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Damon has eight hits
in 18 at bats,

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a double, a triple,
a couple of stolen bases.

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He had four hits
in the series opener.

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Strike.

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Down the right-field line,
fair off the bat of Damon.

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It rolls by Spencer.

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And Damon will coast into
second base with a leadoff double.

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Into right-center field, broken bat,
it'll fall, a base hit.

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They wave around Damon.
He will score.

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And Jason Giambi delivers

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with a run-scoring single
here in the opening inning.

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And the Athletics
have taken that 1-nothing lead.

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Go, come on, now. We gotta spin it.

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Let's go, Yankees!

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Let's go, Yankees!

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Bases loaded.

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The Yankees have the tying run
at second, down 2-nothing.

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The A's are kicking it and throwing it
all over the field.

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And it might lead to their elimination
if they don't get it right in a hurry.

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Hammered down the right-field line.
Justice!

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The Yankees have taken the lead.

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They're standing,
anticipating another trip

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to the League
Championship Series.

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The Yankees one out away.
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Eric Byrnes, never with an
at bat in Yankee Stadium,

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and they don't get
much bigger than this one.

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Or more hectic when you're
up there trying to get a job done.

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And they're a strike away.

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And they're roaring in the Bronx.

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Losing the first two games at home
in the best-of-five series

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and roar back to-

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The Yankees will defend their -title (unvan).

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It's okay, Joe, you can leave it on.

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I don't need to watch.
Joe, -leave it on - açık bırakın-.

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Okay.

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Imagine how bad it'd be
if you were a Yankee player

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and didn't like the taste
of champagne.
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Better ask to get traded.

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You gotta give the Yankees-

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- win the big game.

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What a series that is
gonna be in the next...

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You know how many kids
are wearing Giambi's-?

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You know, Oakland Giambi's jerseys
and hats and pictures and posters?

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Those same kids will be booing in
July when the Yankees come here.

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Is it Giambi that's stabbing the back
or the Pinstripes on the East Coast?

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You can't blame them
for pilfering the henhouse.

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The henhouse is there.
I can't blame them?

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They're offering $120 million
oνer six years.

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The Yankees have deeper pockets and
they're willing to give him money.
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They're pilfering our players.

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It's like we're a farm system
for the New York Yankees.

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How are the guys doing?
That was a killer.

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That was a killer.
It's a tough one to swallow. It's...

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They played great.
They played their hearts out.

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They did. They played fantastic.
It just didn't fall our way.

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You'll do better next year.
But we were close, though.

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We were so close.
Right there.

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Almost had it. You gotta
feel good about that.

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I feel great about it.
I feel great about it.

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Um...

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We're not gonna do better
next year.
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Why not?
Well, you know we're being gutted.

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We're losing Giambi,
Damon, Isringhausen.

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Done deal.
We're in trouble.

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You'll find new guys.
You found Jason, you found Damon.

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I need more money, Steve.
Billy.

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I need more money.
We don't have any.

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I can't compete against $120 million
with $38 million.

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We're not gonna compete with
these teams that have big budgets.

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We're gonna work
within the constraints we have,

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and you're gonna do the best job
that you can recruiting new players.

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We're not gonna pay $17 million
to players.

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I'm not asking you
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for 10 or 20, 30 million dollars.

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I'm just asking for a bit of help.

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Get me a little closer and I will
get you that championship team.

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I mean, this is why I'm here.
This is why you hired me.

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And I gotta ask you,
what are we doing here

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Billy, I-
if it's not to win a championship?

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I wanna win just as much-
That's my bar. My bar is here.

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My bar is to take this team
to the championship.

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Billy, we're a small-market team,
and you're a small-market GM.

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I'm asking you to be okay not
spending money that I don't have.

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And I'm asking you
to take a deep breath,

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shake off the loss, get back
in a room with your guys,
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and figure out how to find
replacements for the guys we lost

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with the money that we do have.

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I'm not leaving here. I'm not-
I can't leave here with that.

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What else can I help you with?

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It's a good offer,
and you gotta match it. I-

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I need another day.

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His mind's pretty made up.
I just think you should know that.

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I got a call. I'll get you back.
I'll let him know.

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Bye.

