1
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Ball one to Johnny
Damon and we are under way.

2
00:00:37,704 --> 00:00:39,621
Damon has eight hits
in 18 at bats,

3
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a double, a triple,
a couple of stolen bases.

4
00:00:42,459 --> 00:00:44,585
He had four hits
in the series opener.

5
00:00:45,879 --> 00:00:47,463
Strike.

6
00:00:59,309 --> 00:01:02,061
Down the right-field line,
fair off the bat of Damon.

7
00:01:02,228 --> 00:01:05,147
It rolls by Spencer.

8
00:01:05,315 --> 00:01:08,942
And Damon will coast into
second base with a leadoff double.

9
00:01:13,823 --> 00:01:17,242
Into right-center field, broken bat,
it'll fall, a base hit.

10
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They wave around Damon.
He will score.

11
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And Jason Giambi delivers

12
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with a run-scoring single
here in the opening inning.

13
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And the Athletics
have taken that 1 -nothing lead.

14
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Go, come on, now.
We gotta spin it.

15
00:01:36,679 --> 00:01:39,181
Let's go, Yankees!

16
00:01:39,349 --> 00:01:47,314
Let's go, Yankees!

17
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Bases loaded.

18
00:01:48,817 --> 00:01:52,861
The Yankees have the tying run
at second, down 2-nothing.

19
00:01:57,992 --> 00:02:01,161
The A's are kicking it and throwing it
all over the field.

20
00:02:01,329 --> 00:02:05,374
And it might lead to their elimination
if they don't get it right in a hurry.

21
00:02:05,542 --> 00:02:09,211
Hammered down the right-field line.
Justice!

22
00:02:10,171 --> 00:02:12,089
The Yankees have taken the lead.

23
00:02:18,012 --> 00:02:20,722
They're standing,
anticipating another trip

24
00:02:20,890 --> 00:02:24,059
to the League
Championship Series.

25
00:02:24,227 --> 00:02:26,520
The Yankees one out away.

26
00:02:28,022 --> 00:02:32,568
Eric Byrnes, never
with an at bat in Yankee Stadium,

27
00:02:32,735 --> 00:02:35,404
and they don't get
much bigger than this one.

28
00:02:35,572 --> 00:02:39,158
Or more hectic when you're
up there trying to get a job done.

29
00:03:01,264 --> 00:03:03,807
And they're a strike away.

30
00:03:04,601 --> 00:03:07,603
And they're roaring
in the Bronx.

31
00:03:09,439 --> 00:03:13,859
Losing the first two games at home
in the best-of-five series

32
00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:15,944
and roar back to...

33
00:03:34,797 --> 00:03:37,758
The Yankees will defend their title.

34
00:03:56,277 --> 00:03:58,695
It's okay, Joe,
you can leave it on.

35
00:03:58,863 --> 00:04:01,615
- I don't need to watch.
- Joe, leave it on.

36
00:04:01,783 --> 00:04:02,824
Okay.

37
00:04:12,168 --> 00:04:15,128
Imagine how bad
it'd be if you were a Yankee player

38
00:04:15,171 --> 00:04:17,506
and didn't like the taste
of champagne.

39
00:04:18,883 --> 00:04:20,217
Better ask to get traded.

40
00:04:20,385 --> 00:04:23,804
You gotta give the Yankees...

41
00:04:23,972 --> 00:04:25,597
...win the big game.

42
00:04:25,765 --> 00:04:29,559
What a series that
is gonna be in the next...

43
00:04:37,235 --> 00:04:39,755
You know how
many kids are wearing Giambi's...?

44
00:04:39,821 --> 00:04:43,407
You know, Oakland Giambi's jerseys
and hats and pictures and posters?

45
00:04:43,574 --> 00:04:47,035
Those same kids will be booing
in July when the Yankees come here.

46
00:04:47,203 --> 00:04:51,456
Is it Giambi that's stabbing the back
or the Pinstripes on the East Coast?

47
00:04:51,624 --> 00:04:54,167
You can't blame them
for pilfering the henhouse.

48
00:04:54,335 --> 00:04:56,586
- The henhouse is there.
- I can't blame them?

49
00:04:56,754 --> 00:05:00,048
They're offering $120 million
oνer six years.

50
00:05:00,216 --> 00:05:03,885
The Yankees have deeper pockets and
they're willing to give him money.

51
00:05:04,053 --> 00:05:05,679
They're pilfering our players.

52
00:05:05,847 --> 00:05:09,224
It's like we're a farm system
for the New York Yankees.

53
00:05:15,023 --> 00:05:17,524
- How are the guys doing?
- That was a killer.

54
00:05:17,692 --> 00:05:20,652
That was a killer.
It's a tough one to swallow. It's...

55
00:05:20,820 --> 00:05:23,405
They played great.
They played their hearts out.

56
00:05:23,573 --> 00:05:26,825
They did. They played fantastic.
It just didn't fall our way.

57
00:05:26,993 --> 00:05:29,911
- You'll do better next year.
- But we were close, though.

58
00:05:30,079 --> 00:05:32,122
- We were so close.
- Right there.

59
00:05:32,290 --> 00:05:34,708
Almost had it. You gotta
feel good about that.

60
00:05:34,876 --> 00:05:38,086
I feel great about it.
I feel great about it.

61
00:05:41,132 --> 00:05:42,591
Um...

62
00:05:42,842 --> 00:05:45,135
We're not gonna do better
next year.

63
00:05:45,303 --> 00:05:48,221
- Why not?
- Well, you know we're being gutted.

64
00:05:48,389 --> 00:05:53,352
We're losing Giambi,
Damon, Isringhausen.

65
00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:56,104
Done deal.
We're in trouble.

66
00:05:56,272 --> 00:06:00,192
You'll find new guys.
You found Jason, you found Damon.

67
00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:01,860
- I need more money, Steve.
- Billy.

68
00:06:02,028 --> 00:06:04,196
- I need more money.
- We don't have any.

69
00:06:04,364 --> 00:06:06,948
I can't compete against $120 million
with $38 million.

70
00:06:07,116 --> 00:06:10,452
We're not gonna compete with
these teams that have big budgets.

71
00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:13,288
We're gonna work
within the constraints we have,

72
00:06:13,456 --> 00:06:17,209
and you're gonna do the best job
that you can recruiting new players.

73
00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:19,628
We're not gonna pay $17 million
to players.

74
00:06:19,796 --> 00:06:22,005
I'm not asking you

75
00:06:23,049 --> 00:06:24,966
for 10 or 20, 30
million dollars.

76
00:06:25,134 --> 00:06:26,927
I'm just asking for
a bit of help.

77
00:06:27,095 --> 00:06:30,764
Get me a little closer and I will
get you that championship team.

78
00:06:30,932 --> 00:06:35,185
I mean, this is why I'm here.
This is why you hired me.

79
00:06:35,353 --> 00:06:39,189
And I gotta ask you,
what are we doing here.

80
00:06:39,357 --> 00:06:41,983
- Billy, I...
- If it's not to win a championship?

81
00:06:42,151 --> 00:06:45,570
- I wanna win just as much...
- That's my bar. My bar is here.

82
00:06:46,155 --> 00:06:48,657
My bar is to take this team
to the championship.

83
00:06:48,825 --> 00:06:53,620
Billy, we're a small-market team,
and you're a small-market GM.

84
00:06:53,788 --> 00:06:58,667
I'm asking you to be okay not
spending money that I don't have.

85
00:06:59,085 --> 00:07:01,336
And I'm asking you
to take a deep breath,

86
00:07:01,504 --> 00:07:05,006
shake off the loss, get back
in a room with your guys,

87
00:07:05,174 --> 00:07:08,718
and figure out how to find
replacements for the guys we lost

88
00:07:08,886 --> 00:07:10,804
with the money that we do have.

89
00:07:10,972 --> 00:07:16,309
I'm not leaving here. I'm not...
I can't leave here with that.

90
00:07:17,186 --> 00:07:19,521
What else can I help you with?

91
00:07:30,616 --> 00:07:33,176
It's a good
offer, and you gotta match it. I...

92
00:07:33,244 --> 00:07:34,911
I need another day.

93
00:07:35,079 --> 00:07:37,873
His mind's pretty made up.
I just think you should know that.

94
00:07:39,250 --> 00:07:42,335
I got a call. I'll get you back.
I'll let him know.

95
00:07:42,503 --> 00:07:44,171
Bye.

96
00:07:45,256 --> 00:07:47,090
- Yeah?
- Billy, Scott.

97
00:07:47,258 --> 00:07:49,676
- Just got off the phone with Dan.
- No you didn't.

98
00:07:49,844 --> 00:07:51,386
I was surprised he called me.

99
00:07:51,554 --> 00:07:54,723
Stop. I got Johnny for 7.5
or he doesn't play anywhere else.

100
00:07:54,891 --> 00:07:59,686
That's the deal you made.
Boston just upped it to 7.75.

101
00:08:01,564 --> 00:08:03,064
You there?

102
00:08:04,567 --> 00:08:08,653
- We had a deal, Scott.
- We have a deal, if it's 8 million.

103
00:08:08,821 --> 00:08:12,073
- Oh, man, you played me.
- I'm just doing my job for my client.

104
00:08:12,241 --> 00:08:14,910
No, you're playing me,
and you're still playing me.

105
00:08:15,077 --> 00:08:17,662
Congratulations, asshole.
You win.

106
00:08:25,213 --> 00:08:27,714
I like guys that got
a little hair on their ass.

107
00:08:27,882 --> 00:08:30,675
He looks like a Mantle
or a Mays, quite frankly.

108
00:08:30,843 --> 00:08:33,595
He's got a baseball body.
Matty, who do you got?

109
00:08:33,763 --> 00:08:35,764
- I like Geronimo.
- Yes.

110
00:08:35,932 --> 00:08:39,309
The guy's an athlete.
Big, fast, talented.

111
00:08:39,477 --> 00:08:41,561
- Top of my list.
- Clean-cut, good face.

112
00:08:41,729 --> 00:08:43,438
Yeah, good jaw.
Five-tools guy.

113
00:08:43,606 --> 00:08:45,565
- Good-looking ballplayer.
- Can he hit?

114
00:08:45,733 --> 00:08:48,860
He's got a beautiful swing.
The ball explodes off his bat.

115
00:08:49,028 --> 00:08:52,155
He throws the club head at the ball,
and when he connects,

116
00:08:52,323 --> 00:08:54,574
he drives it,
it pops off the bat.

117
00:08:54,742 --> 00:08:58,036
- You can hear it all over the ballpark.
- A lot of pop.

118
00:08:58,204 --> 00:09:00,288
If he's good,
why doesn't he hit good?

119
00:09:00,456 --> 00:09:02,576
- He is a good hitter.
- He'll be ready.

120
00:09:02,583 --> 00:09:05,293
He's gonna be a good hitter
against big-league arms?

121
00:09:05,461 --> 00:09:07,254
- Could be great.
- I don't think so.

122
00:09:07,421 --> 00:09:10,715
Kid needs at bats. Give him 400
at bats, he's gonna get better.

123
00:09:10,883 --> 00:09:11,925
He can play.

124
00:09:12,093 --> 00:09:13,969
He's hit everywhere
along the line.

125
00:09:14,136 --> 00:09:15,720
He's one of our guys.

126
00:09:21,978 --> 00:09:23,562
Okay, let's move on.

127
00:09:23,729 --> 00:09:28,149
- Artie, who do you like?
- I like Perez. He's got a classic swing.

128
00:09:28,317 --> 00:09:31,820
- It's a real clean stroke.
- I don't know. Can't hit the curveball.

129
00:09:31,988 --> 00:09:35,490
There's some work to be done,
I'll admit that, but he's noticeable.

130
00:09:35,658 --> 00:09:37,951
- Got an ugly girlfriend.
- What's that mean?

131
00:09:38,119 --> 00:09:40,161
Ugly girlfriend
means no confidence.

132
00:09:40,329 --> 00:09:43,665
You are full of it. Artie is
right. This guy's got an attitude.

133
00:09:43,833 --> 00:09:45,083
An attitude is good.

134
00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:48,712
He walks in a room, his dick's
already been there for two minutes.

135
00:09:48,879 --> 00:09:51,172
He passes the eye-candy test.
Got the looks.

136
00:09:51,340 --> 00:09:54,259
He's ready to play the part.
He just needs playing time.

137
00:09:54,427 --> 00:09:57,053
I'm just saying,
his girlfriend is a six at best.

138
00:09:57,221 --> 00:10:00,348
Look, if we're trying to
replace Giambi, this guy could be it.

139
00:10:00,516 --> 00:10:02,892
- I agree with you.
- La-la-la-la-la.

140
00:10:04,770 --> 00:10:07,355
Damn, Billy,
was that a suggestion?

141
00:10:08,024 --> 00:10:10,275
Guys, you're just talking.

142
00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:14,362
Talking, "la-la-la-la-la," like
this is business as usual.

143
00:10:14,530 --> 00:10:15,989
It's not.

144
00:10:16,782 --> 00:10:18,575
We're trying to solve
the problem.

145
00:10:18,743 --> 00:10:21,286
Not like this.
You're not looking at the problem.

146
00:10:21,454 --> 00:10:23,580
We're very aware
of the problem. I mean...

147
00:10:23,748 --> 00:10:26,249
Okay, good.
What's the problem?

148
00:10:30,379 --> 00:10:34,883
Look, Billy, we all understand
what the problem is. We have to...

149
00:10:35,051 --> 00:10:36,801
Okay, good.
What's the problem?

150
00:10:36,969 --> 00:10:39,721
We have to replace three
key players in our lineup.

151
00:10:39,889 --> 00:10:41,389
Nope. What's the problem?

152
00:10:41,557 --> 00:10:44,142
We gotta replace these
guys with what we have...

153
00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:46,019
No. What's the problem, Barry?

154
00:10:46,187 --> 00:10:49,397
We need 38 home runs, 120 RBis
and 47 doubles to replace.

155
00:10:51,067 --> 00:10:54,569
The problem we're trying to solve
is that there are rich teams

156
00:10:54,737 --> 00:10:58,573
and there are poor teams,
then there's 50 feet of crap,

157
00:10:58,741 --> 00:11:00,909
and then there's us.

158
00:11:01,702 --> 00:11:04,245
It's an unfair game.

159
00:11:07,249 --> 00:11:11,211
And now we've been gutted.
We're like organ donors for the rich.

160
00:11:11,379 --> 00:11:14,422
Boston's taken our kidneys,
Yankees have taken our heart.

161
00:11:14,590 --> 00:11:15,965
And you guys sit around

162
00:11:16,133 --> 00:11:21,179
talking the same old "good body"
nonsense like we're selling jeans.

163
00:11:21,347 --> 00:11:23,598
Like we're looking for Fabio.

164
00:11:23,766 --> 00:11:25,850
We got to think differently.

165
00:11:26,435 --> 00:11:29,521
We are the last dog
at the bowl.

166
00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:32,691
You see what happens to
the runt of the litter? He dies.

167
00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:36,444
Billy, that's a very touching story
and everything,

168
00:11:36,612 --> 00:11:40,031
but I think we're all very much
aware of what we're facing.

169
00:11:40,199 --> 00:11:43,118
You have a lot of experience
and wisdom in this room.

170
00:11:43,285 --> 00:11:47,455
You need to have a little faith and let
us do the job of replacing Giambi.

171
00:11:47,832 --> 00:11:49,874
Is there another first
baseman like Giambi?

172
00:11:50,042 --> 00:11:51,442
- No, not really.
- No.

173
00:11:51,544 --> 00:11:54,295
- If there was, could we afford him?
- Nope.

174
00:11:54,463 --> 00:11:57,966
Then what the fuck
are you talking about, man?

175
00:11:58,634 --> 00:12:01,803
If we try to play like
the Yankees in here,

176
00:12:02,304 --> 00:12:04,806
we will lose to the
Yankees out there.

177
00:12:05,975 --> 00:12:08,935
Boy, that sounds like
fortune-cookie wisdom to me, Billy.

178
00:12:09,478 --> 00:12:12,647
- No, that's just logic.
- Who's Fabio?

179
00:12:12,815 --> 00:12:15,483
He's a shortstop.
He's a shortstop from Seattle.

180
00:12:15,651 --> 00:12:18,278
Now, this is no time
to push the panic button.

181
00:12:18,446 --> 00:12:21,948
Our scouts will find players, Player
Development will develop them.

182
00:12:22,116 --> 00:12:24,492
We'll teach them to play
Oakland A baseball.

183
00:12:24,660 --> 00:12:27,620
With all due respect, we've
been doing this a long time.

184
00:12:27,788 --> 00:12:31,124
Why don't you just let us be
responsible for replacing Giambi

185
00:12:31,292 --> 00:12:33,877
with who we know
that can play?

186
00:12:48,100 --> 00:12:51,394
- Easy power.
- And loose.

187
00:12:51,562 --> 00:12:53,104
Good face.

188
00:13:03,741 --> 00:13:06,826
This son of a bitch
is going in the first round.

189
00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:09,245
You're a premium player, Billy.

190
00:13:09,413 --> 00:13:12,373
You can run, you can field,
you can throw, you can hit,

191
00:13:12,541 --> 00:13:14,167
you can hit with power.

192
00:13:14,335 --> 00:13:16,211
That doesn't come
along very often.

193
00:13:16,378 --> 00:13:18,713
This is Tom Martinez,
national cross-checker.

194
00:13:18,881 --> 00:13:20,215
- How you doing?
- Billy Beane.

195
00:13:20,382 --> 00:13:21,382
Nice to meet you.

196
00:13:21,550 --> 00:13:25,678
It's been a while since I've seen a
five-tool guy that can do everything.

197
00:13:26,138 --> 00:13:28,890
I'm hopeful your interest
in professional baseball

198
00:13:29,058 --> 00:13:33,770
is as strong as ours is gonna be
in getting you in this upcoming draft.

199
00:13:40,319 --> 00:13:41,945
Mr. Beane?

200
00:13:42,905 --> 00:13:44,739
Mark is ready
to see you now.

201
00:13:51,539 --> 00:13:53,019
- How you doing?
- I'm fine.

202
00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:54,161
- How are you?
- Good.

203
00:13:55,501 --> 00:13:57,836
- Hey, Billy.
- Hey, Mark.

204
00:13:58,003 --> 00:14:00,839
- Good to see you. Please sit down.
- You too.

205
00:14:01,590 --> 00:14:04,926
- These are the guys. Guys, Billy.
- Boys.

206
00:14:05,427 --> 00:14:07,595
- How's it going?
- All right. How you been?

207
00:14:07,763 --> 00:14:11,683
- You're filling out that chair nicely.
- I got three weeks in it right now.

208
00:14:11,851 --> 00:14:12,892
Good, good, man.

209
00:14:13,060 --> 00:14:15,562
- Yeah, man. How you doing?
- Fantastic.

210
00:14:15,729 --> 00:14:17,313
- Awesome.
- Couldn't be better.

211
00:14:17,481 --> 00:14:20,191
That's good to hear.
I'm not gonna waste your time.

212
00:14:20,359 --> 00:14:22,485
You just tell me
what you're looking for.

213
00:14:22,653 --> 00:14:24,946
Fifty million dollars
in additional payroll.

214
00:14:25,114 --> 00:14:26,573
You should try Giambi.

215
00:14:26,740 --> 00:14:28,533
- Ouch.
- I'm sorry. Too soon, right?

216
00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:30,910
I want this to be
a friendly meeting.

217
00:14:31,078 --> 00:14:32,704
It's not all
on your shoulders.

218
00:14:32,872 --> 00:14:34,914
- Where's Steve in this?
- Steve's great.

219
00:14:35,082 --> 00:14:37,125
He's supportive
in rebuilding this team.

220
00:14:37,293 --> 00:14:38,793
That's what we're gonna do.

221
00:14:38,961 --> 00:14:41,963
- So, what are you looking for?
- A left-handed reliever.

222
00:14:42,464 --> 00:14:44,966
I'm thinking Ricardo Rincon.

223
00:14:45,759 --> 00:14:47,302
That's not gonna happen.

