Review: Moneyball

A film about baseball is not an obvious choice for a non-sport watching Brit. But I had my hopes that this would be less about the sport, and more about innovation within the management of professional baseball teams.

Thankfully, my hopes weren't dashed. My understanding of baseball progressed no further than "it's a bit like rounders". Deepest apologies, baseball fans.

Moneyball answers the question of what to do when your opponent has 4x more resources than you.  The answer is to science the sh*t out of the data and put together a team of misfits who in aggregate should be much better than they are separately.  It's an interesting companion piece to something like Brailsford's aggregation of marginal gains approach.

Pitt, by the way, is really good in this film. He grounds it and his passion for both the game and his team is utterly convincing.

Verdict: When is a baseball film not about baseball?