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Yeah?
Billy, Scott.

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Just got off the phone with Dan.
You didn't.

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I was surprised he called me.

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Stop. I got Johnny for 7.5
or he doesn't play anywhere else.

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That's the deal you made.
Boston just upped it to 7.75.

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You there?

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We had a deal, Scott.
We have a deal, if it's 8 million.

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Oh, man, you played me.
I'm just doing my job for my client.

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No, you're playing me,
and you're still playing me.

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Congratulations, asshole.
You win.

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I like guys that got
a little hair on their ass.

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He looks like a Mantle
or a Mays, quite frankly.

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He's got a baseball body.
Matty, who do you got?

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I like Geronimo.
Yes.

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The guy's an athlete.
Big, fast, talented.

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Top of my list.
Clean-cut, good face.

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Yeah, good jaw.
Five-tools guy.

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He's got a beautiful swing.
The ball explodes off his bat.

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He throws the club head at the ball,
and when he connects,

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he drives it,
it pops off the bat.

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You can hear it all over the ballpark.
A lot of pop.

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If he's good,
why doesn't he hit good?

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He is a good hitter.
He'll be ready.

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He's gonna be a good hitter
against big-league arms?

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Could be great.
I don't think so.

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Kid needs at bats. Give him 400
at bats, he's gonna get better.

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He can play.
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He's hit everywhere
along the line.

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He's one of our guys.

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Okay, let's move on.

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Artie, who do you like?
I like Perez. He's got a classic swing.

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It's a real clean stroke.
I don't know. Can't hit the curveball.

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There's some work to be done,
I'll admit that, but he's noticeable.

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Got an ugly girlfriend.
What's that mean?

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Ugly girlfriend
means no confidence.

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You are full of it. Artie
is right. This guy's got an attitude.

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An attitude is good.

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He walks in a room, his dick's
already been there for two minutes.

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He passes the eye-candy test.
Got the looks.

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He's ready to play the part.
He just needs playing time.

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I'm just saying,
his girlfriend is a six at best.

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Look, if we're trying to replace
Giambi, this guy could be it.

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I agree with you.
La-la-la-la-la.

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Damn, Billy,
was that a suggestion?

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Guys, you're just talking.

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Talking, "la-la-la-la-la,"
like this is business as usual.

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It's not.

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We're trying to solve
the problem.

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Not like this.
You're not looking at the problem.

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We're very aware
of the problem. I mean-

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Okay, good. What's the problem?

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Look, Billy, we all understand
what the problem is. We have to-

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Okay, good.
What's the problem?

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We have to replace three
key players in our lineup.

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Nope. What's the problem?

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We gotta replace
these guys with what we have-

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No. What's the problem, Barry?

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We need 38 home runs, 120 RBIs
and 47 doubles to replace.

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The problem we're trying to solve
is that there are rich teams

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and there are poor teams,
then there's 50 feet of crap,

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and then there's us.

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It's an unfair game.

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And now we've been gutted.
We're like organ donors for the rich.

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Boston's taken our kidneys,
Yankees have taken our heart.
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And you guys sit around

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talking the same old "good body"
nonsense like we're selling jeans.

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Like we're looking for Fabio.

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We got to think differently.

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We are the last dog
at the bowl.

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You see what happens to
the runt of the litter? He dies.

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Billy, that's a very touching story
and everything,

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but I think we're all very much
aware of what we're facing.

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You have a lot of experience
and wisdom in this room.

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You need to have a little faith and
let us do the job of replacing Giambi.

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Is there another first
baseman like Giambi?

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No, not really.
No.
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If there was, could we afford him?
Nope.

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Then what the fuck
are you talking about, man?

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If we try to play like the Yankees
in here,

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we will lose to the Yankees
out there.

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Boy, that sounds like
fortune-cookie wisdom to me, Billy.

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No, that's just logic.
Who's Fabio?

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He's a shortstop.
He's a shortstop from Seattle.

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Now, this is no time
to push the panic button.

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Our scouts will find players,
Player Development will develop them.

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We'll teach them to play
Oakland A baseball.

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With all due respect, we've
been doing this a long time.

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Why don't you just let us be
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with who we know
that can play?

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Easy power.
And loose.

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Good face.

