I'm reading this right now but it's disappointing knowing how many of these picks turned out to be busts
also, can Michael Lewis ever write a book/article without making a bond trader analogy? ever?
― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 14 December 2009 03:26 (fourteen years ago) link
What are you talking about? Barry Bonds was never traded, he was a free agent who... oh.
― Leee, Monday, 14 December 2009 04:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Sometimes I think Liar's Poker is his best book though dyao...
― quiet and secretively we will always be together (Steve Shasta), Monday, 14 December 2009 04:59 (fourteen years ago) link
oh no doubt SS - but after reading that you realize how he sees pretty much everything in terms of his time on Wall Street, all these 'inefficiencies' and his analyses of what stats really mean/refer to/measure... it's hard for me to think of Lewis as anything other than "bond trader analyzes sports"
I should go back and reread Liar's Poker, the first time I just read it for aggro hairy chested men lols (and I need to separate it in my mind from the Rise and Fall of LTCM which I read at roughly the same time)
― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 14 December 2009 06:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm reading this right now but it's disappointing knowing how many of these picks turned out to be busts.
why you got to do Ricciardi like that?
― sanskrit, Monday, 14 December 2009 13:55 (fourteen years ago) link
ha hahaha
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Monday, 14 December 2009 14:40 (fourteen years ago) link
So that fat fuck Jonah Hill is playing DePodesta.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 05:13 (fourteen years ago) link
this is happening?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 April 2010 05:14 (fourteen years ago) link
hill would have to lose about... oh 250 pounds to accurately play that role?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 April 2010 05:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Because adaptations about market inefficiencies in sports are so popular now. Just look at the Blind Side. Same shit.
― mayor jingleberries, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 05:16 (fourteen years ago) link
who is gonna play jeremy brown's mom?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 April 2010 05:16 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty much the only way I would watch this is if sandra bullock was playing billy beane
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 05:17 (fourteen years ago) link
actual rofls
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 April 2010 05:19 (fourteen years ago) link
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/03/14/jonah-hill-talks-moneyball/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/popcornbiz/Seamhead-Rob-Neyer-Says-Jonah-Hill-to-Star-in-Moneyball-86907987.html
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 11:42 (fourteen years ago) link
"Every guy who is in their twenties and making movies was after that part"
REALLY?
― Andy K, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 12:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Aziz Ansari as Ron Washington
― Andy K, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 12:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Jonah Hill as Jeremy Brown― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, October 17, 2008 2:27 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, October 17, 2008 2:27 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark
― Andy K, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 12:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Zach Galifianakis as Kevin Youkilis
― sanskrit, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 18:37 (fourteen years ago) link
all the ex-players (Strawberry, Justice, Dykstra) are out of the cast btw
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 18:54 (fourteen years ago) link
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/11/2010/07/340x_custom_1279833676647_jonahhill.jpg
IS
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T12bXUlFaoU/SFvjk76mwEI/AAAAAAAAAWM/icL6rxXcDo8/s400/Depodesta+Suit.jpg
MONEYBALL: THE MOVIE
― mayor jingleberries, Thursday, 22 July 2010 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
The idea that Philip Seymour Hoffman will be playing Art Howe is just as weird.
Also, I gave a woman in my department the day off so she could be an extra in the crowd scenes they shot yesterday.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
hahahaha FP was begging to get in on the filming.
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe he could help with the steroid scenes.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Former Giant Royce Clayton is playing Miguel Tejada, and onetime Oakland pitcher Jason Windsor is playing John Mabry, Iserson said. He said the former minor-leaguers playing Barry Zito and Tim Hudson look especially like the real thing.
"It's funny to see the Coliseum without all the tarps again, and with the old ads on the walls," Iserson said. "It's movie time in Oakland."
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/29/SP7F1EL74K.DTL#ixzz0vBS0o6Vn
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/29/SP7F1EL74K.DTL
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 30 July 2010 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link
DePo rebukes character portrayal (aka fattye), asks for character to be pulled from film:http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AmbGitzWdEuSP.p23sCtt5kRvLYF?slug=ti-depodestamoneyball080510
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 6 August 2010 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
see Neyer link today about Scott Hatteberg portrayal
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 August 2010 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
actually, Hill is now playing a 'fictional' character (Peter Brand).
