Moneyball Quotes
David Justice: Why doesn't your boss travel with the team?
Peter Brand: He doesn't like to... mingle with the players.
David Justice: Is that supposed to make us easier to cut?
Peter Brand: He doesn't like to... mingle with the players.
David Justice: Is that supposed to make us easier to cut?
Movie: Moneyball
Billy Beane: I want Dye in right, Justice DHing, Pe±a on the bench, Hatteberg at first, and anyone but Mags first out of the pen.
Art Howe: You want Pe±a on the bench?
Billy Beane: That's right. So you can play Hatty.
Art Howe: Pe±a is not only the best first baseman on the roster, he's the only first baseman on the roster.
Billy Beane: Listen to me, Hatty gets on base more than Pe±a. In fact, twenty percent more.
Art Howe: And his fielding?
Billy Beane: His fielding does not matter.
Art Howe: I've heard enough of this.
Billy Beane: Have you?
Art Howe: And I, uh... I disagree with you, plain and simple. And moreover, I'm playing my team in a way that I can explain in job interviews next winter.
Art Howe: You want Pe±a on the bench?
Billy Beane: That's right. So you can play Hatty.
Art Howe: Pe±a is not only the best first baseman on the roster, he's the only first baseman on the roster.
Billy Beane: Listen to me, Hatty gets on base more than Pe±a. In fact, twenty percent more.
Art Howe: And his fielding?
Billy Beane: His fielding does not matter.
Art Howe: I've heard enough of this.
Billy Beane: Have you?
Art Howe: And I, uh... I disagree with you, plain and simple. And moreover, I'm playing my team in a way that I can explain in job interviews next winter.
Movie: Moneyball
Grady Fuson: Artie, who do you like?
Scout Artie: I like Perez. He's got a classy swing, its a real clean stroke.
Scout Barry: He can't hit a curve ball.
Scout Artie: Yea, there's some work to be done, I'll admit that.
Scout Barry: Yea there is.
Scout Artie: But he is noticeable.
Matt Keough: And an ugly girlfriend.
Scout Barry: What does that mean?
Matt Keough: Ugly girlfriend means no confidence.
Scout Barry: OK.
Billy Beane: [Puts head into hands out of frustration with the conversation]
John Poloni: Now you guys are full of it. Artie's right. This guy's got an attitude and an attitude is good. I mean it's the kind of guy who walks into a room and his dick has already been there for two minutes.
Phil Pote: He passes the eye candy test. He's got the looks. He's great at playing the part. He just needs to get some playing time.
Matt Keough: I'm just saying his girlfriend is a 6 at best.
Scout Artie: I like Perez. He's got a classy swing, its a real clean stroke.
Scout Barry: He can't hit a curve ball.
Scout Artie: Yea, there's some work to be done, I'll admit that.
Scout Barry: Yea there is.
Scout Artie: But he is noticeable.
Matt Keough: And an ugly girlfriend.
Scout Barry: What does that mean?
Matt Keough: Ugly girlfriend means no confidence.
Scout Barry: OK.
Billy Beane: [Puts head into hands out of frustration with the conversation]
John Poloni: Now you guys are full of it. Artie's right. This guy's got an attitude and an attitude is good. I mean it's the kind of guy who walks into a room and his dick has already been there for two minutes.
Phil Pote: He passes the eye candy test. He's got the looks. He's great at playing the part. He just needs to get some playing time.
Matt Keough: I'm just saying his girlfriend is a 6 at best.
Movie: Moneyball
Miguel Tejada: [Justice tries to get a soda out of a soda machine, nothing comes out]That costs a dollar, man.
David Justice: What?
Miguel Tejada: Welcome to Oakland, D.J.
David Justice: What?
Miguel Tejada: Welcome to Oakland, D.J.
Movie: Moneyball
Peter Brand: [sportscasters are crediting Art Howe for the A's dramatic turnaround]Did you hear that?
Billy Beane: All I heard was seven in a row.
Billy Beane: All I heard was seven in a row.
Movie: Moneyball
Billy Beane: [after the Opening Day ceremony]I'm going in. Text me the play by play.
Peter Brand: What? Why?
Billy Beane: [as if it's obvious]I don't watch the games.
Peter Brand: What? Why?
Billy Beane: [as if it's obvious]I don't watch the games.
Movie: Moneyball
Peter Brand: It's about getting things down to one number. Using stats to reread them, we'll find the value of players that nobody else can see. People are over looked for a variety of biased reasons and perceived flaws. Age, appearance, personality. Bill James and mathematics cuts straight through that. Billy, of the twenty thousand knowable players for us to consider, I believe that there is a championship team of twenty five people that we can afford. Because everyone else in baseball under values them. Like an island of misfit toys.
Movie: Moneyball