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This son of a bitch
is going in the first round.

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You're a premium player, Billy.

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You can run, you can field,
you can throw, you can hit,

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you can hit with power.

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That doesn't come along very often.

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This is Tom Martinez,
national cross-checker.

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How you doing?
Billy Beane.

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Nice to meet you.

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It's been a while since I've seen a
five-tool guy that can do everything.

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I'm hopeful your interest
in professional baseball

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is as strong as ours is gonna be
in getting you in this upcoming draft.

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Mr. Beane?

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Mark is ready
to see you now.

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How you doing?
I'm fine.

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How are you?
Good.

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Hey, Billy.
Hey, Mark.

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Good to see you. Please sit down.
You too.

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These are the guys. Guys, Billy.
Boys.

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How's it going?
All right. How you been?

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You're filling out that chair nicely.
I got three weeks in it right now.

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Good, good, man.

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Yeah, man. How you doing?
Fantastic.

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Awesome.
Couldn't be better.

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That's good to hear.
I'm not gonna waste your time.

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You just tell me
what you're looking for.

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Fifty million dollars
in additional payroll.

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You should try Giambi.

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Ouch.
I'm sorry. Too soon, right?

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I want this to be
a friendly meeting.

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It's not all
on your shoulders.

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Where's Steve in this?
Steve's great.

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He's supportive
in rebuilding this team.

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That's what we're gonna do.

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So, what are you looking for?
A left-handed reliever.

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I'm thinking Ricardo Rincon.

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That's not gonna happen.

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Not even a discussion?

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Billy, even if you could afford him,
respectfully, we love him.

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We're not about to let him go.

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You got this Venezuelan kid
coming up.

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We had him.
We moved him to Detroit.

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Huh.
What else you thinking?

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Outfielders.

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To replace Damon?
Yeah.

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In your price range? No disrespect.
Enough, Mark.

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Uh... Hollins?
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Uh-uh.

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Garcia?
No.

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Maybe Coste.

236
00:15:25,759 --> 00:15:27,177
Uh-uh.

237
00:15:27,969 --> 00:15:29,471
That's it.

238
00:15:30,847 --> 00:15:34,142
All right, tell me about Garcia.
To replace Johnny Damon?

239
00:15:34,851 --> 00:15:37,812
Mark, is he healthy?
Yeah, he's healthy-ish.

240
00:15:38,021 --> 00:15:40,440
He had that back thing.

241
00:15:40,648 --> 00:15:43,360
He'll be ready for spring ball.
I'll tell you what.

242
00:15:43,568 --> 00:15:46,029
I can give you Guthrie
if you kick in some cash.

243
00:15:46,196 --> 00:15:47,280
Mark Guthrie?
Yeah.

244
00:15:47,489 --> 00:15:49,574
How much cash?
Two hundred K.

245
00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:07,342
Okay.
246
00:16:08,385 --> 00:16:12,180
So Garcia's gonna be a no.
You're kidding me, right?

247
00:16:13,098 --> 00:16:15,433
You're kidding me.
I'm not.

248
00:16:17,102 --> 00:16:20,355
Okay. Straight up,
Garcia for Guthrie, no kicker.

249
00:16:21,398 --> 00:16:24,025
No kicker?
Straight up.

250
00:16:27,404 --> 00:16:31,991
I think it's gonna be a hard no on
Garcia, but let's just keep going.

251
00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,370
What else you thinking?
What are we doing? Is this business?

252
00:16:35,537 --> 00:16:37,831
This is the way we do
business in Cleveland.

253
00:17:21,666 --> 00:17:23,043
Hey.

254
00:17:24,294 --> 00:17:26,755
Hello.
Who are you?

255
00:17:29,591 --> 00:17:31,593
I'm Peter Brand.

256
00:17:32,510 --> 00:17:34,220
What do you do?

257
00:17:35,597 --> 00:17:38,183
I'm special assistant
to Mark Shapiro.
258
00:17:38,391 --> 00:17:40,226
So, what do you do?

259
00:17:42,604 --> 00:17:46,066
Mostly player analysis
right now.

260
00:17:46,274 --> 00:17:49,944
Been on the job long?
First job in baseball?

