Moneyball Page #2

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Yes.

MAN 3:

The guy's an athlete.

Big, fast, talented.

Top of my list.

POTE:
Clean-cut, good face.

Yeah, good jaw.

Five-tools guy.

Good-looking ballplayer.

BILLY:
Can he hit?

KEOUGH:
He's got a beautiful swing.

The ball explodes off his bat.

He throws the club head at the ball,

and when he connects,

he drives it,

it pops off the bat.

You can hear it all over the ballpark.

PITTARO:
A lot of pop.

If he's good,

why doesn't he hit good?

KEOUGH:
He is a good hitter.

POTE:
He'll be ready.

He's gonna be a good hitter

against big-league arms?

KEOUGH:
Could be great.

I don't think so.

Kid needs at bats.

Give him 400 at bats,

he's gonna get better.

He can play.

GRADY:

He's hit everywhere

along the line.

BARRY:

He's one of our guys.

GRADY:

Okay, let's move on.

Artie, who do you like?

I like Perez. He's got a classic swing.

It's a real clean stroke.

I don't know. Can't hit the curveball.

There's some work to be done,

I'll admit that, but he's noticeable.

Got an ugly girlfriend.

BARRY:
What's that mean?

KEOUGH:
Ugly girlfriend

means no confidence.

PITTARO:

You are full of it. Artie is right.

This guy's got an attitude.

An attitude is good.

He walks in a room,

his dick's already been

there for two minutes.

He passes the eye-candy test.

Got the looks.

He's ready to play the part.

He just needs playing time.

KEOUGH:
I'm just saying,

his girlfriend is a six at best.

BARRY:

Look, if we're trying to replace

Giambi, this guy could be it.

PITTARO:
I agree with you.

La-la-la-la-la.

Damn, Billy,

was that a suggestion?

Guys, you're just talking.

Talking, "la-la-la-la-la,"

like this is business

as usual.

It's not.

We're trying to solve

the problem.

Not like this.

You're not looking at the problem.

GRADY:
We're very aware

of the problem. I mean--

Okay, good. What's the problem?

Look, Billy, we all understand

what the problem is. We have to--

BILLY:
Okay, good.

What's the problem?

We have to replace three

key players in our lineup.

BILLY:

Nope. What's the problem?

PITTARO:

We gotta replace these guys

with what we have--

BILLY:

No. What's the problem, Barry?

We need 38 home runs, 120 RBIs

and 47 doubles to replace.

[IMITATES BUZZER]

The problem we're trying to solve

is that there are rich teams

and there are poor teams,

then there's 50 feet of crap,

and then there's us.

It's an unfair game.

And now we've been gutted.

We're like organ donors for the rich.

Boston's taken our kidneys,

Yankees have taken our heart.

And you guys sit around

talking the same old "good body"

nonsense like we're selling jeans.

Like we're looking for Fabio.

We got to think differently.

We are the last dog

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