StL 2026 Gm #50 thread – Fri 5/22 resched to Sat. 5/23 at Reds (DH Game 1)

[Brian Walton]

1tough said:

I realize I’m in the minority, but Hollywood holds less than zero credibilty with the esteemed members of the baseball board of aldermen that reside in my coconut…

I think I see those board members there in the room with Billy Beane! 😉

[1toughdominican]

Haha…Yeah, I’d say so too!

[1982 willie]

Well that movie was interesting i guess though ive never actually watched it. I dont really think it helped the A”s that much.

[1982 willie]

We jnevel, ive already said i like weatherholt a lot personally. Now if hes the 10th best player in baseball or even 19th,then the whole league must be made up of less that great of players. So either those things ypu mentioned dont look at players the way i do which is probably true or we just have a high triple a league instead of a major league. Or maybe both are true.

[Brian Walton]

1982willie said:

I dont really think it helped the A”s that much.

Au contraire! Over the eight-year period from 1999-2006, the A’s finished first five times and second the other three times. They didn’t do much in October, but they were very good for a long time with very low budgets. I think the setting for Moneyball was in about year three or four of that long run.

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