261
00:17:51,446 --> 00:17:53,782
It's my first job anywhere.

262
00:17:53,990 --> 00:17:56,409
Wow, congrats.
Thank you.

263
00:17:56,618 --> 00:17:59,204
First job.
Whose nephew are you?

264
00:18:01,623 --> 00:18:03,458
Why does Mark listen to you?

265
00:18:06,127 --> 00:18:08,463
I don't think, uh...

266
00:18:08,630 --> 00:18:10,965
I don't think he does very often.

267
00:18:12,467 --> 00:18:14,302
He just did.

268
00:18:16,429 --> 00:18:17,931
Well, in that circumstance,

269
00:18:18,139 --> 00:18:21,643
I think he was more listening
to Bruce than myself.

270
00:18:22,102 --> 00:18:24,646
Mm-hm. Who are you?

271
00:18:27,357 --> 00:18:29,609
I'm Peter Brand.

272
00:18:32,654 --> 00:18:35,657
I don't give a rat's ass
what your name is.

273
00:18:36,366 --> 00:18:38,535
What happened
in there?

274
00:18:39,661 --> 00:18:41,955
What happened
in that room?

275
00:18:42,372 --> 00:18:45,083
I'm not quite sure what
you're asking me, Mr. Beane.

276
00:18:45,291 --> 00:18:47,669
What did you
tell Bruce?

277
00:18:48,878 --> 00:18:53,341
I just told Bruce I like Garcia.
You like Garcia. Why?

278
00:18:55,677 --> 00:18:57,345
Why?

279
00:19:02,392 --> 00:19:04,978
I don't know. Ahem.

280
00:19:21,578 --> 00:19:24,414
There is an epidemic failure
within the game

281
00:19:24,622 --> 00:19:27,208
to understand
what is really happening.

282
00:19:27,417 --> 00:19:31,838
And this leads people who run
Major League Baseball teams

283
00:19:32,047 --> 00:19:36,176
to misjudge their players
and mismanage their teams.

284
00:19:40,805 --> 00:19:42,724
I apologize.

285
00:19:43,725 --> 00:19:44,726
Go on.

286
00:19:48,021 --> 00:19:53,151
Okay. People who run ball clubs,
they think in terms of buying players.

287
00:19:53,777 --> 00:19:58,323
Your goal shouldn't be to buy players.
Your goal should be to buy wins.

288
00:19:58,531 --> 00:20:01,868
And in order to buy wins,
you need to buy runs.

289
00:20:02,077 --> 00:20:04,079
You're trying
to replace Johnny Damon.

290
00:20:04,621 --> 00:20:06,206
The Red Sox see Johnny Damon

291
00:20:06,414 --> 00:20:10,043
and they see a star
who's worth $7.5 million a year.

292
00:20:10,251 --> 00:20:13,088
When I see Johnny Damon,

293
00:20:13,296 --> 00:20:15,590
what I see is...

294
00:20:17,050 --> 00:20:20,428
an imperfect understanding
of where runs come from.

295
00:20:21,179 --> 00:20:22,764
The guy's got a great glove.

296
00:20:22,972 --> 00:20:25,892
He's a decent leadoff hitter.
He can steal bases.

297
00:20:26,101 --> 00:20:28,436
But is he worth
the $7.5 million a year

298
00:20:28,645 --> 00:20:30,772
that the Boston Red Sox
are paying him?

299
00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:32,774
No. No.

300
00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,235
Baseball thinking is medieval.

301
00:20:35,443 --> 00:20:37,904
They are asking
all the wrong questions.

302
00:20:38,113 --> 00:20:42,242
And if I say it to anybody,
I'm ostracized. I'm a leper.

303
00:20:42,450 --> 00:20:47,372
So that's why I'm cagey
about this with you.

304
00:20:47,580 --> 00:20:48,581
That's why-

305
00:20:48,790 --> 00:20:52,669
I respect you, Mr. Beane,
and if you want full disclosure,

306
00:20:53,336 --> 00:20:57,716
I think it's a good thing that
you got Damon off your payroll.

307
00:20:57,924 --> 00:21:02,429
I think it opens up all kinds
of interesting possibilities.

308
00:21:02,637 --> 00:21:05,682
Where you from, Pete?
Maryland.