224
00:14:48,846 --> 00:14:50,597
Not even a discussion?

225
00:14:50,764 --> 00:14:55,768
Billy, even if you could afford him,
respectfully, we love him.

226
00:14:55,936 --> 00:14:57,896
We're not about to let him go.

227
00:14:58,105 --> 00:15:00,064
You got this Venezuelan kid
coming up.

228
00:15:00,232 --> 00:15:02,567
We had him.
We moved him to Detroit.

229
00:15:02,735 --> 00:15:05,320
- Huh.
- What else you thinking?

230
00:15:06,488 --> 00:15:08,072
Outfielders.

231
00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:10,950
- To replace Damon?
- Yeah.

232
00:15:11,118 --> 00:15:14,954
- In your price range? No disrespect.
- Enough, Mark.

233
00:15:15,122 --> 00:15:17,457
Uh... Hollins?

234
00:15:18,167 --> 00:15:19,584
Uh-uh.

235
00:15:20,544 --> 00:15:23,129
- Garcia?
- No.

236
00:15:23,297 --> 00:15:25,006
Maybe Coste.

237
00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:27,216
Uh-uh.

238
00:15:27,968 --> 00:15:29,510
That's it.

239
00:15:30,846 --> 00:15:34,182
- All right, tell me about Garcia.
- To replace Johnny Damon?

240
00:15:34,850 --> 00:15:37,852
- Mark, is he healthy?
- Yeah, he's healthy-ish.

241
00:15:38,020 --> 00:15:40,480
He had that back thing.

242
00:15:40,648 --> 00:15:43,399
- He'll be ready for spring ball.
- I'll tell you what.

243
00:15:43,567 --> 00:15:46,069
I can give you Guthrie
if you kick in some cash.

244
00:15:46,236 --> 00:15:47,320
- Mark Guthrie?
- Yeah.

245
00:15:47,488 --> 00:15:49,614
- How much cash?
- Two hundred K.

246
00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:07,382
Okay.

247
00:16:08,384 --> 00:16:12,220
- So Garcia's gonna be a no.
- You're kidding me, right?

248
00:16:13,138 --> 00:16:15,473
- You're kidding me.
- I'm not.

249
00:16:17,142 --> 00:16:20,395
Okay. Straight up,
Garcia for Guthrie, no kicker.

250
00:16:21,438 --> 00:16:24,065
- No kicker?
- Straight up.

251
00:16:27,403 --> 00:16:32,031
I think it's gonna be a hard no on
Garcia, but let's just keep going.

252
00:16:32,199 --> 00:16:35,410
- What else you thinking?
- What are we doing? Is this business?

253
00:16:35,577 --> 00:16:37,870
This is the way we do
business in Cleveland.

254
00:17:21,665 --> 00:17:23,082
Hey.

255
00:17:24,293 --> 00:17:26,794
- Hello.
- Who are you?

256
00:17:29,631 --> 00:17:31,632
I'm Peter Brand.

257
00:17:32,509 --> 00:17:34,260
What do you do?

258
00:17:35,637 --> 00:17:38,222
I'm special assistant
to Mark Shapiro.

259
00:17:38,390 --> 00:17:40,266
So, what do you do?

260
00:17:42,644 --> 00:17:46,105
Mostly player analysis
right now.

261
00:17:46,273 --> 00:17:49,984
Been on the job long?
First job in baseball?

262
00:17:51,445 --> 00:17:53,821
It's my first job anywhere.

263
00:17:53,989 --> 00:17:56,449
- Wow, congrats.
- Thank you.

264
00:17:56,617 --> 00:17:59,243
First job.
Whose nephew are you?

265
00:18:01,663 --> 00:18:03,498
Why does Mark listen to you?

266
00:18:06,126 --> 00:18:08,503
I don't think, uh...

267
00:18:08,670 --> 00:18:11,005
I don't think he
does very often.

268
00:18:12,466 --> 00:18:14,342
He just did.

269
00:18:16,428 --> 00:18:17,970
Well, in that circumstance,

270
00:18:18,138 --> 00:18:21,682
I think he was more listening
to Bruce than myself.

271
00:18:22,101 --> 00:18:24,685
Mm-hm. Who are you?

272
00:18:27,397 --> 00:18:29,649
I'm Peter Brand.

273
00:18:32,653 --> 00:18:35,696
I don't give a rat's ass
what your name is.

274
00:18:36,406 --> 00:18:38,574
What happened
in there?

275
00:18:39,701 --> 00:18:41,994
What happened
in that room?

276
00:18:42,412 --> 00:18:45,123
I'm not quite sure what
you're asking me, Mr. Beane.

277
00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:47,708
What did you
tell Bruce?

278
00:18:48,877 --> 00:18:53,381
- I just told Bruce I like Garcia.
- You like Garcia. Why?

279
00:18:55,676 --> 00:18:57,385
Why?

280
00:19:02,432 --> 00:19:05,017
I don't know. Ahem.

281
00:19:21,577 --> 00:19:24,453
There is an epidemic failure
within the game

282
00:19:24,621 --> 00:19:27,248
to understand
what is really happening.

283
00:19:27,416 --> 00:19:31,878
And this leads people who run
Major League Baseball teams

284
00:19:32,045 --> 00:19:36,215
to misjudge their players
and mismanage their teams.

285
00:19:40,804 --> 00:19:42,763
I apologize.

286
00:19:43,724 --> 00:19:44,765
Go on.

287
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:53,191
Okay. People who run ball clubs,
they think in terms of buying players.

288
00:19:53,775 --> 00:19:58,362
Your goal shouldn't be to buy players.
Your goal should be to buy wins.

289
00:19:58,530 --> 00:20:01,908
And in order to buy wins,
you need to buy runs.

290
00:20:02,075 --> 00:20:04,118
You're trying
to replace Johnny Damon.

291
00:20:04,620 --> 00:20:06,245
The Red Sox see Johnny Damon

292
00:20:06,413 --> 00:20:10,082
and they see a star
who's worth $7.5 million a year.

293
00:20:10,250 --> 00:20:13,127
When I see Johnny Damon,

294
00:20:13,295 --> 00:20:15,630
what I see is...

295
00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:20,468
an imperfect understanding
of where runs come from.

296
00:20:21,178 --> 00:20:22,803
The guy's got a great glove.

297
00:20:22,971 --> 00:20:25,932
He's a decent leadoff hitter.
He can steal bases.

298
00:20:26,099 --> 00:20:28,476
But is he worth
the $7.5 million a year

299
00:20:28,644 --> 00:20:30,811
that the Boston Red Sox
are paying him?

300
00:20:30,979 --> 00:20:32,813
No. No.

301
00:20:33,398 --> 00:20:35,274
Baseball thinking is medieval.

302
00:20:35,442 --> 00:20:37,944
They are asking
all the wrong questions.

303
00:20:38,111 --> 00:20:42,281
And if I say it to anybody,
I'm ostracized. I'm a leper.

304
00:20:42,449 --> 00:20:47,411
So that's why I'm cagey
about this with you.

305
00:20:47,579 --> 00:20:48,621
That's why...

306
00:20:48,789 --> 00:20:52,708
I respect you, Mr. Beane,
and if you want full disclosure,

307
00:20:53,335 --> 00:20:57,755
I think it's a good thing that
you got Damon off your payroll.

308
00:20:57,923 --> 00:21:02,468
I think it opens up all kinds
of interesting possibilities.

309
00:21:02,636 --> 00:21:05,721
- Where you from, Pete?
- Maryland.

310
00:21:05,889 --> 00:21:09,183
- Where'd you go to school?
- Yale. I went to Yale.

311
00:21:10,310 --> 00:21:13,187
- What'd you study?
- Economics.

312
00:21:13,855 --> 00:21:16,399
I studied economics.

313
00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:24,323
Yale, economics and baseball.

314
00:21:25,867 --> 00:21:28,119
You're funny, Pete.

315
00:21:51,018 --> 00:21:52,226
Tell me, why Billy?

316
00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:55,354
What is it that
makes him special?

317
00:21:55,522 --> 00:21:59,233
Very rare do you come
upon a young man like Billy

318
00:21:59,401 --> 00:22:02,528
who can run, who can field,
who can throw, who can hit,

319
00:22:02,696 --> 00:22:04,280
and who can hit with power.

320
00:22:04,448 --> 00:22:07,491
Those five tools,
you don't see that very often.

321
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,078
Most of the youngsters
that we have an interest in

322
00:22:11,246 --> 00:22:12,705
have one or two tools,

323
00:22:12,873 --> 00:22:15,499
and we're hoping
to develop an extra one.

324
00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:17,585
Your son has five.

325
00:22:17,753 --> 00:22:21,797
We're looking at a guy that's a
potential superstar for us in New York.

326
00:22:21,965 --> 00:22:23,841
The time is now
to get him started.

327
00:22:24,009 --> 00:22:26,844
We're prepared to make
a sizable financial commitment.

328
00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:29,430
The Mets are gonna
stand behind Billy

329
00:22:29,598 --> 00:22:32,933
because we expect him
to be our big-league center fielder.

330
00:22:33,101 --> 00:22:35,186
This check here
represents the offer

331
00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:38,731
that the New York Mets
would be making to Billy.

332
00:22:38,899 --> 00:22:44,028
You do know that he's been accepted
to Stanford on a full scholarship?

333
00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:45,363
I do.

334
00:22:45,530 --> 00:22:47,948
So he can do both?

335
00:22:48,116 --> 00:22:52,453
Unfortunately, he can't do Stanford
and professional baseball.

336
00:22:52,621 --> 00:22:56,540
He would have to pick one
or the other.

337
00:22:56,708 --> 00:22:59,210
If he wants to be center fielder
for the Mets,

338
00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:01,253
wants to be a baseball player,

339
00:23:01,421 --> 00:23:06,300
he really needs to accept this
as life's first occupation, first career.

340
00:23:06,468 --> 00:23:10,221
We're all told at some point we can
no longer play the children's game.

341
00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:12,890
We just don't know
when that's gonna be.

342
00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:17,478
Some of us are told at 18, some of us
are told at 40, but we're all told.

343
00:23:18,105 --> 00:23:21,315
But this is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity.

344
00:23:21,483 --> 00:23:26,070
We want you badly, and we think that this
amount of money expresses that desire.

345
00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:29,615
Billy, this is your decision,
and whatever that decision is,

346
00:23:29,783 --> 00:23:32,284
you know it's fine
with your mother and I.

347
00:23:43,171 --> 00:23:45,423
- Hello?
- Hey, it's Billy Beane.

348
00:23:46,216 --> 00:23:50,010
- Hey, what time is it?
- I don't know.

349
00:23:50,971 --> 00:23:55,141
Listen, would you have
drafted me in the first round?

350
00:23:55,308 --> 00:23:56,725
What?

351
00:23:56,893 --> 00:24:00,438
After I left, you looked me up
on your computer.

352
00:24:00,605 --> 00:24:02,940
Would you have drafted me
in the first round?

353
00:24:03,108 --> 00:24:06,026
I did, yeah.
You were a good player.

354
00:24:06,194 --> 00:24:08,446
Cut the crap, man.

355
00:24:08,613 --> 00:24:11,532
Would you have drafted me
in the first round?

356
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:16,370
I'd have taken you in the ninth round.
No signing bonus.

357
00:24:17,205 --> 00:24:21,709
I imagine you would've passed
and taken that scholarship.

358
00:24:22,377 --> 00:24:24,295
Yeah.

359
00:24:27,883 --> 00:24:30,384
Pack your bags, Pete.

360
00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:33,846
I just bought you
from the Cleveland Indians.

361
00:24:47,569 --> 00:24:51,071
- Is it attached to that clamp?
- Yeah, let me unhook it.

362
00:24:59,372 --> 00:25:00,748
Slide it up right there.

363
00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:02,166
- To the left.
- I did.

364
00:25:02,334 --> 00:25:04,418
- Yeah, yeah.
- Hang on, it's wet.

365
00:25:04,586 --> 00:25:06,170
Come on.

366
00:25:27,943 --> 00:25:29,568
- Morning, Suzanne. Coffee on?
- Yes.

367
00:25:29,736 --> 00:25:30,778
Great.

368
00:25:32,155 --> 00:25:33,795
- Billy Beane's office.
- Hey.

369
00:25:33,949 --> 00:25:34,949
- Peter Brand.
- Billy.

370
00:25:35,116 --> 00:25:37,618
- How are...? Hi, how you doing?
- Nice to see you.

371
00:25:37,786 --> 00:25:40,371
Good to have you here.
Boy, you move in fast.

372
00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:42,540
Yeah, yeah.
I got here early this morning.

373
00:25:42,707 --> 00:25:44,833
Wow. Huh.

374
00:25:45,001 --> 00:25:47,086
- All moved in.
- Yeah.

375
00:25:47,796 --> 00:25:49,380
Yeah.

376
00:25:49,548 --> 00:25:51,549
Hey, Billy,

377
00:25:51,716 --> 00:25:54,635
I wanted you to see
these player evaluations

378
00:25:54,803 --> 00:25:56,971
that you asked me to do.

379
00:25:57,931 --> 00:25:59,557
I asked you to do three.

380
00:26:00,475 --> 00:26:01,809
Yeah.

381
00:26:01,977 --> 00:26:04,562
- To evaluate three players.
- Yeah.

382
00:26:04,729 --> 00:26:06,689
How many did you do?

383
00:26:06,856 --> 00:26:08,816
Forty-seven.

384
00:26:09,734 --> 00:26:11,277
Okay.

385
00:26:12,153 --> 00:26:15,906
Actually, 51.
I don't know why I lied just then.

386
00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:27,334
Why don't you walk me
through the board?

387
00:26:28,795 --> 00:26:30,379
Thank you.

388
00:26:56,656 --> 00:26:58,699
Using this equation
in the upper left,

389
00:26:58,867 --> 00:27:01,994
I'm projecting that we need
to win at least 99 games

390
00:27:02,162 --> 00:27:04,330
in order to make it
to the postseason.

391
00:27:04,497 --> 00:27:08,626
We need to score at least 814 runs
in order to win those games

392
00:27:08,793 --> 00:27:11,879
and allow no more
than 645 runs.

393
00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:18,302
What's this?

394
00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:22,056
This is a code that I've written
for our year-to-year projections.

395
00:27:22,223 --> 00:27:25,893
This is building in the intelligence
that we have to project players.

396
00:27:26,061 --> 00:27:27,061
Okay.

397
00:27:27,228 --> 00:27:29,897
It's about getting
things down to one number.

398
00:27:30,357 --> 00:27:32,900
Using the stats
the way we read them,

399
00:27:33,068 --> 00:27:36,236
we'll find value in players
that nobody else can see.

400
00:27:39,741 --> 00:27:41,075
People are overlooked

401
00:27:41,242 --> 00:27:45,037
for a variety of biased reasons
and perceived flaws.

402
00:27:45,205 --> 00:27:48,499
Age, appearance, personality.

403
00:27:48,667 --> 00:27:53,420
Bill James and mathematics
cut straight through that.

404
00:27:55,006 --> 00:27:58,300
Billy, of the 20,000 notable players
for us to consider,

405
00:27:58,468 --> 00:28:01,011
I believe that there is
a championship team

406
00:28:01,179 --> 00:28:04,348
of 25 people that we can afford,

407
00:28:04,516 --> 00:28:07,685
because everyone else
in baseball undervalues them.

408
00:28:07,852 --> 00:28:11,105
Like an island of misfit toys.

409
00:28:15,568 --> 00:28:18,779
Billy, this is Chad Bradford.
He's a relief pitcher.

410
00:28:18,947 --> 00:28:23,242
He is one of the most undervalued
players in baseball.

411
00:28:23,410 --> 00:28:26,370
His defect is that
he throws funny.

412
00:28:27,205 --> 00:28:31,291
Nobody in the big leagues cares
about him because he looks funny.

413
00:28:31,459 --> 00:28:34,545
This guy could be not just
the best pitcher in our pen,

414
00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:38,132
but one of the most effective
relief pitchers in all baseball.

415
00:28:38,299 --> 00:28:41,051
This guy should cost
$3 million a year.

416
00:28:41,219 --> 00:28:44,096
We can get him for 237,000.

417
00:29:07,996 --> 00:29:09,455
Billy.

418
00:29:10,957 --> 00:29:13,375
- That it?
- Yeah.

419
00:29:43,531 --> 00:29:44,865
Hey, Art.

420
00:29:45,033 --> 00:29:47,242
Can I talk to you
before you get started?

421
00:29:47,410 --> 00:29:49,870
- I'm a bit busy right now.
- I know.

422
00:29:51,748 --> 00:29:53,332
- I know.
- Okay.

423
00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:55,167
- Morning, everyone.
- Art.

424
00:29:55,335 --> 00:29:58,587
- Peter Brand. Nice to meet you.
- Where the hell's Pete?

425
00:29:58,755 --> 00:29:59,838
That's Pete.

426
00:30:00,715 --> 00:30:03,217
Grab a seat.
I'll be right back.

427
00:30:04,344 --> 00:30:06,386
All right,
where did you say he's at?

428
00:30:06,554 --> 00:30:07,638
Okay. He's on...

429
00:30:08,348 --> 00:30:11,016
- Who's the kid?
- A friend of mine.

430
00:30:12,769 --> 00:30:15,729
I can't manage this team
under a one-year contract.

431
00:30:15,897 --> 00:30:17,689
Well, sure you can.

432
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,527
No, I can't.

433
00:30:21,694 --> 00:30:24,238
Okay. I gotta put a team
on the field.

434
00:30:24,405 --> 00:30:27,908
After that, I'll take a good
long look at your contract.

435
00:30:28,076 --> 00:30:31,370
Deal with the manager's contract,
then put a team on the field.

436
00:30:31,538 --> 00:30:35,916
At this moment, if a grounder's hit
to first, nobody's there to stop it.

437
00:30:36,751 --> 00:30:41,088
It's not easy doing what I do under
the cloud of a one-year contract.

438
00:30:41,256 --> 00:30:42,673
Okay, I understand that.

439
00:30:42,841 --> 00:30:44,800
- I've been there.
- I know you have.

440
00:30:44,968 --> 00:30:49,429
A one-year contract means the same
thing to a manager as to a player.

441
00:30:49,597 --> 00:30:51,765
There's not a lot
of faith there.

442
00:30:51,933 --> 00:30:54,726
Which is strange
after a 102-win season.

443
00:30:55,770 --> 00:30:57,729
I see.

444
00:30:57,897 --> 00:31:02,234
If you lose the last game
of the season, nobody gives a shit.

445
00:31:04,279 --> 00:31:08,115
- So it's on me now?
- No, Art, it's on me.

446
00:31:08,283 --> 00:31:11,618
And the kid
is the new assistant GM.

447
00:31:11,786 --> 00:31:13,787
- Okay.
- Okay, fellas.

448
00:31:13,955 --> 00:31:15,622
Hey, Billy.

449
00:31:25,967 --> 00:31:28,719
You can't deny his
offensive output. He can play.

450
00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:31,889
And we need people
that can play.

451
00:31:38,104 --> 00:31:40,480
Who do you wanna
talk about first?

452
00:31:57,248 --> 00:31:59,249
None of them.

453
00:32:00,001 --> 00:32:02,961
Billy, we got 38 home runs,
120 RBis to make up for.

454
00:32:03,129 --> 00:32:05,505
Guys, you're still trying
to replace Giambi.

455
00:32:05,673 --> 00:32:09,176
I told you we can't do it,
and we can't do it.

456
00:32:09,719 --> 00:32:13,931
Now, what we might be able
to do is re-create him.

457
00:32:14,098 --> 00:32:17,100
- Re-create him in the aggregate.
- The what?

458
00:32:17,268 --> 00:32:20,020
Giambi's on-base percentage
was .477.

459
00:32:20,188 --> 00:32:24,650
Damon's on-base, .324.
And Olmedo's was .291.

460
00:32:24,817 --> 00:32:27,027
Add that up and you get...

461
00:32:29,697 --> 00:32:30,989
Do you want me to speak?

462
00:32:32,033 --> 00:32:33,867
When I point at you, yeah.

