Moneyball

The song that 'Billy Beane' (qv)'s daughter plays on guitar and sings is "The Show" by 'Lenka (XVIII)' (qv).

However, this song was not released until 2008.

The films events takes place in 2002.

In an aerial shot of the Oakland stadium the Oracle Arena can be seen but the film takes place in 2002 when it was still known as the Oakland Arena.

It was not renamed to Oracle Arena until 2007.

In 2001, when 'Scott Hatteberg' (qv) is first shown on screen, his feet are up on a coffee table, clearly showing the Nike+ logo on the sole of his shoe.

Nike+ was introduced in 2006.

Game 5 of the 2002 ALDS between the Oakland A's and the Minnesota Twins is filmed as a night game.

The actual game 5 on October 6, 2002, was a Sunday day game, and started at 1:00 Pacific Time.

When 'Billy Beane' (qv) is teaching Peter how to fire someone, the paper "spit" cup and the coffee cup in front of Billy keeps moving further behind the telephone on the desk.

In one of the film's flashbacks, 'Billy Beane' (qv) is shown as a New York Met playing at Dodger Stadium against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

As a player, Beane never played a game at Dodger Stadium, nor did he ever play a game against the Dodgers.

The movie takes place right after the 9/11 attacks, when most non-passengers would not be allowed to say goodbye to passengers at the gate, inside airport security, as 'Billy Beane' (qv) does.

However, Beane is allowed to because his daughter is flying as an unaccompanied minor; as her guardian, he is allowed to escort her through security to the gate even though he is not flying.

Peter Brand wears an all-green Oakland A's cap with yellow logo and a black-colored under-bill.

However the black-colored under-bill was not a feature for New Era caps until 2007, when they debuted 100% performance polyester caps with the black-colored under-bill to reduce glare.

When 'Billy Beane' (qv) visits Fenway Park, the Red Sox championship banners from 2004 and 2007 are visible, though this takes place in 2002.

Also, the seats above the "Green Monster" are visible, the seats were not completed until the beginning of the 2003 season.

Casey specifically asks for a small spoon (i.

tea-spoon) to eat her dessert with, but is seen using a large spoon (table-spoon).

When Peter is flashing through all the players in his database, one player passing by is seen wearing a Toronto Blue Jays hat with the 2004 logo.

In a flashback where 'Billy Beane' (qv) is playing for the Mets, he strikes out swinging and the umpire yells "strike three.

" It is universal professional umpire protocol to only vocalize called strikes.

Swinging strikes are always indicated by hand signals only.

In various scenes in 'Art Howe' (qv)'s office, there is a photo of 1971-3 A's manager 'Dick Williams (VIII)' (qv) with the Hall of Fame logo.

Dick Williams was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in December 2007.

Two McFarlane action figures, one of 'Dennis Eckersley' (qv) and one of 'Rollie Fingers' (qv), are visible on 'Art Howe' (qv)'s desk.

These figures were not produced until 2008 and 2009, respectively.

At one point in the film, it is revealed that Billy Beane is 44 years old; however, the real 'Billy Beane' (qv) was born in 1962 and the events take place in 2002, meaning he would've been 40.

One of the segments using real video from previous games shows the A's coming off the field and 'Carlos Pena (VI)' (qv) coming in from first base.

But this is shown in the film well after Pena was traded away.

As the first example of his baseball know-how, Peter Brand shows 'Billy Beane' (qv) a picture of 'Chad Bradford (II)' (qv) and tells the GM that the A's can get him cheap because every other team in baseball undervalues him.

The problem is, this scene takes place following the 2001 season and Bradford had pitched for Oakland the entire 2001 season, after coming to the A's in a trade with the White Sox in December of 2000.

Although the movie gets the trade of 'Jeremy Giambi' (qv) correct (it happened early in the season and he was dealt for 'John Mabry (III)' (qv)), 'Carlos Peña (VI)' (qv) was not traded until two months later, and not for a relief pitcher and cash.

Pena was traded as part of a three-team deal with the Tigers and Yankees, which brought starting pitcher 'Ted Lilly' (qv) to the A's.

On the big board of free agents by team at the beginning of the movie, a player with the last name of Mathews is listed for St Louis as a right fielder (RF).

