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Has the 'Moneyball' hype been overblown?
Beane changed game Peter Schmuck Baltimore Sun How could it not be? Michael Lewis' book was a best-seller and has been condensed into a movie starring Brad Pitt. The movie's producers and director had no choice but to take some dramatic license to make...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Orioles, Miguel Tejada, Moneyball (movie), Tampa Bay Rays
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Colleges: Top UCI player opts out
Mikah Maly-Karros, the best women's basketball player UC Irvine has had in more than a decade, has quit the team, UCI officials confirmed Monday. Maly-Karros, a 6-foot-1 forward, led the Big West Conference in scoring as a junior last season at 19.5...Tags: Brad Pitt, University of California, California State University, Northridge, Moneyball (movie), University of California, Irvine
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Reel Critics: 'Moneyball' not just for baseball fans
Bennett Miller directed the acclaimed film "Capote" in 2005. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Miller now brings his masterful but subtle touch to the sports movie genre in "Moneyball." In the process, he...Tags: Abduction (movie), Lily Collins, Academy Awards, Bennett Miller, Star Wars (movie)
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Jean Marbella: Watching 'Moneyball,' living with losing ball
How great was that Wednesday night, when the Orioles, perennial wallflower at the baseball party, finally got in on the action? But also, and alas, how fleeting. As crazy thrilling as it was to watch the O's, down to their last strike, beating the Red...Tags: Brad Pitt, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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Dohling knows Moneyball
Don't be surprised if the team on-base percentage of Tarbut V'Torah's baseball team makes a significant jump next season.
Brent Dohling is the high school baseball coach at TVT, a Jewish Community Day School in Irvine with about 150 students. He also had...Tags: Mark Ellis, Royce Clayton, College Baseball, Bennett Miller, Miguel Tejada
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Moneyball and Baseball
Only two sports have over the years have led to a significant library of very good movies: boxing and baseball. Now you can add Moneyball to the list of baseball-themed movies to that library. In fact, for a number of reasons, it may very well stand up...Tags: Brad Pitt, Baltimore Orioles, Mike Crowley, Entertainment, Movies
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Whispers: Watch for Jays in free agency
Whispers Keep an eye on the Blue Jays when teams start throwing around money this fall. After brilliantly ridding themselves of Vernon Wells and Alex Rios, the Blue Jays are expected to become major players in free agency within the next two years....Tags: Robin Ventura, Chicago White Sox, Vernon Wells, Bud Selig, Boston Red Sox
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Whispers
The Roger Clemens mistrial was viewed with relief around Major League Baseball. Commissioner Bud Selig and his lieutenants weren't as worried about Clemens' standing as they were about any new revelations that could have come up in sworn testimony. &#...Tags: Hormones and Metabolism, Ubaldo Jimenez, Francisco Rodriguez (baseball, born 1982), Chicago White Sox, Heath Bell
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Now at Carmike Cinema 9: All For One! with 'The Three Musketeers'
The Three
Musketeers in
2-D and 3-D
Matthew MacFadyen, Luke Evans and Ray Stevenson are the titular trio, made a quartet by the addition of the hot-headed D'Artagnan (Logan Lerman) and facing off against baddies played by Christoph Waltz and Orlando...Tags: Abduction (movie), Danny McBride, Guy Pearce, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sigourney Weaver
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Brad Pitt puts Malibu beach house on the market
Brad Pitt has listed his gated Malibu beach house for $13.75 million.
The view home he shares with actress Angelina Jolie sits on 1.26 blufftop acres with a tennis court, a lap pool and access to the beach. Features include walls of glass doors, a walk-...Tags: New York Rangers, Chappelle's Show (tv program), Movies, Sydney Pollack, Sean Avery
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California On Location Awards honor location managers for pluck
Company TownCalifornia On Location Awards honorees include Nancy Haecker for "House" and S. Todd Christensen for "Moneyball."... -
World Series managers differ on 'Moneyball,' too
The Fabulous ForumSt. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa is not a big fan of the "Moneyball" philosophy that Billy Beane brought to Oakland, one that emphasizes statistics such as on-base percentage over traditional metrics like batting average and home runs. "On-base.....
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