463
00:32:34,035 --> 00:32:36,036
- 1.092.
- Divided by three.

464
00:32:37,413 --> 00:32:39,915
.364.
That's what we're looking for.

465
00:32:40,083 --> 00:32:44,211
Three ballplayers... Three
ballplayers whose average OBP is...

466
00:32:44,379 --> 00:32:45,712
.364.

467
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,757
- Wait, that doesn't come out right.
- It's right, Artie.

468
00:32:49,425 --> 00:32:51,218
- Billy.
- You gotta carry the one.

469
00:32:51,386 --> 00:32:53,762
- Billy.
- Scratch this out.

470
00:32:53,930 --> 00:32:55,013
Yeah?

471
00:32:55,181 --> 00:32:56,765
Who's that?

472
00:32:56,933 --> 00:32:58,558
That's Pete.

473
00:32:59,477 --> 00:33:02,062
Does Pete really need to be here?

474
00:33:02,230 --> 00:33:03,230
Yes, he does.

475
00:33:04,857 --> 00:33:07,234
Okay, here's who we want.

476
00:33:07,402 --> 00:33:10,654
Number one,
Jason's little brother, Jeremy.

477
00:33:10,822 --> 00:33:13,699
Oh, God.
Billy, that's trouble.

478
00:33:13,866 --> 00:33:18,745
Billy, look, if I... Yeah. Billy, if I
may, he's had his problems off the field,

479
00:33:18,913 --> 00:33:21,248
and we know what he can't do
on the field.

480
00:33:21,416 --> 00:33:23,333
He's getting thick around the waist.

481
00:33:23,501 --> 00:33:26,169
There's reports about him
on weed, in strip clubs.

482
00:33:26,337 --> 00:33:29,006
His on-base percentage
is all we're looking at now.

483
00:33:29,173 --> 00:33:34,594
And Jeremy gets on base an awful lot
for a guy who only costs 285,000.

484
00:33:34,762 --> 00:33:37,764
- Jeez, Billy...
- Number two,

485
00:33:39,392 --> 00:33:41,268
- David Justice.
- Oh, no.

486
00:33:41,436 --> 00:33:43,311
His legs are gone.
Not a good idea.

487
00:33:43,479 --> 00:33:45,239
- Old Man Justice?
- Why is that?

488
00:33:45,273 --> 00:33:47,565
Steinbrenner's so
pissed at his decline,

489
00:33:47,590 --> 00:33:50,426
he's willing to eat his
contract to get rid of him.

490
00:33:50,570 --> 00:33:53,280
- Exactly.
- Ten years ago, Justice, big name.

491
00:33:53,448 --> 00:33:54,489
Been in big games.

492
00:33:54,657 --> 00:33:57,909
He's gonna really help our season
tickets early in the year,

493
00:33:58,077 --> 00:34:02,706
but in the dog days in July, August, we're
lucky if he's gonna hit his weight.

494
00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:06,543
Billy, his legs are gone,
and he's a defensive liability.

495
00:34:06,711 --> 00:34:08,879
I question whether
the bat speed's there.

496
00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:10,505
- His legs are gone.
- Grady.

497
00:34:10,673 --> 00:34:14,593
We'll be lucky to get 60 games
out of him. Why do you like him?

498
00:34:15,636 --> 00:34:16,970
Because he gets on base.

499
00:34:18,806 --> 00:34:20,686
- What is this?
- What are we doing?

500
00:34:20,725 --> 00:34:22,809
Okay, number three,

501
00:34:28,649 --> 00:34:30,567
- Scott Hatteberg.
- Who?

502
00:34:30,735 --> 00:34:31,895
- Hatteberg?
- Exactly.

503
00:34:31,986 --> 00:34:33,820
He sounds like an Oakland A
already.

504
00:34:33,988 --> 00:34:37,991
- Yes, he's had a little problem with...
- Little problem? He can't throw.

505
00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:41,828
He's a career .260 hitter.
The best part of his career is over.

506
00:34:41,996 --> 00:34:44,790
- It's just getting started.
- Boston wants to cut him.

507
00:34:44,957 --> 00:34:47,501
- No one wants to pick him up.
- Good. He's cheap.

508
00:34:47,668 --> 00:34:50,337
Let me get this straight.
You're gonna get a guy

509
00:34:50,505 --> 00:34:53,840
that's been released by half
the organizations in baseball

510
00:34:54,008 --> 00:34:58,178
because he's got nonrepairable nerve
damage in his elbow and can't throw.

511
00:34:58,346 --> 00:35:01,681
He can't throw and he can't field.
But what can he do?

512
00:35:01,849 --> 00:35:02,891
Oh, boy.

513
00:35:03,059 --> 00:35:05,477
Check your reports
or I'm gonna point at Pete.

514
00:35:05,645 --> 00:35:08,146
- He gets on base.
- He can get on base.

515
00:35:08,314 --> 00:35:10,899
So he walks a lot.
He gets on base a lot, Rocco.

516
00:35:11,067 --> 00:35:13,693
Do I care
if it's a walk or a hit?

517
00:35:13,861 --> 00:35:15,237
Pete?

518
00:35:15,404 --> 00:35:17,656
- You do not.
- I do not.

519
00:35:17,824 --> 00:35:20,867
I got 37 free agents
that are better than those three guys.

520
00:35:21,035 --> 00:35:23,286
Wait a minute,
let me get this straight.

521
00:35:23,454 --> 00:35:26,123
So you're not gonna bring in one

522
00:35:26,290 --> 00:35:29,626
but three defective players
to replace Giambi?

523
00:35:30,336 --> 00:35:32,796
You're not buying into
this Bill James bullshit?

524
00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:34,965
This is the new
direction of the A's.

525
00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:38,051
We are card counters
at the blackjack table

526
00:35:38,219 --> 00:35:40,929
and we're gonna turn the odds
on the casino.

527
00:35:42,265 --> 00:35:44,015
- I don't see it.
- Seriously, guys.

528
00:35:44,183 --> 00:35:46,893
I think we have to remember
this is the man.

529
00:35:47,061 --> 00:35:52,482
He answers to no one
except ownership and God.

530
00:35:52,650 --> 00:35:55,527
And he doesn't
have to answer to us.

531
00:35:55,695 --> 00:35:58,113
We make suggestions,
he makes decisions.

532
00:35:58,281 --> 00:36:01,700
That's all fine and well, but
we've been working our asses off

533
00:36:01,868 --> 00:36:05,704
for weeks to make this club better,
and you're shitting all over it.

534
00:36:05,872 --> 00:36:08,373
This is not a discussion.

535
00:36:10,710 --> 00:36:12,085
What are we discussing?

536
00:36:12,253 --> 00:36:14,087
Barry, not a discussion.

537
00:36:19,093 --> 00:36:21,970
Billy, man, um,

538
00:36:22,597 --> 00:36:24,681
there's one thing
you're forgetting.

539
00:36:25,266 --> 00:36:30,020
None of those three guys
knows how to play first base.

540
00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:32,522
Well, you're gonna have
to teach one of them.

541
00:36:32,690 --> 00:36:34,107
Teach?

542
00:36:35,234 --> 00:36:36,943
Which one?

543
00:36:48,456 --> 00:36:52,584
This is really the kickoff to the holiday
season here in downtown Seattle.

544
00:36:52,752 --> 00:36:57,130
It took weeks of planning to lead up to
the big event, but it was well worth it.

545
00:36:57,298 --> 00:37:00,759
The weather was ideal.
People are still having a great time.

546
00:37:00,927 --> 00:37:02,802
Thousands of people
were out earlier.

547
00:37:02,970 --> 00:37:04,638
We have a nice recap for you

548
00:37:04,805 --> 00:37:08,308
of all the great events taking place
downtown in Seattle...

549
00:37:12,355 --> 00:37:13,980
- Hello?
- Scott?

550
00:37:14,148 --> 00:37:15,148
Yes.

551
00:37:15,316 --> 00:37:18,318
- It's Billy Beane of the Oakland A's.
- Yes.

552
00:37:18,486 --> 00:37:21,363
- Can we talk?
- Uh, yeah.

553
00:37:21,530 --> 00:37:23,490
Do you wanna let us in?

554
00:37:24,492 --> 00:37:27,035
- Pardon me?
- We're out front.

555
00:37:28,496 --> 00:37:30,664
- What?
- On the curb.

556
00:37:30,831 --> 00:37:32,624
Uh, yeah, yeah.

557
00:37:34,543 --> 00:37:35,627
Honey?

558
00:37:40,007 --> 00:37:42,008
- Oh, thank you.
- Thank you, ma'am.

559
00:37:42,176 --> 00:37:43,843
Very kind.

560
00:37:47,348 --> 00:37:49,182
How's the elbow, Scott?

561
00:37:49,350 --> 00:37:53,395
You know, it's good.
It's really good. It's great. Uh...

562
00:37:59,235 --> 00:38:01,361
- I can't throw the ball at all.
- Yeah.

563
00:38:01,529 --> 00:38:04,239
You've thrown your last ball
from behind home plate.

564
00:38:04,407 --> 00:38:06,616
- That's what I'd say.
- Well...

565
00:38:07,326 --> 00:38:10,620
Good news is,
we want you at first.

566
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:21,464
We want you to play
first base for the Oakland A's.

567
00:38:22,633 --> 00:38:24,843
Okay, well,

568
00:38:25,011 --> 00:38:26,761
I've only ever played catcher.

569
00:38:26,929 --> 00:38:29,389
Scott, you're not
a catcher anymore.

570
00:38:30,474 --> 00:38:33,893
If you were, our call wouldn't
have been the only one you got.

571
00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:38,982
- Yeah. Hey, listen, no, I appreciate it.
- You're welcome.

572
00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:43,903
- But the thing is, is...
- You don't know how to play first base.

573
00:38:44,488 --> 00:38:45,572
- Scott.
- That's right.

574
00:38:46,073 --> 00:38:47,657
It's not that hard, Scott.

575
00:38:47,825 --> 00:38:50,035
Tell him, Wash.
It's incredibly hard.

576
00:38:50,202 --> 00:38:53,371
Hey, anything worth doing is.
And we're gonna teach you.

577
00:38:53,539 --> 00:38:55,874
Wait a minute here.
I mean, but what about...?

578
00:38:56,042 --> 00:38:58,168
Jason's gone, Scott.

579
00:38:58,627 --> 00:39:01,171
You want me to take
Giambi's spot at first base?

580
00:39:01,339 --> 00:39:02,589
- Yeah.
- What about the fans?

581
00:39:02,757 --> 00:39:06,259
- Maybe I can teach one of them.
- The fans don't... Good one.

582
00:39:06,427 --> 00:39:07,802
Fans don't run
my ball club.

583
00:39:07,970 --> 00:39:10,180
Honey, what are you doing awake?

584
00:39:10,931 --> 00:39:12,932
Sweetheart, can you...?

585
00:39:14,101 --> 00:39:15,894
That's my daughter.

586
00:39:17,271 --> 00:39:19,230
You got kids?

587
00:39:20,107 --> 00:39:22,025
Uh, yeah, a daughter.

588
00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:26,613
Scott, this is a contract to play ball
for the Oakland A's.

589
00:39:26,781 --> 00:39:28,865
A copy's been sent over
to your agent.

590
00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:31,910
Discuss with your wife,
let us know.

591
00:39:32,953 --> 00:39:34,162
Thank you.

592
00:39:34,330 --> 00:39:35,622
- Bye-bye.
- Bye.

593
00:39:35,790 --> 00:39:37,791
- Oh, and, Scott.
- Yeah?

594
00:39:37,958 --> 00:39:40,001
Don't tell anyone
about the first-base thing.

595
00:39:40,169 --> 00:39:41,461
- Yes, sir.
- Okay.

596
00:39:41,629 --> 00:39:44,130
- Happy holidays.
- All right.

597
00:40:09,740 --> 00:40:10,990
- Hey, Sharon.
- Hi, Billy.

598
00:40:11,158 --> 00:40:14,411
- Is she ready?
- She's out with friends.

599
00:40:15,496 --> 00:40:17,622
But she'll be back. Come in.

600
00:40:18,332 --> 00:40:20,667
- Okay.
- Yeah, she's right here. Hold on.

601
00:40:20,835 --> 00:40:22,168
Here you go.

602
00:40:24,296 --> 00:40:27,924
- Here, wanna have a seat?
- Yeah.

603
00:40:36,559 --> 00:40:38,852
- You good, Billy?
- Yeah. How are you, Alan?

604
00:40:39,019 --> 00:40:42,397
Good. Really good. Things
are peaceful around here.

605
00:40:44,442 --> 00:40:46,526
It's good to see you.

606
00:40:46,694 --> 00:40:48,653
Thanks, Alan.

607
00:40:48,821 --> 00:40:50,947
I haven't got to see you
since play-offs.

608
00:40:51,115 --> 00:40:53,616
I wanted to say that New York
was heartbreaking.

609
00:40:54,243 --> 00:40:55,660
I'm sure for you too.

610
00:40:55,828 --> 00:40:59,789
Not many teams make it that far,
and to watch you go that far was...

611
00:40:59,957 --> 00:41:05,462
- It was really an accomplishment.
- Well, that's nice.

612
00:41:06,297 --> 00:41:08,548
How is the team shaping up?

613
00:41:08,716 --> 00:41:12,469
- Team's good. Rebuilding.
- Good.

614
00:41:12,636 --> 00:41:15,722
I read you lost
Giambonni and Damon.

615
00:41:15,890 --> 00:41:16,890
- Giambi.
- Giambi.

616
00:41:17,057 --> 00:41:19,726
Yeah.
Damon, Isringhausen.

617
00:41:19,894 --> 00:41:23,897
- They're really...? They're gone?
- Gone. Yesterday's news.

618
00:41:24,064 --> 00:41:27,442
- That's terrible.
- No, but that is a tough situation.

619
00:41:27,610 --> 00:41:29,235
That's...

620
00:41:29,403 --> 00:41:32,780
You're gonna be fine, though.
You always figure something out.

621
00:41:36,619 --> 00:41:39,913
Where is she? Where was she?
Down the street or...?

622
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:44,083
Oh, sorry, yeah. I just talked to her
on her cell. She's coming up the hill.

623
00:41:44,251 --> 00:41:45,543
Okay.

624
00:41:45,711 --> 00:41:47,921
She's got a cell phone?

625
00:41:48,422 --> 00:41:51,007
- Yeah.
- A 12-year-old?

626
00:41:51,175 --> 00:41:52,675
Yeah.

627
00:41:53,260 --> 00:41:54,677
Huh.

628
00:41:55,596 --> 00:41:56,763
For emergencies.

629
00:41:58,766 --> 00:42:00,934
Big parenting decision.

630
00:42:01,435 --> 00:42:05,563
But it's something that, you know,
we, you know, all should discuss,

631
00:42:05,731 --> 00:42:09,192
because if you have
any objections, of course...

632
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,819
Her mother and I
will discuss it.

633
00:42:12,696 --> 00:42:14,405
But thank you.

634
00:42:17,409 --> 00:42:19,702
- Any of these?
- Um...

635
00:42:19,870 --> 00:42:21,371
I don't know.

636
00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:23,581
- Do you...?
- This one's cool.

637
00:42:23,749 --> 00:42:25,291
Is that good or bad?

638
00:42:25,459 --> 00:42:27,377
- Butterflies.
- They're okay.

639
00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:30,505
Look, that one's pretty.
I like the red.

640
00:42:30,673 --> 00:42:32,298
Should we try?

641
00:42:33,008 --> 00:42:34,300
No?

642
00:42:34,468 --> 00:42:36,094
- Oh, I like this one.
- Yeah?

643
00:42:36,262 --> 00:42:37,637
Dad, look at this one.

644
00:42:37,805 --> 00:42:40,098
- Look how it's red.
- It's beautiful.

645
00:42:40,266 --> 00:42:42,642
- This one's pretty.
- Let's try it out.

646
00:42:42,810 --> 00:42:45,186
Just right here?
Why don't we go over there?

647
00:42:45,354 --> 00:42:46,896
Can we go over there?

648
00:43:05,457 --> 00:43:09,502
Oh, honey, you need to sing.
That's so good.

649
00:43:10,254 --> 00:43:12,338
That's beautiful.

650
00:43:13,882 --> 00:43:14,924
Sometimes I sing.

651
00:43:15,092 --> 00:43:20,763
It's fun to sing with your song, but
I don't want people to listen to me.

652
00:43:20,931 --> 00:43:24,809
Well, honey, I think people would love
to listen to you. That's beautiful.

653
00:43:25,769 --> 00:43:28,896
Would you sing a little
for your dad?

654
00:43:29,064 --> 00:43:31,190
Right here
in the middle of the store?

655
00:43:34,028 --> 00:43:36,446
- Little bit.
- Little bit.

656
00:43:38,198 --> 00:43:39,907
- You ready?
- I'm ready.

657
00:43:40,075 --> 00:43:41,326
Okay.

658
00:43:41,493 --> 00:43:44,329
<i>♪ I'm just a little bit ♪
♪ Caught in the middle ♪</i>

659
00:43:44,496 --> 00:43:47,206
<i>♪ Life is a maze ♪
♪ And love is a riddle ♪</i>

660
00:43:47,374 --> 00:43:51,711
<i>♪ I don't know where to go ♪
♪ Can't do it alone, I've tried ♪</i>

661
00:43:51,879 --> 00:43:53,546
<i>♪ And I don't know why ♪</i>

662
00:43:53,714 --> 00:43:56,299
<i>♪ I'm just a little girl ♪
♪ Lost in the moment ♪</i>

663
00:43:56,467 --> 00:43:59,552
<i>♪ I'm so scared ♪
♪ But I don't show it ♪</i>

664
00:43:59,720 --> 00:44:02,889
<i>♪ I can't figure it out ♪
♪ It's bringing me down ♪</i>

665
00:44:03,057 --> 00:44:07,477
<i>♪ I know I've got to let it go ♪</i>

666
00:44:07,645 --> 00:44:10,563
<i>♪ And just enjoy the show ♪</i>

667
00:44:15,778 --> 00:44:19,030
Billy Beane was taken in
the first round of the amateur draft.

668
00:44:19,198 --> 00:44:21,449
I think this is
a steal, to get Billy Beane.

669
00:44:21,617 --> 00:44:23,159
He's young, he's talented.

670
00:44:23,327 --> 00:44:27,664
A true five-tool player with speed.
This guy is a can't-miss prospect.

671
00:44:27,831 --> 00:44:30,083
This is a great sign
for the New York Mets.

672
00:44:30,250 --> 00:44:33,711
And it could be the
turnaround that they've been looking for.

673
00:44:34,129 --> 00:44:35,588
Ball one.

674
00:44:35,756 --> 00:44:38,299
I'll take Billy
Beane over Strawberry.

675
00:44:38,467 --> 00:44:41,886
Billy Beane, an interesting
pick, turned down a scholarship.

676
00:44:42,054 --> 00:44:43,596
He could've gone to Stanford.

677
00:44:43,764 --> 00:44:47,100
Sometimes you don't find out
till you get to the big leagues...

678
00:44:47,267 --> 00:44:48,267
Strike!

679
00:44:48,435 --> 00:44:51,896
This guy has never failed at anything.
He's coming out of high school.

680
00:44:52,064 --> 00:44:55,692
Billy was gonna go to college. He
could've been a great quarterback.

681
00:45:03,534 --> 00:45:05,410
Strike three.

682
00:45:05,911 --> 00:45:09,247
There's not an
organization in baseball

683
00:45:09,415 --> 00:45:14,252
who would not have taken
a chance on this young guy.

684
00:45:15,796 --> 00:45:19,215
He didn't pan out.
That happens every year.

685
00:45:20,676 --> 00:45:23,511
Some do, some don't.

686
00:45:24,805 --> 00:45:27,724
I mean, if you're having
any doubt at all about this...

687
00:45:30,185 --> 00:45:31,644
Having the scholarship...

688
00:45:31,812 --> 00:45:34,897
Your son was born
with a God-given ability.

