‘Moneyball’ Makes A’s Movie Winners as Rivals Beat Them on Field
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The Oakland Athletics -- the 2002 version -- keep winning, while Major League Baseball for the most part has passed them by.
As the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers meet in the World Series, “Moneyball,” starring Brad Pitt as A’s General Manager Billy Beane, is treating movie-goers to the tale of how Oakland a decade ago rebuilt into a 103-game winner after the departure of three stars it couldn’t afford to keep.