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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
You looking or expecting for any kind of realism in a movie marketed towards people who don't know anything about baseball is the problem here. I had similar criticisms the first time I watched it (the Pena trade, the making scouts out to be complete idiots, the rather ridiculous trade negotiation, etc.) but on a second viewing, I stopped picking at minor/largely irrelevant details like that, tried to watch it from the perspective of somebody without my biases and all of my prior knowledge about Beane/the A's/Moneyball, and recognized its value as a pretty entertaining and well-made film with some heart.
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There will be no second viewing...
(said in my most ominous voice)
EDIT: I think the problem is that it was made so damn soon. 1/2 the players in that movie are still active ballplayers, FFS. You're not going to slip the whole "Oh, and Tim Huson was the best pitcher in the AL that season" by anyone that gives a crap less than a decade later.