689
00:45:35,607 --> 00:45:39,277
Few scouts can go
into the mind of a young man

690
00:45:39,445 --> 00:45:44,115
and determine whether he's really
confident about what he can do.

691
00:45:44,283 --> 00:45:45,992
A very special player.

692
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:48,786
So you can sign
him based on his ability,

693
00:45:48,954 --> 00:45:52,498
but then he's gotta be successful
to be confident.

694
00:45:52,666 --> 00:45:57,336
And once he becomes confident,
that's when you've got something.

695
00:46:00,799 --> 00:46:04,010
You make a decision
on what you see.

696
00:46:04,178 --> 00:46:07,722
And if things don't pan out,
you move on.

697
00:46:07,890 --> 00:46:09,932
That's baseball.

698
00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:12,143
Many are called, few are chosen.

699
00:46:13,979 --> 00:46:18,775
Billy, that is Kevin Youkilis.
That is the Greek God of Walks.

700
00:46:18,942 --> 00:46:20,276
That's my hero.

701
00:46:20,444 --> 00:46:23,446
That man gets walked
more than anybody in baseball

702
00:46:23,614 --> 00:46:25,531
except for Barry Bonds.

703
00:46:25,699 --> 00:46:29,202
I tried to convince Shapiro
to pick him up last June,

704
00:46:29,369 --> 00:46:31,746
but he said he waddled
like a duck.

705
00:46:32,247 --> 00:46:34,457
Yeah, Boston snagged him.

706
00:46:34,625 --> 00:46:36,542
I think they wanna wait and see.

707
00:46:43,509 --> 00:46:46,719
- Are you okay, Billy?
- Billy?

708
00:46:47,304 --> 00:46:48,721
Can we talk?

709
00:46:48,889 --> 00:46:51,516
Yeah. Yeah.

710
00:47:01,902 --> 00:47:04,695
You're unhappy, Grady. Why?

711
00:47:08,575 --> 00:47:09,992
Wow.

712
00:47:10,619 --> 00:47:12,912
- May I speak candidly?
- Sure, go ahead.

713
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:16,958
Major League Baseball and its fans,
they're gonna be more than happy

714
00:47:17,125 --> 00:47:19,585
to throw you and Google Boy
under the bus

715
00:47:19,753 --> 00:47:21,754
if you keep doing
what you're doing.

716
00:47:21,922 --> 00:47:24,298
You don't put a team together
with a computer.

717
00:47:24,466 --> 00:47:26,217
- No?
- No.

718
00:47:26,385 --> 00:47:29,095
Baseball isn't just numbers.
It's not science.

719
00:47:29,263 --> 00:47:32,431
If it was, anybody could do
what we're doing, but they can't.

720
00:47:32,599 --> 00:47:34,350
They don't know what we know.

721
00:47:34,518 --> 00:47:37,603
They don't have our experience
and our intuition.

722
00:47:38,105 --> 00:47:39,230
Okay.

723
00:47:39,815 --> 00:47:43,276
You got a kid in there that's got
a degree in economics from Yale.

724
00:47:43,443 --> 00:47:46,612
You got a scout here with
29 years of baseball experience.

725
00:47:46,780 --> 00:47:49,365
You're listening to the wrong one.

726
00:47:49,533 --> 00:47:53,369
Now, there are intangibles that
only baseball people understand.

727
00:47:53,537 --> 00:47:56,789
You're discounting what scouts
have done for 150 years?

728
00:47:56,957 --> 00:47:59,000
Even yourself?

729
00:47:59,668 --> 00:48:01,836
Adapt or die.

730
00:48:04,631 --> 00:48:06,966
This is about you
and your shit, isn't it?

731
00:48:07,134 --> 00:48:09,051
Twenty years ago,
some scout got it wrong.

732
00:48:09,219 --> 00:48:12,889
- Whoa. Okay. Okay.
- Now you declare war on the system.

733
00:48:13,056 --> 00:48:17,768
Okay, okay, my turn.
You don't have a crystal ball.

734
00:48:17,936 --> 00:48:21,522
You can't look at a kid and predict
his future any more than I can.

735
00:48:21,690 --> 00:48:23,983
I've sat at those kitchen tables
with you

736
00:48:24,151 --> 00:48:27,153
and listened to you tell parents,
"When I know, I know."

737
00:48:27,321 --> 00:48:29,322
"And when it comes
to your son, I know."

738
00:48:29,489 --> 00:48:31,949
And you don't.

739
00:48:33,535 --> 00:48:35,328
You don't.

740
00:48:37,831 --> 00:48:40,291
Okay. I don't give a shit
about friendship,

741
00:48:40,459 --> 00:48:43,002
this situation, or the past.

742
00:48:43,170 --> 00:48:46,797
Major League Baseball thinks the
way I think. You're not gonna win.

743
00:48:46,965 --> 00:48:49,550
And I'll give you a nickel's worth
of free advice.

744
00:48:49,718 --> 00:48:52,011
You're never gonna
get another job

745
00:48:52,179 --> 00:48:55,765
after this catastrophic season
you're about to set us all up for.

746
00:48:55,933 --> 00:48:57,934
You'll have to explain
to your kid

747
00:48:58,101 --> 00:49:00,645
why you're working
at Dick's Sporting Goods.

748
00:49:06,401 --> 00:49:08,861
I'm not gonna fire you, Grady.

749
00:49:12,699 --> 00:49:15,868
- Fuck you, Billy.
- Now I will.

750
00:49:19,706 --> 00:49:21,624
Good luck, Art.

751
00:49:27,714 --> 00:49:30,800
Kubota.
You never played ball, right?

752
00:49:30,968 --> 00:49:33,803
- I played a little T-ball.
- You're the new head scout.

753
00:49:33,971 --> 00:49:35,680
Congratulations.

754
00:49:44,106 --> 00:49:46,440
So Boston's gonna
wait and see?

755
00:49:48,068 --> 00:49:49,402
Yeah.

756
00:49:50,737 --> 00:49:53,239
- Yeah.
- It's just you and me, Pete.

757
00:49:53,407 --> 00:49:55,157
And we're all in.

758
00:49:58,996 --> 00:50:01,956
It sounds like you're
apologizing for what they're doing.

759
00:50:02,124 --> 00:50:04,834
I'm not. I just don't
know what you're gonna do

760
00:50:05,002 --> 00:50:08,379
with the budget that the A's have.
Who are you gonna get?

761
00:50:08,547 --> 00:50:10,715
I'm looking
at the spring-training roster.

762
00:50:10,882 --> 00:50:12,591
- You gotta be kidding me.
- How so?

763
00:50:12,759 --> 00:50:14,260
He looked like a clown out there.

764
00:50:14,428 --> 00:50:16,595
- Who?
- Chad Bradford.

765
00:50:16,763 --> 00:50:18,639
Tell me about Bradford.

766
00:50:18,807 --> 00:50:21,267
I like him a little
bit, but he's a specialist.

767
00:50:21,435 --> 00:50:24,478
He's not a guy that you say,
"The eighth inning is yours,"

768
00:50:24,646 --> 00:50:26,480
"lefties vs. Righties."

769
00:50:26,648 --> 00:50:28,315
In my opinion.

770
00:50:28,483 --> 00:50:32,445
I don't know what Billy Beane
and management understands about him.

771
00:50:32,612 --> 00:50:36,240
He only throws the ball about 82, 83
miles an hour. There must be something...

772
00:50:36,408 --> 00:50:38,868
He is a freak, and not in a good way.

773
00:50:39,036 --> 00:50:40,411
Let me ask you this.

774
00:50:40,579 --> 00:50:43,039
Talking about
trying to win a division.

775
00:50:43,206 --> 00:50:45,958
We're counting on David
to be the guy he was.

776
00:50:46,126 --> 00:50:48,627
I have my doubts.
He's gotten old.

777
00:50:48,795 --> 00:50:52,298
That's why he's not in New York
anymore, not in Cleveland anymore.

778
00:50:52,466 --> 00:50:55,801
We paid him the money we
should've been giving to Johnny Damon.

779
00:50:55,969 --> 00:50:57,636
- Hey.
- Jeremy Giambi.

780
00:50:57,804 --> 00:51:00,014
That's the one to worry about.

781
00:51:00,182 --> 00:51:02,975
He gets comps up and down Vegas
more than in Oakland.

782
00:51:03,143 --> 00:51:05,478
That should tell you something
right there.

783
00:51:05,645 --> 00:51:07,688
Isn't that the deal with these guys?

784
00:51:07,856 --> 00:51:09,231
He has one good year.

785
00:51:09,608 --> 00:51:13,069
And he gets a huge offer
and then he gets traded.

786
00:51:15,447 --> 00:51:18,574
- Bob. Harder.
- Hatteberg.

787
00:51:21,661 --> 00:51:24,914
Good. Good.

788
00:51:25,832 --> 00:51:28,000
Billy, we have to talk
about Hatteberg.

789
00:51:28,168 --> 00:51:30,628
- Go.
- There's just no feel for the spot.

790
00:51:30,796 --> 00:51:34,340
I think it's a long shot that he can be
a big-league first baseman.

791
00:51:34,508 --> 00:51:37,802
It's day one of the first week.
You can't judge this yet.

792
00:51:37,969 --> 00:51:39,553
No, I think
we can judge it.

793
00:51:39,721 --> 00:51:44,016
I mean, I like him, you know,
but I can judge him.

794
00:51:44,184 --> 00:51:45,810
First base is
the moon to him.

795
00:51:45,977 --> 00:51:49,855
It wasn't to Giambi. Giambi's the
worst first baseman in baseball.

796
00:51:50,023 --> 00:51:53,526
Gonna compare him to Giambi?
What are we talking about?

797
00:51:53,693 --> 00:51:54,985
All right.

798
00:51:56,988 --> 00:51:58,280
What do you think, Wash?

799
00:51:58,824 --> 00:52:02,284
The nice way to say it
is he lacks confidence.

800
00:52:02,452 --> 00:52:03,953
Well, give him some.

801
00:52:04,663 --> 00:52:07,248
I'll do that, but we got Pena,
who can play first.

802
00:52:07,415 --> 00:52:09,834
And he's looking
mighty good out there.

803
00:52:10,627 --> 00:52:12,711
We wanna go with Hattie.

804
00:52:17,717 --> 00:52:19,301
We got six weeks.

805
00:52:19,469 --> 00:52:20,761
Get down in it.

806
00:52:27,519 --> 00:52:28,853
- There you go.
- Scotty H.

807
00:52:29,020 --> 00:52:31,689
That's what I'm talking about.
Picking machine.

808
00:52:31,857 --> 00:52:34,191
It's only baseball.

809
00:52:40,365 --> 00:52:42,408
This better work.

810
00:52:43,743 --> 00:52:45,661
I'm just kidding you.

811
00:52:56,089 --> 00:52:58,924
<i>♪ Don't stop believin' ♪</i>

812
00:52:59,092 --> 00:53:01,969
Let's go, Oakland!

813
00:53:02,137 --> 00:53:03,929
Let's go, Oakland!

814
00:53:04,097 --> 00:53:05,681
<i>♪ Streetlight ♪</i>

815
00:53:06,892 --> 00:53:10,269
- What is wrong with this thing?
- It's a dollar, man.

816
00:53:10,437 --> 00:53:12,855
- What?
- Welcome to Oakland, D.J.

817
00:53:13,023 --> 00:53:15,065
Oh, you gotta be shitting me.

818
00:53:15,233 --> 00:53:19,069
I think this year, we're gonna
show that it takes a team to win,

819
00:53:19,237 --> 00:53:21,405
not any individual guy,
just a team.

820
00:53:21,573 --> 00:53:24,950
And I think we got
a hell of a ball club here.

821
00:53:25,118 --> 00:53:27,161
Chad, are you intimidated
at all today?

822
00:53:27,329 --> 00:53:32,541
I wouldn't say I'm intimidated, really.
I'm just really excited, like you said.

823
00:53:32,709 --> 00:53:36,212
Jeremy, how's the team gonna
fare without your brother, Jason?

824
00:53:36,379 --> 00:53:39,089
Well, you know,
the organization did a great job

825
00:53:39,257 --> 00:53:41,967
of bringing in good young guys
to fill that role.

826
00:53:42,135 --> 00:53:44,553
Let's face it,
they're getting a deal with you.

827
00:53:44,721 --> 00:53:46,972
The Yankees are paying
Jason a lot of money.

828
00:53:47,140 --> 00:53:50,226
You are coming here on a dime.
How does that make you feel?

829
00:53:50,393 --> 00:53:52,311
I feel good. Um...

830
00:53:52,479 --> 00:53:55,481
- How are the nerves in your fingers?
- You know.

831
00:53:55,649 --> 00:53:57,691
Gotta start with
the age, 36 years old.

832
00:53:57,859 --> 00:54:00,110
How do you think
your body's gonna hold up?

833
00:54:00,278 --> 00:54:03,489
You spend a lot of time
at strip clubs, partying.

834
00:54:03,657 --> 00:54:06,242
Do you resent the attention
you get off the field?

835
00:54:06,409 --> 00:54:07,451
I don't. I love it.

836
00:54:07,619 --> 00:54:09,828
- You spend a lot of time in Vegas.
- I do.

837
00:54:09,996 --> 00:54:14,208
I feel great. I did a lot of work to get...
Excuse me. Get out of my shot.

838
00:54:14,376 --> 00:54:15,417
Sorry, go ahead.

839
00:54:15,585 --> 00:54:17,711
There have been questions
about my age

840
00:54:17,879 --> 00:54:21,632
and my declining skills, some say,
but I'm here to prove that wrong.

841
00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:23,509
I asked if you were
100 percent.

842
00:54:32,477 --> 00:54:34,353
- Excuse me, Mr. Beane?
- Hey, Chad.

843
00:54:34,521 --> 00:54:37,815
- Hey, I'm not disturbing you, am I?
- Not at all. What's up?

844
00:54:37,983 --> 00:54:41,068
I wanted to say thank you
for this opportunity.

845
00:54:41,236 --> 00:54:44,697
Well, we enjoy having you. It's
gonna work out well for all of us.

846
00:54:44,864 --> 00:54:48,784
I appreciate it, sir. Nobody's ever
given me a chance like this before.

847
00:54:49,369 --> 00:54:50,452
Nobody?

848
00:54:51,538 --> 00:54:53,622
Well, just you, sir.

849
00:54:54,207 --> 00:54:57,543
Well, it's a big day,
one you won't forget.

850
00:54:57,711 --> 00:54:59,878
Appreciate it.
And I wanna let you know

851
00:55:00,046 --> 00:55:02,881
I'm gonna be praying for you
and your family.

852
00:55:03,425 --> 00:55:05,217
No problem.

853
00:55:05,844 --> 00:55:09,430
Well, here we are just minutes
away from the season opener of 2002

854
00:55:09,597 --> 00:55:10,806
for the Oakland A's.

855
00:55:10,974 --> 00:55:12,683
The first pitch is moments away.

856
00:55:12,851 --> 00:55:14,977
We'll come back
with the national anthem.

857
00:55:15,145 --> 00:55:16,562
Opening day is upon us.

858
00:55:17,063 --> 00:55:20,566
All right, fellas, smile.
Here we go.

859
00:55:21,318 --> 00:55:25,070
<i>♪ Hey, she give me ♪
♪ love And I feel all right now ♪</i>

860
00:55:28,908 --> 00:55:30,909
I'm going in.
Text me the play-by-play.

861
00:55:31,077 --> 00:55:32,661
What? Why?

862
00:55:33,580 --> 00:55:35,539
I don't watch the games.

863
00:55:44,090 --> 00:55:45,674
Detail, halt!

864
00:55:47,052 --> 00:55:49,928
And forward face!

865
00:56:50,490 --> 00:56:53,158
That's the third
Ranger batter to be hit today.

866
00:56:53,326 --> 00:56:56,662
Twice Alex Rodriguez was nicked.
The ninth...

867
00:57:31,990 --> 00:57:35,701
I should've made you a bigger part
of the conversation from day one.

868
00:57:35,869 --> 00:57:37,870
It'd be clear what
we're trying to do.

869
00:57:38,037 --> 00:57:40,998
That was my mistake, Art.
I take responsibility for that.

870
00:57:41,166 --> 00:57:42,833
What are you trying to say?

871
00:57:43,001 --> 00:57:47,713
Doesn't matter what moves I make if you don't
play the team the way they're designed to be.

872
00:57:49,549 --> 00:57:51,842
Billy, you're out of your depth.

873
00:57:53,011 --> 00:57:56,054
- Why not Hatteberg at first?
- Because he can't play first.

874
00:57:56,222 --> 00:57:58,640
- How do you know?
- Not my first baseball game.

875
00:57:58,808 --> 00:58:01,518
- Scott Hatteberg can't hit.
- He gets on base.

876
00:58:01,686 --> 00:58:05,063
Still keeps us in the plus column.
We need to be seven over .500.

877
00:58:05,231 --> 00:58:06,815
What?

878
00:58:10,236 --> 00:58:12,362
Anything else?

879
00:58:12,530 --> 00:58:16,783
Yeah. I would've rather seen
Bradford in the end than Magnante.

880
00:58:17,410 --> 00:58:18,452
Bradford's a righty.

881
00:58:18,620 --> 00:58:21,747
- I don't care about righty-lefty.
- I do.

882
00:58:26,377 --> 00:58:29,505
- Could this be about your contract?
- No.

883
00:58:30,256 --> 00:58:34,051
This is about you doing your job
and me doing mine.

884
00:58:34,219 --> 00:58:35,761
Mine's me being left alone

885
00:58:35,929 --> 00:58:38,847
to manage this team
you assembled for me.

886
00:58:39,015 --> 00:58:42,100
- I didn't assemble them for you, Art.
- No shit.

887
00:58:50,985 --> 00:58:52,444
Good meeting.

888
00:58:52,612 --> 00:58:53,737
Every time we talk,

889
00:58:53,905 --> 00:58:56,698
I'm reinvigorated
by my love of the game.

890
00:59:20,056 --> 00:59:23,475
We got Grady Fuson,
former head of scouting with the Athletics.

891
00:59:23,643 --> 00:59:26,436
And, Grady, can you interpret for us
what's going on?

892
00:59:26,604 --> 00:59:28,772
- They call it Moneyball.
- Moneyball?

893
00:59:28,940 --> 00:59:33,485
Yes, and it was a nice theory,
and now it's just not working out.

894
00:59:33,653 --> 00:59:37,656
Billy Beane has built this
team on the ideas of a guy, Bill James,

895
00:59:37,824 --> 00:59:42,494
who wrote an interesting book
on baseball statistics.

896
00:59:42,662 --> 00:59:46,665
The problem is that Bill James
never played, never managed.

897
00:59:46,833 --> 00:59:51,420
He was in fact a security guard
at a pork-and-beans company.

898
00:59:51,588 --> 00:59:54,256
Do you see this as a
decimation of the organization?

899
00:59:54,424 --> 00:59:56,091
He bought a ticket on the Titanic.

900
00:59:56,259 --> 00:59:57,301
Oh, boy.

901
00:59:57,468 --> 00:59:59,629
He's tried to
come up with a new approach.

902
00:59:59,679 --> 01:00:02,764
My hat's off to him. It won't work.

903
01:00:03,516 --> 01:00:06,560
One-two pitch. Tejada strikes out.

904
01:00:06,728 --> 01:00:07,894
And that is the game.

905
01:00:08,062 --> 01:00:11,148
The Seattle Mariners
win both games on this series, Ray.

906
01:00:11,316 --> 01:00:14,860
They've won 10 in a row.
Seattle is 13 and 3.

907
01:00:17,530 --> 01:00:19,865
I can't watch this shit.

908
01:00:20,992 --> 01:00:22,534
Go on the road with the team.

909
01:00:22,702 --> 01:00:24,911
You don't go on the road
with the team.

910
01:00:25,079 --> 01:00:28,707
- That's why I want you to do it.
- Why don't you?

911
01:00:30,209 --> 01:00:33,045
I can't develop personal
relationships with these guys.

912
01:00:33,212 --> 01:00:35,756
I gotta be able to trade them,
send them down,

913
01:00:35,923 --> 01:00:37,758
sometimes cut them.

