Moneyball who is it based on

While most moviegoers are comfortable with the idea that details and character traits in a film get nudged one way or another, sports journalist Allen Barra contends that there were core problems with Moneyball that made the movie misleading. Here is why Moneyball got so much of the true story wrong. Barra argues that the film fails to accurately represent the team's success because the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Micheal Lewis had essential flaws.

As Barra says, "Throughout the book, Lewis makes it clear that he doesn't understand baseball. While that's a pretty solid opening volley, Barra makes some compelling points. In a strange turn of events, it was revealed that in , while working for the Baltimore Stallions in the CFL, DePodesta also turned his hand to acting, appearing uncredited and as an unspeaking extra in several episodes of Homicide: Life On The Streets as Officer McCormick.

Ultimately, that childhood dream ended up being a funny footnote on one of sport's most enduring success stories. From Moneyball to the NFL, Paul DePodesta has left a sizable mark on the face of professional sports, even after his appearance in the book and movie from which he first gained fame—or infamy, depending on your perspective. Gabriel Ponniah is a filmmaker and writer originally from Columbia, Maryland. He has worked both in and out of the entertainment industry as a freelance creator and for several production companies in film, tv, and talent development.

Gabriel is excited for his eminent return to work in the industry in Los Angeles after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with highest honors in Radio-Television-Film. When he's not dissecting films, he's playing basketball, cooking, or cheering on his favorite sports team: The New Orleans Saints.

By Gabriel Ponniah Updated Oct 20, Share Share Tweet Email 0. Scouts in those days, however, had been largely ignoring them. They were the first team in over years of baseball to do that, even against teams with much bigger budgets.

In the years to follow and to this day, the MLB has incorporated statistics into everything, especially things like player evaluation. Billy Beane became famous, beat the system, and revolutionized sports.

So what did Hollywood get wrong? Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill in Moneyball Directed by Bennett Miller. In fact, he was a big-time major league scout, general manager, and baseball executive, very similar to Beane.

He was also a pretty confident former college athlete, Cleveland Indians employee, and all-around smartest guy in the room who never acted like it. And he was, of course, the nervous, less-sporty type with an economics degree from Yale instead of Harvard, whoa.

Justice laughed while watching the film anyway.