Book on A’s GM to lens; Brad Pitt will play Billy Beane

By Mark Pritchard
February 5th, 2009 @ 4:53 PM Cults,East Bay,Movies

Five years ago, the book Moneyball by Michael Lewis looked at the career of Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane and how he consistently managed to field a competitive team in one of the smallest team markets by drafting for certain types of impact players, as measured by statistics.

Now Stephen Soderburgh has signed to direct a film of the book, and Brad Pitt has signed to play the A’s GM.

Here’s Beane on the left, the other guy on the right:

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