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Post by gk on Sept 22, 2011 20:51:41 GMT -6
Hopefully you haven't seen the rottentomatoes meter yet. What would you have guessed Moneyball got? My guess would have been around the 20s or 30s. Go ahead, take your guess. I'll wait..... ... ... ... ... ... IT'S CURRENTLY AT 93% WHAT? ??!!!!
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Post by fatmenace on Sept 22, 2011 23:07:58 GMT -6
ha ha, you're gonna hate this but I'm planning on seeing it.
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Post by fatmenace on Sept 23, 2011 8:19:25 GMT -6
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Post by mayor on Sept 23, 2011 8:34:05 GMT -6
Why is it surprising that a Brad Pitt movie has a high rottentomatoes score? Seriously, I don't know the back story here.
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Post by gk on Sept 23, 2011 9:24:51 GMT -6
I guess I shouldn't be surprised, because it's Brad Pitt and it was written by Aaron Sorkin (right?).
But on the other hand, it's a movie about a book about baseball sabermetrics.
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Post by mayor on Sept 23, 2011 9:54:11 GMT -6
Sabers are exciting.
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Post by gk on Sept 23, 2011 10:12:37 GMT -6
You mean the swords or the hockey team?
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Post by mayor on Sept 23, 2011 11:11:30 GMT -6
I prefer light-sabermetrics.
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Post by fatmenace on Sept 23, 2011 12:40:21 GMT -6
From what I understand it's not really about sabermetrics. It seems to be presented as a david vs goliath, overcoming all odds type of story. Id be shocked if VORP is even mentioned once.
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Post by gk on Sept 23, 2011 14:30:50 GMT -6
From what I understand it's not really about sabermetrics. It seems to be presented as a david vs goliath, overcoming all odds type of story. Id be shocked if VORP is even mentioned once. Yeah that's the feeling I get too from watching the previews. More "Secretariat" than "Baseball Prospectus 2003". Except it would be like if Secretariat finished 4th in a couple races in a row and then finished last a lot.
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Post by fatmenace on Feb 5, 2012 3:05:58 GMT -6
Just watched it.
Loved it.
Sorry man. But there wasn't even the slightest explanation of sabermetrics. The vague idea of finding undervalued players was given, but barely.
Joe Morgan makes you just want to punch him though.
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