The Mathews that was a free agent for the Saint Louis Cardinals at the end of the 2001 season was 'T.

Mathews' (qv), a right handed pitcher (RHP).

Billy Beane is shown several times batting right-handed as a pro.

But when Billy is shown looking at his little league photo it clearly shows him batting left-handed.

Scenes in working team offices include Cisco IP desk phones that were not in use at this time.

When 'Billy Beane' (qv) walks into the clubhouse and finds 'Jeremy Giambi' (qv) dancing Giambi's towel jumps repeatedly between his hand and his waistband between shots.

When 'Billy Beane' (qv) starts listening to game #20 of the streak in his truck there is a train crossing a bridge in the background.

However, there is no bridge in the next shot of him veering toward an exit.

During the top of the fourth inning of game #20 of the streak, 'Raul Ibanez (II)' (qv) of Kansas City is at third base when the stadium announcer can clearly be heard saying, "Now batting.

number 18.

left fielder.

Raúl Ibañez.

" Oakland pitcher 'Jim Mecir' (qv)'s name is misspelled "Mercir" in the closing credits.

'Art Howe' (qv) was not in the final year of his contract in 2002 with the Oakland A's as depicted in the movie.

However he was gladly released from his contract at the end of the 2002 season by 'Billy Beane' (qv) and hired by the New York Mets for the 2003 season.

While it is true that 'David Justice (I)' (qv) played for the Yankees in 2001, Justice was acquired in a trade with the New York Mets on December 14, 2001 for LHP 'Mark Guthrie (II)' (qv) and RHP 'Tyler Yates' (qv).

Justice was acquired only a week earlier by the Mets from the Yankees in exchange for 'Robin Ventura' (qv).

As Billy is listening to game 20 of the streak on the radio, the announcer says Raul Ibanez is now batting.

When Billy turns around and gets back to the stadium, it is the same inning, and the stadium PA announces Raul Ibanez is now batting.

At one point, we are shown that the A's record is 20-26.

There are at least 2 more losses, and then we are shown the record again at the beginning of a montage, and the record is still 20-26.

During the trade deadline scene, 'Billy Beane' (qv), while talking to the Cleveland Indians owner, figures out the other team interested in Rincon is San Francisco.

Beane pushes the button, effectively hanging up the phone on the Indians GM, then says, 'I'll call you back.

" In the montage where Billy is talking to his players about his new ideas, you can see a Mountain Dew can on the table with the new MTN DEW logo, this logo didn't come out until 2008 but the movie takes place in 2002.

Never been a fan of baseball but this film was more than that. I decided to watch it because of the cast and I was right to do so as I was pleasantly surprised.

I've never watched baseball in my life and so I had no prior knowledge about it but this film still managed to be quite enjoyable.Moneyball follows Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's, who builds a team on a tight budget by using statistics with the help of Peter Brand.

Just caught this at the Toronto Film festival. It is undoubtedly one of the higher quality dramas in 2011.

Excellent movie. Tells the story of the resurgent Oakland A's under Billy Beane's leadership when his winning team had just lost key players (Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon and Jason Isringhausen) to deep pocketed and large market competitors, and the A's couldn't replace them with comparable talent due to financial constraints.

There is no question that Moneyball should immediately be elevated to the already crowded upper echelon of baseball movies, but it is really more about business than it is about sport. The storyline is already familiar, and the good thing about it being, as they say, "based on a true story" is that we are spared a Hollywood ending in the form of a 7th game, extra innings victory in the World Series.

Greetings again from the darkness. While reading "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" by Michael Lewis, I never once considered what it might look like as a movie.

In a league where the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox regularly field teams with $100 million-plus payrolls, how do you field a competitive team with a payroll that is a mere fraction of that, at $37 million? This question could have been the basis for a dry documentary, only appealing to a legion of die hard statistical analysis baseball geeks, but instead, it forms the basis of a film that shows a great deal of heart and spirit which moves it into a statement I never thought I would be making, but here goes: Moneyball is possibly the best baseball movie I have I ever seen.

"MoneyBall" is drama/comedy directed by Bennett Miller. True story based on Michael Lewis's book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game.

I have another rare chance to catch a film more than a day before its national release. Usually when this happens there's a horde of folks queued up.