The plot is so unreasonable, it just insults the intelligence

Gregorio 2022-04-19 09:01:15

In addition to insulting the audience's IQ, the film also insulted the Yankees management team, the Athletes coaching staff and scouts (although they were originally villains), Major League Baseball, and the protagonist has always been in a state of incompetence. 1. Pete, this baby, is also very important in the Yankees, why is it so easy to be dug over? And answering the team's questions in the office, and then walking away, isn't this a very low-level violation of professional ethics? At least you have to set Pete to look frustrated, but you can be accidentally discovered that kind of plot! 2. As the general manager, I don't know how to do business, and I don't know how to major, so I pretend that he didn't go to college and played well in high school, and then he will have a bad face and ask for coffee? Choosing Pete and data analysis is like gambling, and you have no idea in your heart? The real skills of running the team and mastering the mentality of the players have to be the same, right? 3. A group of gray-haired scouts and coaches will be too mentally retarded compared to their stature and appearance. They don't talk about skills at all. Middle school PE teachers are better than them! Although the film was originally intended to use them to set off the protagonist, but this is too outrageous! 4. A phone call in the morning, players will report with their bags in the afternoon, and they will be able to participate in the game in the evening. Does the agreement need to be signed? Are there any formalities required? Does the league need approval? 5. The most important thing is the data, and I didn't focus too much on it. Instead, I changed the direction to be the head coach's execution, and rudely sold the players directly! Is the head coach so cowardly? He made an apology lightly, saying that we should discuss it together before. The coaching staff has worked for decades, doesn't he know the players better than Pitt?

6. At the beginning, the three players were dug up and killed like that. Shouldn't it be reasonable to say that there should be a lot of money? What's all this money for? At the end of the season, a phone call is as fierce as a tiger, and the winning streak is so exciting.

7. Although I hardly understand baseball, I have seen some in the NBA, and the latter is not as good as the former in the four major professional leagues in North America. Why is the gap so big? Besides, isn't it all team sports? Don't need to grind?

I thought it was a good story frame, but it was ruined by a bad storyline and bizarre character setting.

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Moneyball quotes

  • Grady Fuson: Artie, who do you like?

    Scout Artie: I like Perez. He's got a classy swing; its a real clean stroke.

    Scout Barry: He can't hit a curve ball.

    Scout Artie: Yeah, there's some work to be done, I'll admit that.

    Scout Barry: Yeah, there is.

    Scout Artie: But he is noticeable.

    Matt Keough: And an ugly girlfriend.

    Scout Barry: What does that mean?

    Matt Keough: Ugly girlfriend means no confidence.

    Scout Barry: OK.

    [Beane buries his head in hands out of frustration with the conversation]

    John Poloni: Now you guys are full of it. Artie's right. This guy's got an attitude and an attitude is good. I mean it's the kind of guy who walks into a room and his dick has already been there for two minutes.

    Phil Pote: He passes the eye candy test. He's got the looks. He's great at playing the part. He just needs to get some playing time.

    Matt Keough: I'm just saying his girlfriend is a 6 at best.

  • Peter Brand: It's about getting things down to one number. Using stats to reread them, we'll find the value of players that nobody else can see. People are over looked for a variety of biased reasons and perceived flaws. Age, appearance, personality. Bill James and mathematics cuts straight through that. Billy, of the twenty thousand knowable 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 under values them. Like an island of misfit toys.