It was announced last week that “Moneyball,” Michael Lewis’ best-selling look at the strategies of Oakland GM Billy Beane, has been optioned for the movies by Sony Pictures.
Not actually sure how that would work- most of the book concerns either people looking at laptops or Beane thinking to himself. And the on-field action ends with them losing in the first round. Might they add a ficticious girlfriend character, and turn it into a baseball version of “A Beautiful Mind”?
And further, will Joe Morgan accuse Beane of having written the movie himself?
Speaking of which, Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis, known to “Moneyball” fans as the “Greek God of Walks,” made his major league debut over the weekend and hit a home run in his first game. It’s hard to tell who’s more excited: the SABR people or the Jews-in-sports people.
And finally- there's actually a professional ballplayer named J.J. Putz? Why didn't I know about this until yesterday???
Posted by Stephen Silver at May 17, 2004 10:05 PM