914
01:00:39,927 --> 01:00:42,888
Which is something you should
learn to do, by the way.

915
01:00:45,558 --> 01:00:48,644
I would never have to
cut a player, unless you...

916
01:00:49,395 --> 01:00:52,397
- Oh, come on.
- "Come on" what?

917
01:00:52,565 --> 01:00:55,067
- Let's practice.
- No.

918
01:00:55,234 --> 01:00:58,111
Yeah. I'm a player.
You gotta cut me from the roster.

919
01:00:58,279 --> 01:00:59,321
- No.
- Go.

920
01:00:59,489 --> 01:01:00,947
- What do you mean, no?
- No.

921
01:01:01,115 --> 01:01:02,741
- Do it.
- This is stupid.

922
01:01:03,201 --> 01:01:05,327
Part of the job, man.

923
01:01:09,749 --> 01:01:11,249
Fine.

924
01:01:12,585 --> 01:01:16,046
Billy, please have a seat.
I need to talk to you for a minute.

925
01:01:16,214 --> 01:01:17,756
Go on.

926
01:01:19,092 --> 01:01:21,176
You've been a huge part
of this team.

927
01:01:21,344 --> 01:01:24,137
But sometimes you have to
make decisions best for the team.

928
01:01:24,305 --> 01:01:25,931
I'm sure you can understand.

929
01:01:26,099 --> 01:01:29,101
- You're cutting me?
- I'm really sorry.

930
01:01:29,936 --> 01:01:31,436
I just bought a house here.

931
01:01:31,604 --> 01:01:33,271
- Well...
- In Oakland.

932
01:01:37,026 --> 01:01:38,610
Well, uh... Well...

933
01:01:38,778 --> 01:01:42,030
"Well... Well..."?
That's all you got to say?

934
01:01:42,198 --> 01:01:44,574
My kid just started
a new school.

935
01:01:44,742 --> 01:01:48,078
- They made friends.
- That's, uh...

936
01:01:48,621 --> 01:01:51,456
You shouldn't pull them out
in the middle of the year.

937
01:01:51,624 --> 01:01:54,459
- You should wait.
- What the hell are you talking about?

938
01:01:54,627 --> 01:01:56,461
I don't know.
I shouldn't have...

939
01:01:56,629 --> 01:01:59,131
I'm not gonna do this.
I think this is stupid.

940
01:01:59,298 --> 01:02:02,467
I'm not gonna fire anybody,
and this is dumb.

941
01:02:03,553 --> 01:02:06,805
They're professional ballplayers.
Just be straight with them.

942
01:02:06,973 --> 01:02:08,932
No fluff, just facts.

943
01:02:09,100 --> 01:02:13,937
Pete, I gotta let you go.
Jack's office will handle the details.

944
01:02:16,649 --> 01:02:19,067
- That's it?
- Pfft.

945
01:02:19,277 --> 01:02:20,318
Really?

946
01:02:20,486 --> 01:02:24,906
You rather get a bullet to the head or
five to the chest and bleed to death?

947
01:02:26,492 --> 01:02:29,161
Are those
my only two options?

948
01:02:29,328 --> 01:02:31,496
Go on the road with the team.

949
01:02:34,125 --> 01:02:35,751
Okay.

950
01:02:45,094 --> 01:02:46,636
Say, bro.

951
01:02:46,804 --> 01:02:48,847
- Let me ask you a question.
- Yeah.

952
01:02:49,015 --> 01:02:51,850
How come your boss
doesn't travel with the team?

953
01:02:53,728 --> 01:02:57,314
He doesn't like to mingle
with the players.

954
01:02:59,108 --> 01:03:01,693
Is that supposed to
make us easier to cut?

955
01:03:06,908 --> 01:03:09,034
I don't know. I don't know.

956
01:03:09,202 --> 01:03:14,039
And how come soda
is a dollar in the clubhouse?

957
01:03:14,207 --> 01:03:16,458
I never seen
nothing like that.

958
01:03:17,710 --> 01:03:20,545
Billy likes to keep
the money on the field.

959
01:03:20,713 --> 01:03:22,589
Soda money?

960
01:03:23,049 --> 01:03:24,591
Really?

961
01:03:25,092 --> 01:03:28,512
Where on the field is the
dollar I'm paying for soda?

962
01:03:30,097 --> 01:03:33,558
It's hard to see exactly,

963
01:03:33,726 --> 01:03:36,686
- but it's there, yeah.
- Yeah, it is hard to see.

964
01:03:37,313 --> 01:03:38,897
I'm done.

965
01:03:50,034 --> 01:03:52,786
- Hey, Dad.
- Hi, honey.

966
01:03:52,954 --> 01:03:54,955
- How are you?
- I'm good.

967
01:03:55,122 --> 01:03:57,249
- Was it bumpy?
- It was okay.

968
01:03:59,710 --> 01:04:02,379
So with this loss
tonight, the Oakland Athletics

969
01:04:02,547 --> 01:04:07,634
incredibly, have lost 14
of their last 17 games.

970
01:04:07,802 --> 01:04:10,887
They are 10 games back
in the American League West.

971
01:04:11,055 --> 01:04:13,557
Is it fair to say
the experiment has failed?

972
01:04:13,724 --> 01:04:16,059
Well, absolutely. It was predictable.

973
01:04:16,227 --> 01:04:20,689
You don't wish anybody a lack of success,
but the facts are in front of you.

974
01:04:20,857 --> 01:04:22,691
You can't blame Art Howe.

975
01:04:22,859 --> 01:04:23,900
No.

976
01:04:24,068 --> 01:04:27,240
The fact of the matter
is, this is not about statistics,

977
01:04:27,241 --> 01:04:28,241
this is about people.

978
01:04:28,364 --> 01:04:31,116
Art Howe is not the problem.

979
01:04:31,284 --> 01:04:35,203
The problem is in the general
manager's office with Billy Beane.

980
01:04:35,371 --> 01:04:38,039
The root of the
problem for me is philosophical.

981
01:04:38,207 --> 01:04:40,375
I said it before.
This is fantasy baseball.

982
01:04:40,877 --> 01:04:42,335
Billy is just not thinking.

983
01:04:42,503 --> 01:04:45,130
Start thinking about
a new GM, making changes.

984
01:04:45,298 --> 01:04:46,882
He never goes to the games.

985
01:04:47,049 --> 01:04:48,508
This was very predictable.

986
01:04:48,676 --> 01:04:51,303
He needs to look at what's going on.

987
01:04:51,470 --> 01:04:54,931
- The man needs to get real.
- I want Billy Beane gone.

988
01:04:55,099 --> 01:04:57,559
Calling for Beane's head.
I want your thoughts.

989
01:04:57,727 --> 01:05:02,939
The past 18 games, they've been
shut out or scored one run four times.

990
01:05:03,107 --> 01:05:04,816
They're just not scoring enough.

991
01:05:04,984 --> 01:05:08,153
It's not just the offense,
not Thad Bosley and the hitters.

992
01:05:08,321 --> 01:05:12,616
It's everything. If there was one thing
you could pick out, you'd try to fix it,

993
01:05:12,783 --> 01:05:18,121
but just everything is
in a funk right now.

994
01:05:22,710 --> 01:05:25,295
What the hell am I doing?

995
01:05:27,673 --> 01:05:30,425
Oh, man.

996
01:05:30,593 --> 01:05:32,594
Look, Steve.

997
01:05:36,140 --> 01:05:38,266
I believe in what
we're doing.

998
01:05:38,434 --> 01:05:41,311
The record doesn't reflect
the strength of this team

999
01:05:41,479 --> 01:05:44,189
or where we're gonna be
at the end of the season.

1000
01:05:44,357 --> 01:05:48,985
Now, Pete and I here feel very strongly
that we stay on the track we've chosen.

1001
01:05:49,153 --> 01:05:51,696
Our sample size has
been too small. It's too...

1002
01:05:51,864 --> 01:05:53,531
Early. It's still early.

1003
01:05:54,200 --> 01:05:57,285
Where do we expect to be
by the All-Star break?

1004
01:05:58,454 --> 01:06:00,956
Our goal
and our expectation

1005
01:06:01,123 --> 01:06:04,876
is by mid-July to be within
seven games of first.

1006
01:06:05,044 --> 01:06:06,503
That would be
this working.

1007
01:06:06,671 --> 01:06:09,172
- That keeps us in the hunt.
- Exceptionally well.

1008
01:06:09,715 --> 01:06:12,592
- By July.
- July.

1009
01:06:12,760 --> 01:06:16,638
And what's gonna prevent you
from accomplishing that?

1010
01:06:16,806 --> 01:06:18,473
What are you afraid of?

1011
01:06:18,641 --> 01:06:21,559
Nothing. That's
why we're here, Steve.

1012
01:06:21,727 --> 01:06:25,063
That's why we get up in the morning.
That's all we do.

1013
01:06:44,625 --> 01:06:46,167
- More?
- Yeah, a little more.

1014
01:06:46,335 --> 01:06:49,796
- Don't tell your mother.
- I won't.

1015
01:06:50,548 --> 01:06:52,674
- Chocolate sauce?
- Yes.

1016
01:06:53,509 --> 01:06:54,926
Stop.

1017
01:06:57,513 --> 01:07:00,473
- Big spoon or little spoon?
- Little spoon.

1018
01:07:01,851 --> 01:07:03,518
Thank you.

1019
01:07:13,195 --> 01:07:16,031
Dad, there's no way you're
gonna lose your job, right?

1020
01:07:16,198 --> 01:07:17,240
What?

1021
01:07:18,784 --> 01:07:19,909
Well, I don't know.

1022
01:07:20,077 --> 01:07:22,162
- I'm just wondering.
- Where'd you hear that?

1023
01:07:22,329 --> 01:07:24,289
Well, I go on the Internet
sometimes.

1024
01:07:24,457 --> 01:07:27,625
Well, don't do that.
Don't go on the Internet.

1025
01:07:27,793 --> 01:07:30,628
Or watch TV
or read newspapers

1026
01:07:31,422 --> 01:07:33,339
or talk to people.

1027
01:07:33,507 --> 01:07:36,176
I don't talk to people.
I just read stuff.

1028
01:07:36,343 --> 01:07:38,970
Honey, everything's fine.
Everything's fine.

1029
01:07:39,722 --> 01:07:41,598
Really, you don't have to worry.

1030
01:07:41,766 --> 01:07:45,143
But if you lose your job,
will you have to move away?

1031
01:07:45,895 --> 01:07:48,313
Honey, I'm not gonna
lose my job.

1032
01:07:49,732 --> 01:07:51,733
You don't have to worry.

1033
01:07:54,111 --> 01:07:56,488
- Okay.
- Hey.

1034
01:07:57,073 --> 01:08:00,450
- There's no problem.
- Okay.

1035
01:08:00,618 --> 01:08:03,953
All right? I got uptown problems,
which are not problems at all.

1036
01:08:04,955 --> 01:08:06,331
You're not worried, right?

1037
01:08:06,499 --> 01:08:09,000
- No, I'm not worried.
- Okay.

1038
01:08:16,300 --> 01:08:17,967
Pena.

1039
01:08:20,638 --> 01:08:22,263
Okay.

1040
01:08:35,069 --> 01:08:37,195
I want Dye in right,

1041
01:08:37,363 --> 01:08:40,198
Justice DH'ing,
Pena on the bench,

1042
01:08:40,366 --> 01:08:42,158
Hatteberg at first,

1043
01:08:42,326 --> 01:08:45,370
and anyone but Mags
first out of the pen.

1044
01:08:45,538 --> 01:08:47,455
You want Pena on the bench?

1045
01:08:47,623 --> 01:08:50,750
That's right.
So you can play Hattie.

1046
01:08:50,918 --> 01:08:53,169
Pena is not only
the best first baseman,

1047
01:08:53,337 --> 01:08:55,505
he's the only first baseman.

1048
01:08:55,673 --> 01:08:58,049
Hattie gets on base
more than Pena.

1049
01:08:58,217 --> 01:09:00,718
- In fact, 20 percent more.
- And his fielding?

1050
01:09:00,886 --> 01:09:03,555
His fielding does not matter.

1051
01:09:04,557 --> 01:09:06,808
- I've heard enough of this.
- Have you?

1052
01:09:06,976 --> 01:09:08,560
And I, uh...

1053
01:09:09,395 --> 01:09:12,397
I disagree with you,
plain and simple.

1054
01:09:13,315 --> 01:09:15,483
And moreover,
I'm playing my team

1055
01:09:15,985 --> 01:09:19,654
in a way that I can explain
in job interviews next winter.

1056
01:09:20,573 --> 01:09:22,240
Okay? Ahem.

1057
01:09:27,246 --> 01:09:30,248
Hattie. Not Pena.

1058
01:09:34,587 --> 01:09:35,962
What's up, skip?

1059
01:09:36,130 --> 01:09:38,590
- How you doing?
- Good, how you doing, man?

1060
01:09:38,757 --> 01:09:40,383
Get some sleep
last night?

1061
01:09:42,511 --> 01:09:45,597
As the A's hit the
field, we are ready for baseball.

1062
01:09:45,764 --> 01:09:49,100
First one out of the dugout
is rookie sensation Carlos Pena,

1063
01:09:49,268 --> 01:09:53,563
one of the few bright lights in this
lineup, taking his spot at first base.

1064
01:10:26,388 --> 01:10:30,099
<i>♪ Down, gettin' down ♪
♪ There's a whole lot of rhythm ♪</i>

1065
01:10:33,979 --> 01:10:37,565
Billy, quick question. Do you expect
these guys to produce more or...?

1066
01:10:37,733 --> 01:10:39,943
Not now.
What's the reason for the slump?

1067
01:10:40,110 --> 01:10:41,569
<i>♪ We gotta have the funk ♪</i>

1068
01:10:41,737 --> 01:10:44,405
<i>♪ Ow, we want the funk ♪</i>

1069
01:10:44,573 --> 01:10:45,949
<i>♪ Give up the funk ♪</i>

1070
01:10:46,116 --> 01:10:48,326
<i>♪ Ow, we need the funk ♪</i>

1071
01:10:49,161 --> 01:10:50,995
<i>♪ We gotta have the funk ♪</i>

1072
01:10:58,337 --> 01:10:59,879
Get down.

1073
01:11:04,051 --> 01:11:06,010
Is losing fun?

1074
01:11:09,223 --> 01:11:12,350
- Is losing fun?
- No.

1075
01:11:16,480 --> 01:11:18,690
What are you having fun for?

1076
01:11:44,091 --> 01:11:46,509
That's what losing
sounds like.

1077
01:12:01,066 --> 01:12:02,483
Are you okay, Dad?

1078
01:12:03,235 --> 01:12:05,194
- You're doing it again.
- What?

1079
01:12:05,362 --> 01:12:07,655
You're worrying about me.

1080
01:12:07,865 --> 01:12:09,699
You're in last place, Dad.

1081
01:12:09,867 --> 01:12:12,243
- Do I look worried?
- Yeah.

1082
01:12:12,411 --> 01:12:16,372
Because you're getting on an airplane,
and those things crash all the time.

1083
01:12:16,540 --> 01:12:18,958
Please stop worrying
about your dad.

1084
01:12:21,253 --> 01:12:22,879
- We're all set.
- Okay.

1085
01:12:24,757 --> 01:12:26,924
- I love you.
- Love you too.

1086
01:12:27,384 --> 01:12:30,261
All right.
Your dad's not in trouble.

1087
01:12:31,305 --> 01:12:33,264
Okay.

1088
01:13:12,179 --> 01:13:13,971
Yeah.

1089
01:13:19,978 --> 01:13:22,146
- Suzanne, get me Ed Wade.
- Okay.

1090
01:13:22,314 --> 01:13:24,023
- Coffee on?
- Yes.

1091
01:13:24,191 --> 01:13:26,818
- Good morning.
- Good morning, Billy.

1092
01:13:30,406 --> 01:13:32,240
Oh, hi, Louisa.

1093
01:13:32,408 --> 01:13:35,326
- I need Ed Wade for Billy Beane.
- Hi.

1094
01:13:36,495 --> 01:13:37,537
Please hold.

1095
01:13:37,704 --> 01:13:40,331
- What's up?
- Wade's on 2.

1096
01:13:40,499 --> 01:13:41,958
- Ed?
- Hello?

1097
01:13:42,126 --> 01:13:44,544
- Ed, it's Billy.
- Billy, what's up?

1098
01:13:44,711 --> 01:13:47,713
- Look, I need a little help on defense.
- Okay.

1099
01:13:47,881 --> 01:13:50,466
I'm willing to trade
Jeremy Giambi for it.

1100
01:13:51,176 --> 01:13:52,635
- Really?
- What?

1101
01:13:52,803 --> 01:13:54,929
- Mm-hm. Who you got?
- What?

1102
01:13:55,097 --> 01:13:58,266
- Well, let me think.
- What are you doing?

1103
01:13:58,434 --> 01:13:59,684
Cleaning house.

1104
01:13:59,852 --> 01:14:01,811
- Mabry?
- Maybe what?

1105
01:14:01,979 --> 01:14:05,022
- No, Mabry.
- Hold on.

1106
01:14:05,190 --> 01:14:07,024
- No.
- Why not?

1107
01:14:07,192 --> 01:14:09,360
Because you can't trade
Jeremy Giambi.

1108
01:14:10,612 --> 01:14:12,113
He'll be fine, Ed.

1109
01:14:12,281 --> 01:14:14,866
Why do I get the feeling
you're picking my pocket?

1110
01:14:15,033 --> 01:14:18,369
I'm not. You're picking mine.
Giambi's name alone is worth more.

1111
01:14:18,537 --> 01:14:20,746
- What's wrong with him?
- Nothing.

1112
01:14:20,914 --> 01:14:24,417
Can we say it's done in theory
and start drawing up the paperwork?

1113
01:14:24,585 --> 01:14:26,836
- Okay, but you're gonna have...
- Great.

1114
01:14:27,004 --> 01:14:28,713
He was gonna
say something else.

1115
01:14:28,881 --> 01:14:31,466
When you get the answer
you're looking for, hang up.

1116
01:14:31,633 --> 01:14:32,675
- Suzanne.
- Yes?

1117
01:14:32,843 --> 01:14:35,303
- David Dombrowski.
- Okay.

1118
01:14:35,471 --> 01:14:38,431
And Pena's going too.
I don't think you should do that.

1119
01:14:38,599 --> 01:14:40,558
I really don't think
you should do that.

1120
01:14:40,726 --> 01:14:43,060
I want Hatteberg
in the lineup tonight.

1121
01:14:43,228 --> 01:14:44,604
You need to take a minute.

1122
01:14:44,771 --> 01:14:47,899
I think you seriously need
to think about what you're doing.

1123
01:14:48,066 --> 01:14:50,568
- Because you're upset.
- Okay.

1124
01:14:51,069 --> 01:14:52,904
What am I missing?

1125
01:14:53,572 --> 01:14:55,907
These are hard moves
to explain to people.

1126
01:14:56,783 --> 01:14:58,409
Why is that a problem, Pete?

1127
01:15:01,205 --> 01:15:03,414
Don't make
an emotional decision, Billy.

1128
01:15:03,582 --> 01:15:05,416
David Dombrowski's on 3.

1129
01:15:05,584 --> 01:15:07,960
Look, we're gonna
shake things up.

1130
01:15:08,128 --> 01:15:11,172
Dave. Pena's going on the block.
You're my first call.

1131
01:15:12,174 --> 01:15:14,967
Because he's making the rest
of the team look bad.

1132
01:15:15,928 --> 01:15:17,762
He's gonna be
a Rookie of the Year.

1133
01:15:17,930 --> 01:15:21,098
- Probably an All-Star.
- He's an All-Star, Dave.

1134
01:15:21,975 --> 01:15:24,769
No. I want a reliever and cash.

1135
01:15:25,270 --> 01:15:28,940
Okay. You got five minutes, Dave.
I'm not waiting.

1136
01:15:29,650 --> 01:15:33,444
Billy, Pena is an
All-Star, okay?