309
00:21:05,890 --> 00:21:09,144
Where'd you go to school?
Yale. I went to Yale.

310
00:21:10,311 --> 00:21:13,148
What'd you study?
Economics.

311
00:21:13,857 --> 00:21:16,359
I studied economics.

312
00:21:19,946 --> 00:21:24,284
Yale, economics and baseball.

313
00:21:25,869 --> 00:21:28,079
You're funny, Pete.

314
00:21:51,019 --> 00:21:52,187
Tell me, why Billy?

315
00:21:52,979 --> 00:21:55,315
What is it that makes him special?

316
00:21:55,523 --> 00:21:59,194
Very rare do you come upon
a young man like Billy

317
00:21:59,402 --> 00:22:02,489
who can run, who can field,
who can throw, who can hit,

318
00:22:02,697 --> 00:22:04,240
and who can hit with power.

319
00:22:04,449 --> 00:22:07,452
Those five tools,
you don't see that very often.

320
00:22:08,161 --> 00:22:11,039
Most of the youngsters
that we have an interest in

321
00:22:11,247 --> 00:22:12,665
have one or two tools,

322
00:22:12,874 --> 00:22:15,460
and we're hoping
to develop an extra one.

323
00:22:15,669 --> 00:22:17,545
Your son has five.

324
00:22:17,754 --> 00:22:21,758
We're looking at a guy that's a
potential superstar for us in New York.

325
00:22:21,966 --> 00:22:23,802
The time is now
to get him started.

326
00:22:24,010 --> 00:22:26,805
We're prepared to make
a sizable financial commitment.

327
00:22:27,013 --> 00:22:29,391
The Mets are gonna
stand behind Billy

328
00:22:29,599 --> 00:22:32,894
because we expect him
to be our big-league center fielder.

329
00:22:33,103 --> 00:22:35,146
This check here
represents the offer

330
00:22:35,355 --> 00:22:38,692
that the New York Mets
would be making to Billy.

331
00:22:38,900 --> 00:22:43,988
You do know that he's been accepted
to Stanford on a full scholarship?

332
00:22:44,197 --> 00:22:45,365
I do.

333
00:22:45,532 --> 00:22:47,909
So he can do both?

334
00:22:48,118 --> 00:22:52,414
Unfortunately, he can't do Stanford
and professional baseball.

335
00:22:52,622 --> 00:22:56,501
He would have to pick one
or the other.

336
00:22:56,710 --> 00:22:59,170
If he wants to be center fielder
for the Mets,

337
00:23:01,423 --> 00:23:06,261
he really needs to accept this
as life's first occupation, first career.

338
00:23:06,469 --> 00:23:10,181
We're all told at some point we can
no longer play the children's game.

339
00:23:10,390 --> 00:23:12,851
We just don't know
when that's gonna be.

340
00:23:13,393 --> 00:23:17,439
Some of us are told at 18, some of
us are told at 40, but we're all told.

341
00:23:18,106 --> 00:23:21,276
But this is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity.

342
00:23:21,484 --> 00:23:26,031
We want you badly, and we think that this
amount of money expresses that desire.

343
00:23:26,239 --> 00:23:29,576
Billy, this is your decision,
and whatever that decision is,

344
00:23:29,784 --> 00:23:32,245
you know it's fine
with your mother and I.

345
00:23:43,173 --> 00:23:45,425
Hello?
Hey, it's Billy Beane.

346
00:23:46,217 --> 00:23:49,971
Hey, what time is it?
I don't know.

347
00:23:50,972 --> 00:23:55,143
Listen, would you have
drafted me in the first round?

348
00:23:55,310 --> 00:23:56,686
What?

349
00:23:56,895 --> 00:24:00,440
After I left, you looked me up
on your computer.

350
00:24:00,607 --> 00:24:02,901
Would you have drafted me
in the first round?

351
00:24:03,109 --> 00:24:05,987
I did, yeah.
You were a good player.

352
00:24:06,196 --> 00:24:08,448
Cut the crap, man.

353
00:24:08,615 --> 00:24:11,493
Would you have drafted me
in the first round?

354
00:24:12,202 --> 00:24:16,331
I'd have taken you in the
ninth round. No signing bonus.

