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<blockquote data-quote="SudsMcBucky" data-source="post: 1028465" data-attributes="member: 18072"><p>I'll stop at this, but yes, the "moneyball sabermetrics" were real, but GREATLY exaggerated in the movie. </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://screenrant.com/moneyball-true-story-baseball-movie-how-accurate/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>One thing that the <em>Moneyball</em> true story was about was winning without needing a team full of major stars. This meant that, in the movie, the team was filled with mostly role players and only a few name players. However, this is not how the Oakland A's won in 2002. Yes, there was sabermetrics used to build the team, but there were also some star players on the team that the movie chose not to mention. Whether this was because the players didn't want their names in <a href="http://screenrant.com/best-baseball-films-watch-after-world-series/" target="_blank">the baseball movie</a> or because it looked better for <em>Moneyball</em> if there were no stars, this was an interesting omission. The biggest names here, and one of the biggest reasons the A's were so successful, was their pitching rotation. The top three in the rotation included Tim Hudson, Barry Zito, and Mark Mulder. These three pitchers combined for 57 wins and 493 strikeouts, and both Hudson and Zito had an ERA below 3.00. Zito even won the Cy Young Award that season. Add in some names like Eric Chavez and Miguel Tejada, who combined for 68 home runs, and there was plenty of talent in the <strong><em>Moneyball</em> </strong>true story, although their inclusion in the movie might have lessened the message it wanted to tell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SudsMcBucky, post: 1028465, member: 18072"] I'll stop at this, but yes, the "moneyball sabermetrics" were real, but GREATLY exaggerated in the movie. [URL unfurl="true"]https://screenrant.com/moneyball-true-story-baseball-movie-how-accurate/[/URL] One thing that the [I]Moneyball[/I] true story was about was winning without needing a team full of major stars. This meant that, in the movie, the team was filled with mostly role players and only a few name players. However, this is not how the Oakland A's won in 2002. Yes, there was sabermetrics used to build the team, but there were also some star players on the team that the movie chose not to mention. Whether this was because the players didn't want their names in [URL='http://screenrant.com/best-baseball-films-watch-after-world-series/']the baseball movie[/URL] or because it looked better for [I]Moneyball[/I] if there were no stars, this was an interesting omission. The biggest names here, and one of the biggest reasons the A's were so successful, was their pitching rotation. The top three in the rotation included Tim Hudson, Barry Zito, and Mark Mulder. These three pitchers combined for 57 wins and 493 strikeouts, and both Hudson and Zito had an ERA below 3.00. Zito even won the Cy Young Award that season. Add in some names like Eric Chavez and Miguel Tejada, who combined for 68 home runs, and there was plenty of talent in the [B][I]Moneyball[/I] [/B]true story, although their inclusion in the movie might have lessened the message it wanted to tell. [/QUOTE]
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