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zoeology31 · 3 hours
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Oh, there's the real meme #7.
"How can you not be romantic about baseball?"
That ending is actually really sweet.
And he's still in Oakland to this day, even though Oakland won't be in Oakland much longer.
Good movie. Several calibers higher production value than most other baseball movies and probably one of if not the overall best baseball movie despite the historical liberties. 22 years on from the events depicted and 13 years from the movie's release, it reads as a historical drama/biopic in the same vein as 42, which I didn't expect but probably should've. Definitely aged well.
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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zoeology31 · 3 hours
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Meme counter: 7
"It's hard not to be romantic about baseball."
Man, they're making me feel bad for Oakland here, I don't want that. This is the last time my team made the 'CS, lemme enjoy it
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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zoeology31 · 4 hours
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Holy shit.
So that's the "Moneyball music".
They do a great job of transitioning between the actors and actual game film.
And then they fly to Minnesota and good ol' Brad Radke shuts them out
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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zoeology31 · 4 hours
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Hyperfocusing on the little inconsistencies between the movie version of the game and the real life version. Not sure why the Royals' #27 is announced as Ibañez when it should be and is clearly intended to be Brown. Also the total unforced error showing a run-scoring hit sandwiched between Brown and Pérez that scores Mayne, which isn't reflected on the scoreboard, then Pérez correctly driving in the third run but it's Brown instead of Mayne.
Then in the 8th, there were no balls put in play to the outfield for hits as the movie depicts; the sixth run was scored on a failed fielder's choice. Bradford actually came out of the game in the pitching change mentioned, not into it.
The dead silence during and after Sweeney's (accurately depicted) home run is an impeccable choice, though.
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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zoeology31 · 4 hours
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That's insane that the last three wins of the streak were walkoffs, no wonder they wanted to make a movie about this team.
Also cross-checking again (it's gotten real precise now that we're into the win streak): jesus christ they let Koch pitch 4 days in a row and 5 out of 6? Two of them weren't even save situations. My god. And then later that month they let him pitch 5 days in a row and 7 of 8. Different fucking era man
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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zoeology31 · 5 hours
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ajkhadsgfka Beane calling the other GMs back and forth, I'm surprised more people don't reference this scene directly when memeing on Preller or Dipoto
The silent victory gestures while on the phone are peak lol
Well, trading for Rincon and sending Magnante down in exchange was in fact exactly how that happened. The way Beane's relationship with the players develops, to the point where he goes against his own earlier advice, is fantastically done
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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zoeology31 · 5 hours
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Not the montage of guys taking walks lmao
They're definitely jumping all over the season in terms of the clips shown. The Yankees game at the beginning of the montage is May 1st, the sound bite of the A's beating the Reds is June 21st, the game where the A's come back from down 5-0 is September 2nd, the sound bite about them being 17-4 in the month is August 23rd.
And the trade deadline was July 31st that year. Sure, why not
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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zoeology31 · 6 hours
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A little more cross-checking: Peña was sent down after going 4-for-37 in May, rather than playing like an All-Star, and he was traded in July rather than at the same time as Giambi. I understand combining those events, but why totally change the narrative around Peña when it was such a sensible move in real life? I guess as a characterization thing for Beane and to make the pivot to Hatteberg more of a leap of faith?
Once again, narratives
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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zoeology31 · 6 hours
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Ok but if they're 20-26 (which isn't even that bad, they just share a division with the peak-Ichiro Mariners and the World Series-winning Angels) and at some point lost 14 of their last 17, that means they had a winning record beforehand lol. Now I have the Baseball Reference page pulled up and they won that opening day game 8-3 too which is not the vibe the movie gave off.
I know, I know, narratives, which is why Tejada and the Hudson/Mulder/Zito trio got shafted here, but no way would there be such an overwhelming call for Beane's job only 6 games under .500 in late May with a shoestring budget.
After some cross-checking, it seems like the game they were pulling from vibes-wise for the Opening Day scene was game 4 of that opening series, where A-Rod did indeed get plunked twice. But it was also the only game of the series the A's lost, so. Very selective narratives indeed
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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zoeology31 · 7 hours
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And we're back! I like how detailed they get with Opening Day, the media scrum and all the pregame ceremonies.
Beane and Brand texting on those tiny pager-looking things lol. 2002 real
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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zoeology31 · 12 hours
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The song fits perfectly but it is from 2008 in a late 2001 scene and that will bother me forever
Wasn't expecting so much of Beane's life and backstory in this but it makes sense to have his character as the emotional center given they don't really focus on the players/team as a whole.
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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zoeology31 · 12 hours
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Chris Pratt is in this movie???
Memes aside it's wild that everyone's treating the whole learn to play first base thing so incredulously. Like isn't this what happens to like a solid half of good hitting catchers late-career? Or is that really a recent thing? I guess Mauer was the real high profile move and that was two years after this came out...
Meme counter: 6
"[Playing first base] isn't that hard, Scott. Tell him, Wash."
"It's incredibly hard."
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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zoeology31 · 12 hours
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"average team teaches 1 player first base a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average team teaches 0 players first base per year. Twins Georg, who lives in Minnesota & teaches 5 players first base each week, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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zoeology31 · 12 hours
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Meme counter: 5
"Why do you like him?"
"Because he gets on base."
Also not a meme but it should be:
"Scott Hatteberg"
"Who?"
"Exactly. He sounds like an Oakland A already." ahgfdsf
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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zoeology31 · 12 hours
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Meme counter: 4
"We can't [replace Giambi]. Now what we might be able to do is recreate him in the aggregate."
I'm discovering all the meme versions of these quotes are a little snappier than the originals. They sure do talk a lot in this movie. Apparently Aaron Sorkin WestWing co-wrote it which extremely tracks
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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zoeology31 · 13 hours
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Meme counter: 3
"Billy, this is [player]. He's [extremely positive attribute]. His only defect is [weirdly overshadowing negative attribute]."
Never would've guessed this bit had such inspirational backing music lol
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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zoeology31 · 13 hours
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Ah, it's Fangraphs stuff before Fangraphs. Crazy that even 10 years ago pre-Statcast these numbers weren't really publicly accessible and only some teams had even started using them in private.
Also I realized the ugly girlfriend/no self-confidence bit is also a meme, so the counter is at 2.
Baseball movie liveblog 3, Opening Day Eve edition!
This time it's Moneyball, because I expect Sugar to be really depressing and I don't need that when there's 10F degree wind chill outside.
I don't remember who did the soundtrack for this but it slaps right off the bat. Also I think the A's payroll in this opening bit is pretty close to their current payroll 23 years later RIP
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