baseball thinking is medieval. They are asking all the wrong questions. And if I say it to anybody, I'm-I'm ostracized. I'm-I'm-I'm a leper. So that's why I'm-I'm cagey about this with you. That's why I... I respect you, Mr. Beane, and if you want full disclosure, I think it's a good thing that you got Damon off your payroll. I think it opens up all kinds of interesting possibilities.

  • Peter Brand: It's about getting things down to one number. Using the stats the way we read them, we'll find value in players that no one else can see. People are overlooked for a variety of biased reasons and perceived flaws. Age, appearance, personality. Bill James and mathematics cut straight through that. Billy, of the 20,000 notable players for us to consider, I believe that there is a championship team of twenty-five people that we can afford, because everyone else in baseball undervalues them.