Philip Seymour Hoffman is playing Art Howe! I guess the movie'sd clubhouse spread is bigger than the Athletics'.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/08/04/first-look-philip-seymour-hoffman-as-art-howe-in-moneyball/
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Is that "Miguel Tejada" (Royce Clayton) to PSH's extreme left?
― Andy K, Tuesday, 9 November 2010 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Barry Newman would have made a good Ken Macha.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 9 November 2010 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/s7R4o.jpg
― sanskrit, Friday, 18 March 2011 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
philip seymour hoffman as earl weaver?
― j.q higgins, Friday, 18 March 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm thinking Art Howe.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
so sanskrit reads my posts 4 months later. TYPICAL
― Fuck bein' hard, Dr Morbz is complicated (Dr Morbius), Friday, 18 March 2011 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
so, some 6 months-before-release chatter:
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2011/03/what_happened_w_4.php
There are THREE significant female roles? Sounds like a loose adaptation.
― Fuck bein' hard, Dr Morbz is complicated (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 March 2011 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
So looking forward to the acting debut of Royce Clayton
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 25 March 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l3IXTQDsDg&feature=player_embedded
― ☂ (max), Thursday, 16 June 2011 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
if i'm not morbidly obese & yet jonah hill is playing me in a movie, i'm feeling slightly insulted
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 June 2011 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
ugh that looks terrible
― bite this display name (k3vin k.), Thursday, 16 June 2011 04:08 (twelve years ago) link
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2:09 (doesn't fold, but)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inEVDYptNT8
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Thursday, 16 June 2011 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
I just realized that I am helpless against this movie because it is about baseball and takes place in Oakland.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 16 June 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
1:59: "Text me the play by play"
― felicity, Thursday, 16 June 2011 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
i'll watch anything with jonah hill in it, tbh
― (.づ☀‿☀)づ ~da post-modernist struggle~ (.づ☀‿☀)づ (Princess TamTam), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMDDdswpcRk
― (.づ☀‿☀)づ ~da post-modernist struggle~ (.づ☀‿☀)づ (Princess TamTam), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
Tobey Maguire as Paul DePodestaHanley Ramirez as Darryl StrawberryJonah Hill as Jeremy Brown― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, October 17, 2008 11:27 AM (2 years ago)
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, October 17, 2008 11:27 AM (2 years ago)
*almost*...
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
lol that wouldve been amazing casting
Stephen Bishop ... David Justice
Adrian Bellani ... Carlos Peña
Sergio Garcia ... Jorge Posada
Royce Clayton ... Miguel Tejada
David Hutchison ... John Mabry
Andrew Plummer ... Randy Velarde
Casey Bond ... Chad Bradford
Ari Zagaris ... Jim Mecir
Nick Porrazzo ... Jeremy Giambi
Melvin Perdue ... Ray Durham
*****
No Barry Zito?
― felicity, Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
i was thinking about this earlier - i remember reading a script review of soderbergh's draft that said it was atrocious/unfilmable/completely without narrative, and apparently the studio thought so too cuz they cancelled the movie days after it they read it. and at the time i thought maybe that was for the best, but now that it's been made into a more conventional movie im not convinced that ol sodesy wasnt the right guy for the job in the first place. maybe im just feeling more generous towards him after seeing & loving the informant!, but with this approach... where's the human drama in this story? beane having mild disagreements with his scouting department? i know sorkin rewrote it but i doubt he could find the ~human core~ in the story like he did w/social network. soderbergh probably would've at least done something weird and original with the material
philip seymour hoffman as art howe is A+ hilarious casting though and i will definitely watch the shit out of this anyway
― (.づ☀‿☀)づ ~da post-modernist struggle~ (.づ☀‿☀)づ (Princess TamTam), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
i know sorkin rewrote it but i doubt he could find the ~human core~ in the story like he did w/social network
fail
― already president FYI (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
lol i suspected you'd have something to say about that
― (.づ☀‿☀)づ ~da post-modernist struggle~ (.づ☀‿☀)づ (Princess TamTam), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:39 (twelve years ago) link