1137
01:15:33,612 --> 01:15:39,534
And if you dump him and this Hatteberg
thing doesn't work out, you know this is...

1138
01:15:39,701 --> 01:15:42,787
This is the kind of decision
that gets you fired.

1139
01:15:42,955 --> 01:15:44,539
It is.

1140
01:15:45,082 --> 01:15:47,124
Yes, you're right.

1141
01:15:47,584 --> 01:15:49,877
I may lose my job.

1142
01:15:50,045 --> 01:15:53,464
In which case I'm a 44-year-old guy
with a high school diploma

1143
01:15:53,632 --> 01:15:56,926
and a daughter
I'd like to be able to send to college.

1144
01:15:57,427 --> 01:16:00,471
You're 25 years old,
with a degree from Yale

1145
01:16:00,639 --> 01:16:03,224
and a pretty impressive
apprenticeship.

1146
01:16:04,059 --> 01:16:06,811
I don't think
we're asking the right question.

1147
01:16:07,312 --> 01:16:10,314
I think the question
we should be asking is,

1148
01:16:10,482 --> 01:16:13,150
do you believe in this thing
or not?

1149
01:16:14,987 --> 01:16:16,571
I do.

1150
01:16:19,616 --> 01:16:22,660
It's a problem you think
we need to explain ourselves.

1151
01:16:22,828 --> 01:16:26,038
Don't. To anyone.

1152
01:16:29,418 --> 01:16:30,876
Okay.

1153
01:16:33,422 --> 01:16:36,882
Now, I'm gonna see this thing
through, for better or worse.

1154
01:16:40,345 --> 01:16:45,182
Just tell me, do you project we'll win
more with Hatteberg or Pena at first?

1155
01:16:45,767 --> 01:16:48,185
It's close...

1156
01:16:49,021 --> 01:16:51,439
but theoretically, Hatteberg.

1157
01:16:52,316 --> 01:16:54,108
What are we talking about, then?

1158
01:16:54,276 --> 01:16:57,320
Dombrowski's on again, on 3.

1159
01:16:59,656 --> 01:17:01,073
Yeah?

1160
01:17:01,783 --> 01:17:03,701
Okay, that'll work.

1161
01:17:04,369 --> 01:17:06,621
Great. I need one more thing.

1162
01:17:06,788 --> 01:17:10,041
Soda. Yeah, I don't want
my guys paying for soda.

1163
01:17:10,208 --> 01:17:12,877
I want you to stock
my machine for three years.

1164
01:17:13,045 --> 01:17:14,545
I'm serious.

1165
01:17:15,547 --> 01:17:17,548
Great. It's a deal.

1166
01:17:18,675 --> 01:17:20,635
Go tell Pena he's gotta pack.

1167
01:17:22,137 --> 01:17:25,348
- You want me to tell Pena?
- Part of the job.

1168
01:17:27,851 --> 01:17:30,269
What about Giambi?
You want me to tell him too?

1169
01:17:30,437 --> 01:17:32,396
I'll tell him.

1170
01:17:39,363 --> 01:17:40,946
- Excuse me, Carlos?
- Yeah?

1171
01:17:41,114 --> 01:17:43,074
- Can I speak with you a minute?
- Yeah.

1172
01:17:51,833 --> 01:17:54,418
Carlos, you've been
traded to the Tigers.

1173
01:17:57,923 --> 01:17:59,924
This is Jay Palmer's number.

1174
01:18:00,092 --> 01:18:02,635
He's the traveling secretary
for the team.

1175
01:18:02,803 --> 01:18:05,846
He's expecting your call.
He'll take care of everything.

1176
01:18:15,107 --> 01:18:17,608
- Is that it?
- Yes.

1177
01:18:24,908 --> 01:18:26,325
Okay.

1178
01:18:38,672 --> 01:18:40,131
Okay.

1179
01:18:42,718 --> 01:18:43,926
Art, you got a minute?

1180
01:18:47,180 --> 01:18:50,224
Yeah. Take a seat.

1181
01:18:53,645 --> 01:18:57,982
You can't start Pena at first tonight.
You'll have to start Hatteberg.

1182
01:18:58,817 --> 01:19:00,985
I don't wanna go
15 rounds, Billy.

1183
01:19:01,153 --> 01:19:03,821
The lineup card is mine,
and that's all.

1184
01:19:03,989 --> 01:19:05,990
That lineup card is definitely yours.

1185
01:19:06,158 --> 01:19:08,743
I'm just saying
you can't start Pena at first.

1186
01:19:09,077 --> 01:19:10,411
Well...

1187
01:19:11,830 --> 01:19:13,998
I am starting him at first.

1188
01:19:14,166 --> 01:19:18,127
I don't think so.
He plays for Detroit now.

1189
01:19:22,048 --> 01:19:24,216
You traded Pena?

1190
01:19:25,385 --> 01:19:26,927
Yeah.

1191
01:19:27,095 --> 01:19:31,515
And Menechino, Hiljus, Tam
are all being sent down.

1192
01:19:31,683 --> 01:19:35,978
- You are outside your mind.
- Yeah. Cuckoo.

1193
01:19:37,773 --> 01:19:40,566
- You wanted to see me?
- Yeah, Jeremy, grab a seat.

1194
01:19:44,154 --> 01:19:46,655
Jeremy, you've been
traded to the Phillies.

1195
01:19:46,823 --> 01:19:49,450
This is Ed Wade's number.
He's a good guy, the GM.

1196
01:19:49,618 --> 01:19:51,952
He's expecting your call.

1197
01:19:52,120 --> 01:19:54,955
Buddy will help you
with the plane flight.

1198
01:19:56,291 --> 01:19:59,001
You're a good ballplayer,
Jeremy,

1199
01:19:59,169 --> 01:20:01,712
and we wish you the best.

1200
01:20:18,230 --> 01:20:20,314
Jeremy's gone too.

1201
01:20:22,275 --> 01:20:24,401
You're killing this team.

1202
01:20:24,569 --> 01:20:28,239
Art, I can do this all day long.

1203
01:20:34,371 --> 01:20:35,746
Hey.

1204
01:20:36,706 --> 01:20:38,749
You agree with this?

1205
01:20:40,126 --> 01:20:41,836
Hundred percent.

1206
01:20:43,380 --> 01:20:44,922
You want this door closed?

1207
01:20:57,477 --> 01:20:59,937
- Scotty H.
- Sir?

1208
01:21:00,939 --> 01:21:04,608
- Go field some grounders.
- Yes, sir.

1209
01:21:04,776 --> 01:21:06,610
Everybody, listen up.

1210
01:21:09,614 --> 01:21:12,366
You may not look
like a winning team...

1211
01:21:15,620 --> 01:21:17,705
but you are one.

1212
01:21:22,085 --> 01:21:23,419
So...

1213
01:21:25,005 --> 01:21:27,047
play like one tonight.

1214
01:21:35,682 --> 01:21:37,892
Oh, shit.

1215
01:21:40,979 --> 01:21:44,148
When you're getting your pitch,
you're hitting .625, massive.

1216
01:21:44,316 --> 01:21:46,150
You're crushing the ball.

1217
01:21:46,318 --> 01:21:49,194
But when you swing at things...
Your pitch is middle-in.

1218
01:21:49,362 --> 01:21:52,239
When you're swinging low and
away, you're batting .158.

1219
01:21:52,407 --> 01:21:54,491
Every at bat's
like a hand of blackjack.

1220
01:21:54,659 --> 01:21:56,994
Every card that's dealt,
your odds change.

1221
01:21:57,162 --> 01:22:01,498
So every first-pitch strike, your batting
average goes down about 75 points.

1222
01:22:01,666 --> 01:22:02,833
Seventy-five points.

1223
01:22:03,001 --> 01:22:05,252
He should throw 100
pitches before the fifth.

1224
01:22:05,420 --> 01:22:07,171
You wanna knock
that starter out.

1225
01:22:07,339 --> 01:22:10,841
I want you taking at bats off the 10th
and 11th pitcher by the end.

1226
01:22:11,009 --> 01:22:13,427
This is your basic breakdown
of the pitches,

1227
01:22:13,595 --> 01:22:15,804
where you should
be hitting them, why.

1228
01:22:15,972 --> 01:22:19,516
- So you want us to walk more?
- Good question. Yes.

1229
01:22:20,936 --> 01:22:23,020
Mr. Justice.

1230
01:22:23,188 --> 01:22:25,147
- Had a few thoughts.
- Yeah?

1231
01:22:25,315 --> 01:22:27,691
- Yeah.
- Gonna teach me some things?

1232
01:22:28,151 --> 01:22:29,860
Excuse me?

1233
01:22:31,404 --> 01:22:33,697
Never seen a GM
talk to players like that.

1234
01:22:33,865 --> 01:22:36,533
You never seen a GM
who was a player.

1235
01:22:38,286 --> 01:22:39,662
Huh.

1236
01:22:42,832 --> 01:22:45,626
We got a problem, David?
No, it's okay.

1237
01:22:45,794 --> 01:22:48,003
I know your routine.

1238
01:22:48,171 --> 01:22:50,464
It's patter. It's for effect.

1239
01:22:52,717 --> 01:22:56,887
But it's for them, all right?
That shit ain't for me.

1240
01:22:57,389 --> 01:22:59,139
Oh, you're special?

1241
01:23:01,559 --> 01:23:06,188
You're paying me 7 million bucks
a year, man, so, yeah,

1242
01:23:06,356 --> 01:23:08,691
maybe I am, a little bit.

1243
01:23:08,858 --> 01:23:11,819
No, man,
I ain't paying you 7.

1244
01:23:12,529 --> 01:23:14,405
Yankees are paying
half your salary.

1245
01:23:14,572 --> 01:23:17,408
That's what the New York Yankees
think of you.

1246
01:23:18,243 --> 01:23:22,579
They're paying you $3.5 million
to play against them.

1247
01:23:23,873 --> 01:23:26,041
Where you going
with this, Billy?

1248
01:23:26,835 --> 01:23:29,169
David, you're 37.

1249
01:23:29,337 --> 01:23:33,090
How about you and I be honest about
what each of us want out of this?

1250
01:23:34,718 --> 01:23:38,095
I wanna milk the last ounce
of baseball you got in you.

1251
01:23:38,263 --> 01:23:40,556
And you wanna stay in the show.

1252
01:23:41,099 --> 01:23:43,058
Let's do that.

1253
01:23:43,935 --> 01:23:46,520
I'm not paying you
for the player you used to be.

1254
01:23:46,688 --> 01:23:49,690
I'm paying you for the player
you are right now.

1255
01:23:49,858 --> 01:23:53,277
You're smart. You get what
we're trying to do here.

1256
01:23:53,445 --> 01:23:56,280
Make an example
for the younger guys.

1257
01:23:56,448 --> 01:23:58,240
Be a leader.

1258
01:23:58,908 --> 01:24:00,576
Can you do that?

1259
01:24:07,667 --> 01:24:10,627
All right. I got you.

1260
01:24:13,089 --> 01:24:14,798
We're cool?

1261
01:24:16,885 --> 01:24:18,343
We're cool.

1262
01:24:23,641 --> 01:24:24,850
Scotty H.

1263
01:24:25,018 --> 01:24:27,144
Yo, what's up, D.J.?
Picking machine.

1264
01:24:28,521 --> 01:24:30,731
How you liking
first base, man?

1265
01:24:32,025 --> 01:24:35,235
It's coming along.
Picking it up.

1266
01:24:35,403 --> 01:24:39,531
You know, tough transition,
but I'm starting to feel better with it.

1267
01:24:39,699 --> 01:24:41,742
- Yeah?
- Yeah.

1268
01:24:41,910 --> 01:24:43,827
What's your biggest fear?

1269
01:24:44,454 --> 01:24:47,164
A baseball being hit
in my general direction.

1270
01:24:49,250 --> 01:24:52,377
That's funny.
Seriously, what is it?

1271
01:24:55,840 --> 01:24:58,175
No, seriously, that is.

1272
01:25:08,937 --> 01:25:11,271
Well, hey, good luck with that.

1273
01:25:11,439 --> 01:25:13,607
Be social out there.

1274
01:25:14,526 --> 01:25:17,069
- Social.
- Social. Like a greeter at the Gap.

1275
01:25:17,237 --> 01:25:19,321
Guy steps into your office,
chat him up.

1276
01:25:19,489 --> 01:25:22,157
You're well-read.
You went to school.

1277
01:25:22,325 --> 01:25:24,493
- Yeah.
- Have some fun. Relax.

1278
01:25:24,661 --> 01:25:27,538
Everyone wants to attack.
Quit trying to attack.

1279
01:25:27,705 --> 01:25:30,958
Let the game come to you, man.
There's no clock on this thing.

1280
01:25:31,126 --> 01:25:32,543
This is a war of attrition.

1281
01:25:32,710 --> 01:25:37,131
If I take more, I could even take a few
strikes, but I'll get walked more.

1282
01:25:37,298 --> 01:25:41,051
You get on base, we win.
You don't, we lose.

1283
01:25:41,219 --> 01:25:44,555
And I hate losing,
Chavvie. I hate it.

1284
01:25:44,722 --> 01:25:47,307
I hate losing more
than I even wanna win.

1285
01:25:47,475 --> 01:25:48,809
And there's
a difference.

1286
01:25:48,977 --> 01:25:50,477
- No bunts.
- Bunts is an out.

1287
01:25:50,645 --> 01:25:53,897
- Even if the third baseman is back?
- No bunting whatsoever.

1288
01:25:54,065 --> 01:25:56,817
If someone bunts on us,
throw it to first.

1289
01:25:56,985 --> 01:25:58,735
Don't be a hero
and go to second.

1290
01:25:58,903 --> 01:26:00,320
Let them make the mistakes.

1291
01:26:00,488 --> 01:26:03,407
When your enemy's making
mistakes, don't interrupt them.

1292
01:26:03,575 --> 01:26:06,118
They're giving you an out.
Just giving it to you.

1293
01:26:06,286 --> 01:26:07,578
Take it.
Say thank you.

1294
01:26:07,745 --> 01:26:09,746
Another thing.
No more stealing.

1295
01:26:09,914 --> 01:26:11,957
That's what I do,
what you pay me to do.

1296
01:26:12,125 --> 01:26:15,085
I pay you to get on first,
not get thrown out at second.

1297
01:26:15,253 --> 01:26:20,215
This is a process. It's a
process, it's a process. Okay?

1298
01:26:32,562 --> 01:26:36,440
Jason takes it, goes to second
for the only out, and the A's get a run.

1299
01:26:38,067 --> 01:26:42,154
Jermaine Dye homers
again, his second in two games.

1300
01:26:42,322 --> 01:26:46,783
And the A's are still hanging in.
We'll get you scores here.

1301
01:26:46,951 --> 01:26:51,413
The A's pull within two of the
Angels for the wild-card chase.

1302
01:26:51,581 --> 01:26:53,749
The Reds have
now dropped five in a row

1303
01:26:53,917 --> 01:26:57,294
as Oakland beats them
in the beginning of this series 5 to 3.

1304
01:26:57,462 --> 01:26:58,795
Tejada walks.

1305
01:26:58,963 --> 01:27:00,297
Ball four.

1306
01:27:00,465 --> 01:27:03,342
Ball four and Hatteberg walks.

1307
01:27:04,886 --> 01:27:08,388
What is happening in Oakland?
The A's have won seven in a row.

1308
01:27:08,556 --> 01:27:10,807
A lot of excitement.
What a winning streak.

1309
01:27:10,975 --> 01:27:13,810
But how about the calming
influence of Art Howe?

1310
01:27:13,978 --> 01:27:17,606
When you say "your source," if it's
not me or Peter, they don't know.

1311
01:27:17,774 --> 01:27:19,483
He's managing an unorthodox team.

1312
01:27:19,651 --> 01:27:21,443
- Right.
- It's not a perfect roster.

1313
01:27:21,611 --> 01:27:24,905
But right now, Art Howe is
the reason this team is winning.

1314
01:27:25,073 --> 01:27:27,658
- He deserves the credit.
- Great, thanks. Bye.

1315
01:27:27,825 --> 01:27:29,368
Did you hear that?

1316
01:27:29,535 --> 01:27:32,496
I heard "seven in a row."
You get the Cleveland matchups?

1317
01:27:32,664 --> 01:27:34,581
Yeah, right here.

1318
01:27:42,340 --> 01:27:43,799
- Voos.
- Billy.

1319
01:27:43,967 --> 01:27:47,219
- That smell is getting worse.
- I'm on it.

1320
01:27:47,971 --> 01:27:50,138
- What are we doing?
- Splitting it in half?

1321
01:27:50,306 --> 01:27:52,140
- Both sides of the plate.
- Got it.

1322
01:27:52,850 --> 01:27:55,018
- Huddy. Mix it up.
- Yes, sir.

1323
01:27:55,186 --> 01:27:57,354
- Trust your slider, yeah?
- Yes, sir.

1324
01:27:57,522 --> 01:27:59,523
You guys quit distracting him.

1325
01:27:59,691 --> 01:28:02,401
You couldn't hit that shit
last night with a paddle.

1326
01:28:02,568 --> 01:28:04,403
You gotta see more pitches.

1327
01:28:04,570 --> 01:28:07,072
- All right, Billy.
- Patience.

1328
01:28:10,868 --> 01:28:12,494
- Hey, David.
- Hey, Billy.

1329
01:28:12,662 --> 01:28:14,037
- Great at bats.
- Thank you.

1330
01:28:14,205 --> 01:28:15,747
- Really quality.
- Thank you.

1331
01:28:15,915 --> 01:28:18,625
Base hit
to right field. Tejada scores.

1332
01:28:18,793 --> 01:28:21,670
Chavez coming in.
The ball gets past Guiel.

1333
01:28:22,588 --> 01:28:26,717
The A's, from 5-nothing down,
now lead 6 to 5.

1334
01:28:36,728 --> 01:28:39,730
The Oakland A's are
completely out of hand at the moment.

1335
01:28:39,897 --> 01:28:42,566
They are an AL-best 17 and 4
this month.

1336
01:28:42,734 --> 01:28:46,528
They also took back-to-back series
at Boston and at New York.

1337
01:28:46,696 --> 01:28:49,323
Remember when they traded
Jeremy Giambi in June

1338
01:28:49,490 --> 01:28:51,825
and everyone thought
they'd just given up?

1339
01:28:51,993 --> 01:28:54,661
Actually, not so much.

1340
01:28:58,750 --> 01:29:01,251
Suzanne, get Shapiro on the phone.

1341
01:29:01,753 --> 01:29:04,921
- You thinking Rincon?
- His season's done. He's lost faith.

1342
01:29:05,089 --> 01:29:08,091
- I think he's gonna dump him.
- Hard-core.

1343
01:29:08,259 --> 01:29:10,552
Shapiro on 2.

1344
01:29:12,096 --> 01:29:13,889
Mark, Billy. Let's be honest.

1345
01:29:14,057 --> 01:29:17,434
A premier setup man isn't gonna
get you closer to the play-offs.

1346
01:29:17,602 --> 01:29:19,522
Are you referring to Rincon?

1347
01:29:19,687 --> 01:29:21,688
He's a luxury
you can't afford, man.

1348
01:29:21,856 --> 01:29:24,566
And you can? There's half a
million on his contract.

1349
01:29:24,734 --> 01:29:26,777
And we've got
at least one other suitor.

1350
01:29:26,944 --> 01:29:29,654
By "at least one," you mean one.

1351
01:29:29,822 --> 01:29:32,282
- Who is it?
- I'd rather not say.

1352
01:29:32,450 --> 01:29:34,785
San Francisco.
San Francisco.

1353
01:29:34,952 --> 01:29:36,453
I'll call you back.

1354
01:29:38,247 --> 01:29:40,415
What do you think
we can get for Magnante?

1355
01:29:40,583 --> 01:29:41,833
Nothing.

1356
01:29:42,752 --> 01:29:45,796
- What's left on Venafro's contract?
- Two seventy-five.

1357
01:29:46,631 --> 01:29:48,423
Suzanne,
get me Sabean on the line.

