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Overview Old School vs. New School “What’s the problem?” Polite Negotiation Analysis Final Interview

The movie opens with a montage of clips from a baseball game between The Oakland A’s and the New York Yankees.

You see a quote from Mickey Mantle saying, “It’s unbelievable how much you don’t know about the game you’ve been playing all your life.”

You see more clips from the game. You learn that it’s an elimination game in the playoffs.

Then it flashes two numbers on the screen –$114,457,768 vs. $39,722,689. Then, you get a bit more context. The team names are added to the screen. You see that those numbers represent the payroll of the two teams from the clips. You immediately see the problem.

Sorry, clip is explicit

Moneyball has made such an impact in professional baseball that the term itself has entered the glossary of baseball. Teams which appear to value the concepts of sabermetrics are often said to be playing "Moneyball." Baseball traditionalists, in particular some scouts and media members, decry the sabermetric revolution and have disparaged Moneyball for emphasizing concepts of sabermetricsover more traditional methods of player evaluation. Nevertheless, the impact of Moneyball upon major league front offices is undeniable.