Recreating Moneyball Magic in MLB The Show

[ChaseB]

Moneyball is my favorite sports movie of the 21st century -- and it's not close. MLB...

Written By: Chase Becotte

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[ChaseB]

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Any reason to write about Moneyball and I will TAKE it.

[Caulfield]

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On Topic: when it comes to CAPS, the doc is indeed sublime.
BIG tip of the CAP to Dr. Sublime.

Off Topic: favorite baseball movies since 2000 is either Trouble With The Curve
(wanna see Bo Gentry in Bacon's Fictional League)
or Benchwarmers (Howie Goodman steals the show IMO)

[inkcil]

Could barely ever make it out of the Division Series and never had a shot at a Pennant, much less a World Series Title or appearance.

Moneyball is a joke exposed over a decade ago. Great business and marketing gimmick model though for filling seats over the course of a 162 games with a cheap owner in a small market with arguably the worst fan experience stadium in the league.

[Caulfield]

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Could barely ever make it out of the Division Series and never had a shot at a Pennant, much less a World Series Title or appearance.

Moneyball is a joke exposed over a decade ago. Great business and marketing gimmick model though for filling seats over the course of a 162 games with a cheap owner in a small market with arguably the worst fan experience stadium in the league.

this is just my own opine but ''true'' moneyball A's (circa 2000-2005) was a great success as far as the regular season goes.
but, also IMO, moneyball ended when the A's changed ownership around 2005-06

[spike83]

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Always thought Moneyball was so overrated given the Athletics results in October. Says what you want about the Yankees and their attempts to "buy" a World Series, but in the end all George Steinbrenner (when he was alive) wanted was to win and I never thought there was anything wrong with that.

[Detroit Tigers]

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Could barely ever make it out of the Division Series and never had a shot at a Pennant, much less a World Series Title or appearance.

Moneyball is a joke exposed over a decade ago. Great business and marketing gimmick model though for filling seats over the course of a 162 games with a cheap owner in a small market with arguably the worst fan experience stadium in the league.

Wow, harsh.

I know championships are what it’s all about but the Tigers recently spent the better part of a decade as a top 5 squad, both in personnel and payroll, and didn’t win ****, yet did pound a Yankees team that was way better than them in the postseason. Baseball is just funny like that.

I wouldn’t diss moneyball just based on a lack of postseason success; plenty of way more expensive, way better teams have lacked postseason success. That they were good, exciting, division-winning teams can be enough sometimes imo.

[kdutch98]

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Wow, harsh.

I know championships are what it’s all about but the Tigers recently spent the better part of a decade as a top 5 squad, both in personnel and payroll, and didn’t win ****, yet did pound a Yankees team that was way better than them in the postseason. Baseball is just funny like that.

I wouldn’t diss moneyball just based on a lack of postseason success; plenty of way more expensive, way better teams have lacked postseason success. That they were good, exciting, division-winning teams can be enough sometimes imo.

They beat a Yankees team that was better than them TWICE, (2006 and 2011)

I think they were a better team than the Yankees team they beat in 2012.

Also lost to a Red Sox team that they were probably better than (2013)

[Caulfield]

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if you want to play Pennyball in Show 22
Baltimore, Cleveland & Pittsburgh are your under 50 feet of crap teams

if you want to play HighRollerBall
the Dodgers, Yankees & Mets are still the usual suspects

[jcar0725]

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if you want to play Pennyball in Show 22
Baltimore, Cleveland & Pittsburgh are your under 50 feet of crap teams

if you want to play HighRollerBall
the Dodgers, Yankees & Mets are still the usual suspects

My Guardians franchise is proving to be a challenge. The have no money in the show. I signed Bieber but had to make a ton of trades to try to save money and still build a winner.

This is still fun though.

Sent from my thoughts

[Caulfield]

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My Guardians franchise is proving to be a challenge. The have no money in the show. I signed Bieber but had to make a ton of trades to try to save money and still build a winner.

This is still fun though.

Sent from my thoughts

yeah, I definitely enjoy it more when I have limited funds and don't have Daddy Warbucks to lean on. if I start out with a team with a budget over $150 million, my goal is to slash the payroll to under 150 while still playing ball into October, which is extremely hard for me because I dislike getting rid of players who have been on the team for a few years. I kept Chris Davis around a lot longer than I had to, when it would have been cheaper to cut him and pay him partial what he was owed

[jcar0725]

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yeah, I definitely enjoy it more when I have limited funds and don't have Daddy Warbucks to lean on. if I start out with a team with a budget over $150 million, my goal is to slash the payroll to under 150 while still playing ball into October, which is extremely hard for me because I dislike getting rid of players who have been on the team for a few years. I kept Chris Davis around a lot longer than I had to, when it would have been cheaper to cut him and pay him partial what he was owed

Yeah man, the challenge is real haha. Huge part of the fun though.

Sent from my thoughts

[dubcity]

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Honestly it might be my favorite sports movie of all time, and it has zero to do with being an A's fan.

But to me the lasting impact of "moneyball" on the A's organization is forever having low expectations and forever being overachievers who never achieve anything past the regular season, and somehow embracing that image. As a fan of the team that just sucks so much.