1358
01:29:48,591 --> 01:29:52,677
Get the Giants interested in Venafro,
Mark's only got one buyer for Rincon.

1359
01:29:52,845 --> 01:29:54,304
- Us.
- On 3.

1360
01:29:56,349 --> 01:29:59,810
Saby-Sabster, it's Billy.
What do you think of Venafro?

1361
01:29:59,977 --> 01:30:02,145
I can let you have him
for almost nothing.

1362
01:30:02,313 --> 01:30:04,898
- Why would you do that?
- Because I'm amazing.

1363
01:30:05,066 --> 01:30:07,067
I want a couple bucks
and a sweetener.

1364
01:30:07,485 --> 01:30:09,319
Throw in, say...

1365
01:30:09,487 --> 01:30:11,655
Anderson.
Anderson.

1366
01:30:11,823 --> 01:30:14,783
- I like Anderson.
- No, you don't. Nobody likes him.

1367
01:30:14,951 --> 01:30:17,494
I don't know why I'm doing this.
But let's do it.

1368
01:30:17,662 --> 01:30:20,580
Venafro for Michaelson. Anderson.
I don't know his name.

1369
01:30:20,748 --> 01:30:23,625
- I'll think about it.
- Think about it and call me back.

1370
01:30:24,168 --> 01:30:26,169
Get Shapiro on.

1371
01:30:34,095 --> 01:30:36,346
Shapiro's on 2.

1372
01:30:38,391 --> 01:30:40,350
- Mark.
- You can't afford him, Billy.

1373
01:30:40,518 --> 01:30:41,601
You sure about that?

1374
01:30:41,769 --> 01:30:44,354
I get the impression
the market for Rincon is softening.

1375
01:30:44,522 --> 01:30:46,148
- Huh?
- I could be wrong,

1376
01:30:46,315 --> 01:30:47,941
but I'd call whoever's
interested

1377
01:30:48,109 --> 01:30:51,611
and see if they're still interested.
Call me back.

1378
01:30:52,488 --> 01:30:55,866
- What about the Mets for Venafro?
- You offered him to the Giants.

1379
01:30:56,033 --> 01:30:57,701
Suzanne, Steve Phillips.

1380
01:30:57,869 --> 01:31:02,706
Between Bonds, Kent, Nen, Snow,
San Francisco's never gonna do it.

1381
01:31:03,124 --> 01:31:06,877
- Totally agree.
- We just need them to cool on Rincon.

1382
01:31:07,044 --> 01:31:10,172
- Phillips on 2.
- Steve-o, it's Billy.

1383
01:31:10,339 --> 01:31:14,050
I hear you're looking for a reliever.
I can give you Venafro.

1384
01:31:14,218 --> 01:31:16,845
- I can make it quick and easy.
- What's the angle?

1385
01:31:17,013 --> 01:31:19,890
- No angle.
- Who am I getting fleeced for?

1386
01:31:20,558 --> 01:31:23,935
- Hang on a sec.
- Uh, Bennett, maybe?

1387
01:31:24,103 --> 01:31:25,479
- How old?
- Twenty-six.

1388
01:31:25,646 --> 01:31:27,731
Twenty-six, Double-A? Forget it.

1389
01:31:27,899 --> 01:31:29,983
Duncan, no.

1390
01:31:31,777 --> 01:31:33,528
No. Furbush, no.

1391
01:31:36,199 --> 01:31:39,910
Eckerton? Eckerton? Eckerton.

1392
01:31:40,870 --> 01:31:41,912
Eckerton.

1393
01:31:42,079 --> 01:31:44,498
- I like Eckerton.
- You don't even know who Eckerton is.

1394
01:31:45,875 --> 01:31:48,418
- Is Venafro hurt?
- No, he's fine, he's fine.

1395
01:31:48,586 --> 01:31:49,920
It's just an issue for us.

1396
01:31:50,087 --> 01:31:52,756
- Last couple times, he got hammered.
- Not his fault.

1397
01:31:52,924 --> 01:31:55,091
- That was us. We misused him.
- It's Steve.

1398
01:31:55,259 --> 01:31:57,260
I'm almost done.
Steve Schott.

1399
01:31:57,678 --> 01:32:00,639
Look, Steve-o,
let me be straight with you.

1400
01:32:00,806 --> 01:32:03,600
Here's the deal. I'm getting Rincon.
It's a done deal.

1401
01:32:03,768 --> 01:32:06,853
- I heard the Giants...
- Giants want Venafro for Michaelson.

1402
01:32:07,021 --> 01:32:08,939
Anderson.
I'd rather deal with you.

1403
01:32:09,106 --> 01:32:12,108
You can give me Eckerton
and $225,000 in cash,

1404
01:32:12,276 --> 01:32:14,319
and the Giants can't.

1405
01:32:15,154 --> 01:32:17,197
- I'll think about it.
- Think about it.

1406
01:32:17,365 --> 01:32:19,741
But whoever calls me back first
gets Venafro.

1407
01:32:22,161 --> 01:32:23,370
Schott hung up.

1408
01:32:24,830 --> 01:32:28,124
Oh, I want this one.

1409
01:32:36,133 --> 01:32:38,468
Why isn't anybody calling?

1410
01:32:41,264 --> 01:32:43,473
Shapiro's on 2.

1411
01:32:44,850 --> 01:32:46,268
Yeah?

1412
01:32:50,439 --> 01:32:53,066
Okay, let me talk to my owner.
I'll call you back.

1413
01:32:53,234 --> 01:32:55,944
- Get Steve on the phone.
- Schott or Phillips?

1414
01:32:56,112 --> 01:32:58,989
Why would we call Phillips?
Phillips has gotta call us.

1415
01:33:02,827 --> 01:33:04,578
Tell him I'm on the other line.

1416
01:33:08,332 --> 01:33:12,002
Hi, Mr. Schott, it's Peter Brand.
I apologize for putting you on hold.

1417
01:33:12,169 --> 01:33:16,965
- Billy asked me to call you back.
- Tell him we want 225,000 for Rincon.

1418
01:33:17,133 --> 01:33:22,178
Billy says he needs $225,000
for Ricardo Rincon.

1419
01:33:22,722 --> 01:33:24,347
Please.

1420
01:33:25,850 --> 01:33:29,144
Yes, I added the "please"
at the end.

1421
01:33:30,521 --> 01:33:33,773
Okay. Let me...
Hold on one second, please.

1422
01:33:34,567 --> 01:33:36,568
Tell him I'll pay for him.

1423
01:33:36,736 --> 01:33:41,072
But when I sell him back for twice the
amount next year, I keep the money.

1424
01:33:43,034 --> 01:33:46,036
Okay, so Billy says
he'll pay for Rincon himself.

1425
01:33:46,203 --> 01:33:50,498
But when he sells him for more money
next year, he's keeping the profit.

1426
01:34:00,426 --> 01:34:03,136
Thank you very much.
We'll call you back. Thank you.

1427
01:34:03,304 --> 01:34:05,764
Come on. Come on.

1428
01:34:11,062 --> 01:34:14,898
Suzanne, call Shapiro
ba... Never mind, I got him right here.

1429
01:34:17,693 --> 01:34:19,486
Mark. Yeah.

1430
01:34:19,654 --> 01:34:22,572
Listen, I don't want Rincon
pitching against me tonight.

1431
01:34:22,740 --> 01:34:26,242
Tell him to change clothes and send
him over. I got you the money.

1432
01:34:26,410 --> 01:34:27,827
Yup.

1433
01:34:27,995 --> 01:34:29,412
Great.

1434
01:34:33,584 --> 01:34:37,587
I don't wanna dampen the mood at all,
but since we picked up Rincon...

1435
01:34:37,755 --> 01:34:40,006
We gotta send someone down.

1436
01:34:46,722 --> 01:34:49,766
- Mags.
- Hey, Billy.

1437
01:34:52,728 --> 01:34:54,604
I know I've been
struggling lately.

1438
01:34:54,772 --> 01:34:58,525
But second half of the season,
definitely turn it around. Ricky and I...

1439
01:34:58,693 --> 01:35:02,612
Mike, I need you
to stop getting dressed.

1440
01:35:05,157 --> 01:35:06,783
Traded?

1441
01:35:17,628 --> 01:35:20,046
I'm sorry for the crap news.

1442
01:35:20,798 --> 01:35:22,757
I know it hurts.

1443
01:35:32,977 --> 01:35:35,812
Mike, I can't have 26 guys
in the clubhouse.

1444
01:35:35,980 --> 01:35:38,940
I get it. I get it.

1445
01:35:40,151 --> 01:35:43,361
Okay. Thanks.

1446
01:35:57,626 --> 01:35:58,918
Hey, Ricardo.

1447
01:36:01,130 --> 01:36:03,757
This must be a bit
of a shock, I guess.

1448
01:36:04,341 --> 01:36:06,676
Mabry hits one
deep to right-center field.

1449
01:36:06,844 --> 01:36:08,845
Racing back, Fick can't get it.

1450
01:36:09,013 --> 01:36:12,640
It bounces to the wall.
One run is in. Two runs are in.

1451
01:36:13,058 --> 01:36:16,352
Mabry, on one pitch,
has shot the A's in front.

1452
01:36:16,520 --> 01:36:20,857
Strike three called. Twelve
straight wins for the Athletics.

1453
01:36:21,025 --> 01:36:22,442
Man alive, was it hairy.

1454
01:36:22,610 --> 01:36:25,028
Something strange
is now happening in Oakland.

1455
01:36:25,196 --> 01:36:27,636
- You cannot argue that point.
- Twelve straight.

1456
01:36:27,782 --> 01:36:30,700
They're making a
joke out of the American League.

1457
01:36:30,868 --> 01:36:33,468
- They were in Detroit today...
- He throws to first.

1458
01:36:33,621 --> 01:36:37,165
And that's the sound
of 14 straight victories.

1459
01:36:37,333 --> 01:36:39,375
Fourteen, the longest run
this year.

1460
01:36:39,543 --> 01:36:42,629
It has slingshot the A's into first
in the AL West. A nice streak.

1461
01:36:42,797 --> 01:36:44,631
This team was written off.

1462
01:36:44,799 --> 01:36:48,259
How do you explain, otherwise,
the victories they've come up with?

1463
01:36:48,427 --> 01:36:51,971
The Oakland A's are
gonna win 16 consecutive games.

1464
01:36:53,015 --> 01:36:59,062
This is the longest win streak
in baseball, folks, in 25 years.

1465
01:36:59,230 --> 01:37:01,064
The A's have won 16 in a row.

1466
01:37:01,232 --> 01:37:03,817
We're going to 20!
We're going to 20!

1467
01:37:03,984 --> 01:37:08,238
To have a winning streak
of this duration, you have to be good,

1468
01:37:08,405 --> 01:37:11,324
but there's an element
of randomness to it.

1469
01:37:11,492 --> 01:37:13,701
The 1927 Yankees, Ruth, Gehrig,

1470
01:37:13,869 --> 01:37:16,996
Murderers' Row, some people
still say the best team ever.

1471
01:37:17,164 --> 01:37:20,708
Longest winning streak
for them that year? Nine.

1472
01:37:20,876 --> 01:37:23,878
You guys try to analyze
it from a numbers standpoint.

1473
01:37:24,046 --> 01:37:28,091
I'm telling you, there is no explanation
for what's occurring right now.

1474
01:37:28,259 --> 01:37:30,139
Do you have superstitions going on?

1475
01:37:30,302 --> 01:37:32,637
Do you do things
so you keep the streak alive?

1476
01:37:32,805 --> 01:37:36,349
The all-time record of
20 does not seem impossible anymore.

1477
01:37:36,517 --> 01:37:38,877
The A's were on
page one of the New York Times.

1478
01:37:39,019 --> 01:37:42,397
They are the story in sports
in this entire country.

1479
01:37:42,565 --> 01:37:44,085
Two-two pitch, here it is.

1480
01:37:44,108 --> 01:37:48,194
Swing and a miss! Struck him out!
Number 17!

1481
01:37:48,362 --> 01:37:51,281
It's taken 71 years.

1482
01:37:51,448 --> 01:37:54,367
The Oakland A's
have tied the Philadelphia A's.

1483
01:37:54,535 --> 01:37:58,454
The all-time franchise record
17 straight

1484
01:37:58,622 --> 01:38:03,877
and baseball's longest
winning streak since 1953.

1485
01:38:04,044 --> 01:38:07,964
The A's are two wins away
from tying the American League record.

1486
01:38:08,132 --> 01:38:13,803
It's gone! It's gone!
Tejada wins it! Do you believe it?

1487
01:38:14,305 --> 01:38:16,472
Eighteen wins in a row!

1488
01:38:16,640 --> 01:38:19,559
You could replay these
18 games a hundred times over.

1489
01:38:19,727 --> 01:38:21,644
And nobody wins
18 straight again.

1490
01:38:21,812 --> 01:38:24,355
It defies everything we know
about baseball.

1491
01:38:24,815 --> 01:38:28,151
The most amazing
thing you could imagine

1492
01:38:28,319 --> 01:38:31,279
happened over the last four days
at the Coliseum.

1493
01:38:31,447 --> 01:38:36,993
Tejada, up the middle.
The A's have won 19 in a row!

1494
01:38:37,912 --> 01:38:40,496
The 1906 White Sox,

1495
01:38:40,664 --> 01:38:44,667
the 1947 New York Yankees
have company.

1496
01:38:45,920 --> 01:38:47,420
Nineteen in a row.

1497
01:38:47,588 --> 01:38:50,506
The A's have a date with destiny.

1498
01:38:50,674 --> 01:38:53,718
They're going for the all-time
American League record,

1499
01:38:53,886 --> 01:38:55,011
20 games in a row.

1500
01:38:55,179 --> 01:38:59,474
We're going to 20! We're
gonna take the AL record to 20, baby!

1501
01:39:02,353 --> 01:39:04,187
Don't tell me the score, Pete.

1502
01:39:04,355 --> 01:39:05,730
No, Billy, it's me.

1503
01:39:05,898 --> 01:39:08,149
- Sharon?
- Yeah.

1504
01:39:09,360 --> 01:39:12,528
- You have a second?
- Yeah, what's up?

1505
01:39:12,696 --> 01:39:15,073
Well, I didn't actually
expect you to pick up.

1506
01:39:15,240 --> 01:39:17,033
I was gonna leave a message.

1507
01:39:17,201 --> 01:39:21,037
Um, Casey and I, we're here
and watching the game at home.

1508
01:39:21,205 --> 01:39:24,874
And I just wanted to say...

1509
01:39:26,210 --> 01:39:27,961
you did good, Billy.

1510
01:39:28,128 --> 01:39:30,171
We're really proud of you.

1511
01:39:31,674 --> 01:39:34,008
I appreciate it, Sharon.

1512
01:39:34,176 --> 01:39:37,053
- Thank you.
- Good luck.

1513
01:39:37,846 --> 01:39:38,888
Okay.

1514
01:39:39,056 --> 01:39:41,391
Oh, Casey wants to talk to you.
Hang on.

1515
01:39:42,184 --> 01:39:43,977
Are you on your
way to the stadium?

1516
01:39:44,144 --> 01:39:47,188
No, I'm on my way to Visalia
to see our minor-league team.

1517
01:39:47,356 --> 01:39:50,108
- Turn around, please, Dad.
- No way, Jose.

1518
01:39:50,275 --> 01:39:52,986
- Turn around. Come on, Dad.
- Nope. Not gonna happen.

1519
01:39:53,153 --> 01:39:54,487
You're not gonna jinx it.

1520
01:39:54,655 --> 01:39:58,241
I'll talk to you later, sweetheart.
I love you.

1521
01:40:04,748 --> 01:40:06,124
Shit.

1522
01:40:06,291 --> 01:40:09,532
One out here in the
fourth, and if you're just joining us,

1523
01:40:09,586 --> 01:40:10,670
you missed a lot.

1524
01:40:10,838 --> 01:40:13,881
And the pitch to Raul Ibanez.
Strike one.

1525
01:40:14,049 --> 01:40:15,809
I think my recap will be simple.

1526
01:40:15,926 --> 01:40:19,595
The A's scored six in the first,
one in the second, four in the third.

1527
01:40:19,763 --> 01:40:23,349
And people would be shocked
if you just did that. Heh-heh-heh.

1528
01:40:23,517 --> 01:40:25,768
Eleven to nothing,
the A's do lead.

1529
01:40:25,936 --> 01:40:28,646
Shit.
Foul off the foot of Ibanez...

1530
01:40:51,128 --> 01:40:53,755
Let's go, Oakland!

1531
01:40:53,922 --> 01:40:59,260
Let's go, Oakland!

1532
01:41:04,683 --> 01:41:10,813
Now batting,
number 2, catcher, Brent Mayne.

1533
01:41:14,943 --> 01:41:18,905
- Oakland!
- Here we go, Oakland!

1534
01:41:27,498 --> 01:41:29,082
Two.

1535
01:41:30,709 --> 01:41:32,376
Safe.

1536
01:41:37,758 --> 01:41:39,217
Now batting,

1537
01:41:39,384 --> 01:41:45,014
number 18,
left fielder Raul Ibanez.

1538
01:42:46,201 --> 01:42:47,785
Safe.

1539
01:42:50,205 --> 01:42:52,725
And the A's
now lead by a score of 11 to 3.

1540
01:42:52,749 --> 01:42:55,585
A nice cushion,
but you don't wanna give teams life

1541
01:42:55,752 --> 01:42:58,421
and let them wedge their way
back in, even when you're...

1542
01:43:42,424 --> 01:43:44,133
Nobody out, the bases loaded.

1543
01:43:44,301 --> 01:43:47,637
And Art Howe on the way to the
mound to make a pitching change.

1544
01:43:47,804 --> 01:43:49,722
And this game is
still in a state

1545
01:43:49,890 --> 01:43:52,808
where it could get out of control
for the Athletics.

1546
01:43:59,483 --> 01:44:02,763
We're all told at some point
we can no longer play the children's game.

1547
01:44:02,903 --> 01:44:06,489
We just don't know
when that's gonna be.

1548
01:44:10,077 --> 01:44:15,539
Some of us are told at 18, some of us
are told at 40, but we're all told.

1549
01:44:15,707 --> 01:44:18,042
Mike Sweeney with
runners at first and third.

1550
01:44:18,210 --> 01:44:20,628
It's an 11-to-7 game,
the A's in front.

1551
01:44:20,796 --> 01:44:23,506
Tam peering in for the sign.

1552
01:44:23,674 --> 01:44:26,676
Two out. Runners at first and third.

1553
01:44:26,843 --> 01:44:29,303
And the 3-2 delivery.

1554
01:45:03,046 --> 01:45:05,381
It's weird, Billy.

1555
01:45:05,549 --> 01:45:09,593
You wanna give up baseball
to become a scout?

1556
01:45:10,929 --> 01:45:13,347
I'm not a baseball player.

1557
01:45:13,765 --> 01:45:16,225
Are you sure this is what you want?

1558
01:45:17,561 --> 01:45:22,148
The crowd is roaring.
Koch is ready. One-two pitch.

1559
01:45:22,607 --> 01:45:25,901
Alicea puts it in play,
a looper to left field for a base hit.

1560
01:45:26,069 --> 01:45:29,488
Around third, tearing for the plate,
here comes the tying run.

1561
01:45:29,698 --> 01:45:33,701
Sliding safe.
And the ball game is tied at 11-all.

1562
01:45:33,869 --> 01:45:35,494
Holy Toledo.

1563
01:45:36,788 --> 01:45:41,083
The A's have blown
an 11 -to-nothing lead.

1564
01:45:42,836 --> 01:45:46,922
This is the specter of a development
that has been lurking now

1565
01:45:47,382 --> 01:45:51,510
ever since the five-run fourth inning
by the Royals.

1566
01:45:51,678 --> 01:45:57,099
And the A's date with destiny
is on hold right now.

1567
01:46:22,709 --> 01:46:25,961
Hatteberg. Hattie.

1568
01:46:26,463 --> 01:46:28,964
Grab a bat.
You're hitting for Byrnesy.

1569
01:46:30,467 --> 01:46:33,803
Come on, let's go.
Get yourself loose.

1570
01:46:44,147 --> 01:46:48,025
Hitting for Eric Byrnes,

1571
01:46:48,193 --> 01:46:52,363
number 10, Scott Hatteberg.

1572
01:47:00,497 --> 01:47:04,125
In your typical A's fashion.
They want a base runner here.

1573
01:47:04,292 --> 01:47:08,003
Scott Hatteberg is so adept
at drawing walks.

1574
01:47:11,216 --> 01:47:13,509
He's looking for Hatteberg
to get on base,

1575
01:47:13,677 --> 01:47:15,678
maybe bring in a pinch runner.

1576
01:47:15,846 --> 01:47:18,264
Let's go, Oakland!

1577
01:47:18,432 --> 01:47:20,516
Let's go, Oakland!

1578
01:48:15,322 --> 01:48:17,114
That one is gone!

1579
01:48:17,282 --> 01:48:21,744
And it's 20 consecutive victories
for the Oakland Athletics

1580
01:48:21,912 --> 01:48:23,954
on an unbelievable night

1581
01:48:24,122 --> 01:48:26,790
when they lost
an 11 -to-nothing lead

1582
01:48:26,958 --> 01:48:28,459
and now they win it.

1583
01:48:30,670 --> 01:48:35,174
The crowd comes back
to insane life.

1584
01:48:37,093 --> 01:48:39,094
How do you explain it?

1585
01:48:40,055 --> 01:48:44,391
Crazy. Just plain crazy.

1586
01:48:48,480 --> 01:48:52,066
Hatteberg is mobbed
at home plate.

1587
01:48:55,278 --> 01:48:58,280
In 103 years
of American League baseball,

1588
01:48:58,448 --> 01:49:01,909
the Athletics have accomplished
what no one has before.

1589
01:49:02,077 --> 01:49:06,288
They have won
20 consecutive games.

1590
01:49:32,315 --> 01:49:35,109
It's hard not to be
romantic about baseball.

1591
01:49:36,987 --> 01:49:40,239
This kind of thing,
it's fun for the fans.

1592
01:49:41,157 --> 01:49:44,577
It sells tickets and hot dogs.

1593
01:49:45,870 --> 01:49:47,496
Doesn't mean anything.

1594
01:49:47,664 --> 01:49:51,292
Billy, we just
won 20 games in a row.

1595
01:49:53,003 --> 01:49:55,045
And what's the point?

1596
01:49:55,213 --> 01:49:57,881
We just got the record.

1597
01:50:00,802 --> 01:50:03,178
Man, I've been doing this for...

1598
01:50:09,185 --> 01:50:11,270
Listen, man.

1599
01:50:11,438 --> 01:50:14,898
I've been in this game
a long time.

1600
01:50:16,526 --> 01:50:19,278
I'm not in it for a record,
I'll tell you that.

1601
01:50:19,446 --> 01:50:21,572
I'm not in it for a ring.

1602
01:50:24,242 --> 01:50:26,493
That's when
people get hurt.

1603
01:50:28,121 --> 01:50:31,040
If we don't win the last game
of the Series,

1604
01:50:32,292 --> 01:50:34,335
they'll dismiss us.

1605
01:50:34,878 --> 01:50:36,337
- Billy...
- I know these guys.

1606
01:50:36,504 --> 01:50:39,381
I know the way they think,
and they will erase us.

1607
01:50:40,884 --> 01:50:43,385
And everything
we've done here,

1608
01:50:43,553 --> 01:50:45,471
none of it'll matter.

1609
01:50:48,558 --> 01:50:51,894
Any other team wins
the World Series, good for them.

1610
01:50:53,063 --> 01:50:56,398
They're drinking champagne,
they get a ring.

1611
01:50:56,566 --> 01:50:58,525
But if we win,

1612
01:50:59,110 --> 01:51:01,779
on our budget, with this team...

1613
01:51:05,575 --> 01:51:07,618
we'll have changed the game.

1614
01:51:08,411 --> 01:51:10,579
And that's what I want.

1615
01:51:10,747 --> 01:51:12,998
I want it to mean something.

1616
01:51:22,634 --> 01:51:26,762
The A's going to the
play-offs with the West Division title.

1617
01:51:26,930 --> 01:51:29,682
Forgive the A's
if they're not celebrating.

1618
01:51:29,849 --> 01:51:31,392
They have been here before,

1619
01:51:31,559 --> 01:51:35,270
when Oakland went up two games
to none on the Yanks in the ALDS,

1620
01:51:35,438 --> 01:51:37,940
and went nowhere
after losing three straight.

1621
01:51:38,108 --> 01:51:41,443
With a win today over the Twins,
Oakland moves into the ALCS

1622
01:51:41,611 --> 01:51:44,279
for the first time since 1992.

1623
01:51:44,447 --> 01:51:46,156
But remember one thing.

1624
01:51:46,324 --> 01:51:50,160
Percentages hold up over a season,
but for one game, one at bat,

1625
01:51:50,328 --> 01:51:52,871
throw the percentages
out the window.

1626
01:52:25,655 --> 01:52:30,200
What the Minnesota Twins
exposed is the fact that the Oakland A's

1627
01:52:30,368 --> 01:52:34,163
were fundamentally
not a sound baseball team.

1628
01:52:34,330 --> 01:52:37,833
They had a flawed concept that
started with the general manager

1629
01:52:38,001 --> 01:52:41,503
and the brain trust thinking
they could reinvent baseball.

1630
01:52:41,671 --> 01:52:43,255
You can't approach baseball

1631
01:52:43,423 --> 01:52:46,091
from a statistical,
bean-counting point of view.

1632
01:52:46,259 --> 01:52:48,510
It's won on the field
with fundamental play.

1633
01:52:48,678 --> 01:52:51,764
You have to steal, you have to bunt,
you have to sacrifice.

1634
01:52:51,931 --> 01:52:55,517
You gotta get men in scoring position,
and you gotta bring them in.

1635
01:52:55,685 --> 01:53:00,147
And you don't do that
with a bunch of statistical gimmicks.

1636
01:53:00,315 --> 01:53:03,150
Nobody reinvents this game.

1637
01:53:46,361 --> 01:53:47,778
Yeah.

1638
01:54:56,306 --> 01:55:01,810
Due respect to the
Coliseum, but this is a ballpark.

1639
01:55:01,978 --> 01:55:03,979
Yes, it is.

1640
01:55:06,065 --> 01:55:08,317
We're gonna have
some lunch in a little bit.

1641
01:55:08,484 --> 01:55:10,736
Why don't I have
some coffee sent up?

1642
01:55:11,404 --> 01:55:13,155
Denise?

1643
01:55:17,785 --> 01:55:19,661
Thank you, Denise.

1644
01:55:19,829 --> 01:55:21,872
- Thanks.
- You're welcome.

1645
01:55:24,834 --> 01:55:28,503
You know, it's her birthday
and I need to get her a present,

1646
01:55:28,671 --> 01:55:31,632
but she's usually the one
that does that for me.

1647
01:55:32,342 --> 01:55:34,676
So do you
have any ideas?

1648
01:55:35,219 --> 01:55:36,595
Scarf.

1649
01:55:36,763 --> 01:55:38,221
You mean like wool?

1650
01:55:38,389 --> 01:55:43,352
No, I meant what women wear with...
You know, decorative.

1651
01:55:43,519 --> 01:55:46,521
Ah. And where would
I get something like that?

1652
01:55:47,482 --> 01:55:50,817
No disrespect, I just lost in five
for the second year in a row.

1653
01:55:50,985 --> 01:55:53,320
Get her a bowling ball
for all I care.

1654
01:55:53,488 --> 01:55:54,863
Right.

1655
01:55:55,782 --> 01:55:59,326
Well, Steve told me
he's offering you a new contract.

1656
01:56:00,787 --> 01:56:02,496
Yes.

1657
01:56:02,664 --> 01:56:05,332
So why did you return my call?

1658
01:56:07,418 --> 01:56:10,003
Because it's the Red Sox.

1659
01:56:10,171 --> 01:56:14,716
Because I believe science might offer
an answer to the Curse of the Bambino.

1660
01:56:15,385 --> 01:56:20,681
- Because I hear you hired Bill James.
- Yup.

1661
01:56:20,848 --> 01:56:25,560
You know, why someone took so long
to hire that guy is beyond me.

1662
01:56:26,521 --> 01:56:28,855
Well, baseball hates him.

1663
01:56:29,399 --> 01:56:34,111
Well, baseball can hate him,
you know.

1664
01:56:34,278 --> 01:56:38,240
One of the great things about money
is that it buys a lot of things,

1665
01:56:38,408 --> 01:56:41,952
one of which is the luxury
to disregard what baseball likes,

1666
01:56:42,120 --> 01:56:45,080
doesn't like, what baseball thinks,
doesn't think.

1667
01:56:46,708 --> 01:56:49,334
Ah. Sounds nice.

1668
01:56:50,044 --> 01:56:51,420
Well...

1669
01:56:52,088 --> 01:56:54,131
I was grateful for the call.

1670
01:56:54,298 --> 01:56:56,174
- You were grateful?
- Yeah.

1671
01:56:59,429 --> 01:57:03,306
For 41 million,
you built a play-off team.

1672
01:57:03,474 --> 01:57:07,769
You lost Damon, Giambi,
Isringhausen, Pena,

1673
01:57:08,229 --> 01:57:11,606
and you won more games without
them than you did with them.

1674
01:57:11,774 --> 01:57:15,193
You won the exact same number
of games that the Yankees won,

1675
01:57:15,361 --> 01:57:19,281
but the Yankees spent
1.4 million per win,

1676
01:57:19,449 --> 01:57:22,909
and you paid 260,000.

1677
01:57:23,077 --> 01:57:27,122
I know you're taking it in the teeth,
but the first guy through the wall,

1678
01:57:27,582 --> 01:57:29,750
he always gets bloody.

1679
01:57:29,917 --> 01:57:33,295
Always. This is threatening
not just a way of doing business,

1680
01:57:33,463 --> 01:57:36,006
but in their minds,
it's threatening the game.

1681
01:57:36,174 --> 01:57:39,468
Really, what it's threatening
is their livelihood, their jobs.

1682
01:57:39,635 --> 01:57:42,637
It's threatening the way
that they do things.

1683
01:57:42,805 --> 01:57:44,181
Every time that happens,

1684
01:57:44,348 --> 01:57:47,851
whether it's a government,
a way of doing business, whatever,

1685
01:57:48,019 --> 01:57:50,562
the people
who are holding the reins,

1686
01:57:50,730 --> 01:57:53,315
they have their hands
on the switch,

1687
01:57:53,483 --> 01:57:55,984
they go batshit crazy.

1688
01:57:56,986 --> 01:58:01,823
I mean, anybody who's not
tearing their team down right now

1689
01:58:01,991 --> 01:58:05,118
and rebuilding it
using your model,

1690
01:58:05,995 --> 01:58:07,829
they're dinosaurs.

1691
01:58:08,414 --> 01:58:12,834
They'll be sitting on their ass
on the sofa in October

1692
01:58:13,002 --> 01:58:16,505
watching the Boston Red Sox
win the World Series.

1693
01:58:21,886 --> 01:58:23,804
What's this?

1694
01:58:23,971 --> 01:58:27,474
I want you to be my general manager.
That's my offer.

1695
01:59:14,397 --> 01:59:15,897
Heads up.

1696
01:59:17,567 --> 01:59:18,567
What was that?

1697
01:59:19,819 --> 01:59:22,904
- Sorry. I don't know.
- What the hell was that?

1698
01:59:23,573 --> 01:59:25,907
You knucklehead.

1699
01:59:33,416 --> 01:59:34,749
How was Boston?

1700
01:59:36,294 --> 01:59:38,211
Impressive.

1701
01:59:44,635 --> 01:59:47,262
Did Henry make you
a good offer, at least?

1702
01:59:48,806 --> 01:59:51,892
- Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter.
- What was it? What was it?

1703
01:59:52,059 --> 01:59:53,685
- Doesn't matter.
- What was it?

1704
02:00:16,751 --> 02:00:20,253
That makes you the highest-paid
GM in the history of sports.

1705
02:00:22,673 --> 02:00:24,132
So?

1706
02:00:25,968 --> 02:00:27,177
So what?

1707
02:00:30,223 --> 02:00:32,682
I made one decision in my life
based on money.

1708
02:00:32,850 --> 02:00:35,810
And I swore
I would never do it again.

1709
02:00:38,397 --> 02:00:40,440
You're not doing it
for the money.

1710
02:00:40,942 --> 02:00:43,443
- No?
- No.

1711
02:00:45,446 --> 02:00:47,989
You're doing it
for what the money says.

1712
02:00:49,408 --> 02:00:53,119
And it says what it says to any
player that makes big money.

1713
02:00:53,788 --> 02:00:55,538
That they're worth it.

1714
02:01:04,006 --> 02:01:05,715
What a dump.

1715
02:01:09,887 --> 02:01:12,222
I really wanted to win here.

1716
02:01:16,269 --> 02:01:18,812
I really did.

1717
02:01:21,315 --> 02:01:23,483
I think you won
pretty big, Billy.

1718
02:01:24,318 --> 02:01:26,444
Pete, we lost.

1719
02:01:28,030 --> 02:01:30,615
We lost.

1720
02:01:30,783 --> 02:01:34,244
It's only been a few days. Give
yourself some time to get over it.

1721
02:01:34,412 --> 02:01:37,747
Man, I don't
get over these things.

1722
02:01:37,915 --> 02:01:39,040
Ever.

1723
02:01:46,048 --> 02:01:49,718
Come with me to the video room.
I wanna show you something.

1724
02:01:51,470 --> 02:01:54,764
No, man,
I'm not up for film right now.

1725
02:01:56,017 --> 02:01:58,101
Come on. Seriously.

1726
02:01:58,269 --> 02:02:00,437
Come on, Billy.
Come on.

1727
02:02:02,148 --> 02:02:03,273
The Visalia Oaks

1728
02:02:03,441 --> 02:02:06,234
and our 240-pound catcher,
Jeremy Brown,

1729
02:02:06,402 --> 02:02:10,030
who, as you know,
is scared to run to second base.

1730
02:02:10,197 --> 02:02:11,990
This was in a game
six weeks ago.

1731
02:02:12,575 --> 02:02:14,701
This guy's gonna start
with a fastball.

1732
02:02:14,869 --> 02:02:17,287
Jeremy's gonna take him
to deep center.

1733
02:02:19,457 --> 02:02:20,957
Here's what's interesting,

1734
02:02:21,125 --> 02:02:24,002
because Jeremy's gonna do
what he never does.

1735
02:02:24,170 --> 02:02:25,462
He's gonna go for it.

1736
02:02:25,629 --> 02:02:28,882
He's gonna round first
and he's gonna go for it.

1737
02:02:30,092 --> 02:02:31,384
Okay?

1738
02:02:34,680 --> 02:02:39,642
This is all of Jeremy's
nightmares coming to life.

1739
02:02:42,104 --> 02:02:45,523
Aw, they're laughing at him.
And Jeremy's about to find out why.

1740
02:02:48,694 --> 02:02:51,071
Jeremy's about to realize

1741
02:02:52,531 --> 02:02:55,658
that the ball went 60 feet
over the fence.

1742
02:02:58,287 --> 02:03:01,915
He hit a home run
and didn't even realize it.

1743
02:03:31,904 --> 02:03:34,948
How can you not be romantic
about baseball?

1744
02:03:39,870 --> 02:03:42,789
- It's a metaphor.
- I know it's a metaphor.

1745
02:03:47,503 --> 02:03:48,878
Okay.

1746
02:03:52,967 --> 02:03:56,010
Pete, you're a good egg.

1747
02:03:59,432 --> 02:04:01,182
I'll call you.

1748
02:05:01,994 --> 02:05:05,580
Hey, Dad, this
is the song I told you I'd record.

1749
02:05:05,748 --> 02:05:08,458
Please don't show it
to anyone else.

1750
02:05:08,626 --> 02:05:11,711
Let me know if you change
your mind and stay in California.

1751
02:05:11,879 --> 02:05:14,923
If not, you're a
really great dad.

1752
02:05:20,262 --> 02:05:23,223
<i>♪ I'm just a little bit ♪
♪ Caught in the middle ♪</i>

1753
02:05:23,390 --> 02:05:26,601
<i>♪ Life is a maze ♪
♪ And love is a riddle ♪</i>

1754
02:05:26,769 --> 02:05:31,564
<i>♪ I don't know where to go ♪
♪ Can't do it alone, I've tried ♪</i>

1755
02:05:31,732 --> 02:05:33,441
<i>♪ And I don't know why ♪</i>

1756
02:05:33,609 --> 02:05:36,277
<i>♪ I'm just a little girl ♪
♪ Lost in the moment ♪</i>

1757
02:05:36,445 --> 02:05:39,364
<i>♪ I'm so scared ♪
♪ But I don't show it ♪</i>

1758
02:05:39,532 --> 02:05:43,117
<i>♪ I can't figure it out ♪
♪ It's bringing me down ♪</i>

1759
02:05:43,285 --> 02:05:48,039
<i>♪ I know I've got to let it go ♪</i>

1760
02:05:48,207 --> 02:05:50,458
<i>♪ And just enjoy the show ♪</i>

1761
02:05:50,626 --> 02:05:53,503
<i>♪ Slow it down, make it stop ♪</i>

1762
02:05:53,671 --> 02:05:57,090
<i>♪ Or else my heart ♪
♪ Is going to pop ♪</i>

1763
02:05:57,258 --> 02:06:00,885
<i>♪ 'Cause it's too much ♪
♪ Yeah, it's a lot ♪</i>

1764
02:06:01,762 --> 02:06:04,347
<i>♪ To be something I'm not ♪</i>

1765
02:06:04,515 --> 02:06:08,101
<i>♪ I'm a fool, out of love ♪</i>

1766
02:06:08,269 --> 02:06:13,648
<i>♪ And I just can't get enough ♪</i>

1767
02:06:13,816 --> 02:06:16,818
<i>♪ I'm just a little bit ♪
♪ Caught in the middle ♪</i>

1768
02:06:16,986 --> 02:06:20,154
<i>♪ Life is a maze ♪
♪ And love is a riddle ♪</i>

1769
02:06:20,322 --> 02:06:25,118
<i>♪ I don't know where to go ♪
♪ Can't do it alone, I've tried ♪</i>

1770
02:06:25,286 --> 02:06:26,953
<i>♪ And I don't know why ♪</i>

1771
02:06:27,121 --> 02:06:30,164
<i>♪ I'm just a little girl ♪
♪ Lost in the moment ♪</i>

1772
02:06:30,332 --> 02:06:33,668
<i>♪ I'm so scared ♪
♪ But I don't show it ♪</i>

1773
02:06:33,836 --> 02:06:37,797
<i>♪ I can't figure it out ♪
♪ It's bringing me down ♪</i>

1774
02:06:37,965 --> 02:06:43,344
<i>♪ I know I've got to let it go ♪</i>

1775
02:06:43,512 --> 02:06:45,930
<i>♪ And just enjoy the show ♪</i>

1776
02:06:46,098 --> 02:06:49,809
<i>♪ Dum-dee-dum ♪
♪ Da-dum-dee-dum ♪</i>

1777
02:06:50,561 --> 02:06:52,604
<i>♪ Just enjoy the show ♪</i>

1778
02:06:52,771 --> 02:06:56,024
<i>♪ You're such a loser, Dad ♪
♪ You're such a loser, Dad ♪</i>

1779
02:06:56,191 --> 02:06:59,444
<i>♪ You're such a loser, Dad ♪
♪ Just enjoy the show ♪</i>

1780
02:06:59,612 --> 02:07:02,572
<i>♪ You're such a loser, Dad ♪
♪ You're such a loser, Dad ♪</i>

1781
02:07:02,740 --> 02:07:04,866
<i>♪ You're such a loser, Dad ♪</i>

1782
02:07:05,034 --> 02:07:10,038
<i>♪ Just enjoy the show ♪</i>