355
00:24:17,207 --> 00:24:21,670
I imagine you would've passed
and taken that scholarship.

356
00:24:22,379 --> 00:24:24,297
Yeah.

357
00:24:27,884 --> 00:24:30,345
Pack your bags, Pete.

358
00:24:30,804 --> 00:24:33,807
I just bought you
from the Cleveland Indians.

359
00:24:47,570 --> 00:24:51,032
Is it attached to that clamp?
Yeah, let me unhook it.

360
00:24:59,374 --> 00:25:00,709
Slide it up right there.

361
00:25:00,917 --> 00:25:02,127
To the left.
I did.

362
00:25:02,335 --> 00:25:04,379
Yeah, yeah.
Hang on, it's wet.

363
00:25:04,587 --> 00:25:06,131
Come on.

364
00:25:27,944 --> 00:25:29,529
Morning, Suzanne. Coffee on?
Yes.

365
00:25:29,738 --> 00:25:30,739
Great.

366
00:25:32,157 --> 00:25:33,742
Billy Beane's office.
Hey.

367
00:25:33,950 --> 00:25:34,951
Peter Brand.
Billy.

368
00:25:35,118 --> 00:25:37,579
How are-? Hi, how you doing?
Nice to see you.

369
00:25:37,787 --> 00:25:40,373
Good to have you here.
Boy, you move in fast.
370
00:25:40,540 --> 00:25:42,542
Yeah, yeah.
I got here early this morning.

371
00:25:42,709 --> 00:25:44,794
Wow. Huh.

372
00:25:45,003 --> 00:25:47,088
All moved in.
Yeah.

373
00:25:47,797 --> 00:25:49,382
Yeah.

374
00:25:49,549 --> 00:25:51,551
Hey, Billy,

375
00:25:51,718 --> 00:25:54,596
I wanted you to see
these player evaluations

376
00:25:54,804 --> 00:25:56,973
that you asked me to do.

377
00:25:57,932 --> 00:25:59,559
I asked you to do three.

378
00:26:00,477 --> 00:26:01,770
Yeah.

379
00:26:01,978 --> 00:26:04,564
To evaluate three players.
Yeah.

380
00:26:04,731 --> 00:26:06,691
How many did you do?

381
00:26:06,858 --> 00:26:08,818
Forty-seven.

382
00:26:09,736 --> 00:26:11,279
Okay.

383
00:26:12,155 --> 00:26:15,867
Actually, 51.
I don't know why I lied just then.

384
00:26:24,918 --> 00:26:27,295
Why don't you walk me
through the board?

385
00:26:28,797 --> 00:26:30,340
Thank you.

386
00:26:56,658 --> 00:26:58,660
Using this equation
in the upper left,

387
00:26:58,868 --> 00:27:01,955
I'm projecting that we need
to win at least 99 games

388
00:27:02,163 --> 00:27:04,332
in order to make it
to the postseason.

389
00:27:04,499 --> 00:27:08,628
We need to score at least 814 runs
in order to win those games

390
00:27:08,795 --> 00:27:11,881
and allow no more
than 645 runs.

391
00:27:17,012 --> 00:27:18,263
What's this?

392
00:27:18,471 --> 00:27:22,058
This is a code that I've written
for our year-to-year projections.

393
00:27:22,225 --> 00:27:25,895
This is building in the intelligence
that we have to project players.

394
00:27:26,062 --> 00:27:27,063
Okay.

395
00:27:27,230 --> 00:27:29,899
It's about getting things down
to one number.

396
00:27:30,358 --> 00:27:32,902
Using the stats
the way we read them,

397
00:27:33,069 --> 00:27:36,197
we'll find value in players
that nobody else can see.

398
00:27:39,743 --> 00:27:41,077
People are overlooked

399
00:27:41,244 --> 00:27:44,998
for a variety of biased reasons
and perceived flaws.

400
00:27:45,206 --> 00:27:48,501
Age, appearance, personality.

401
00:27:48,668 --> 00:27:53,381
Bill James and mathematics
cut straight through that.

402
00:27:55,008 --> 00:27:58,261
Billy, of the 20,000 notable players
for us to consider,

403
00:27:58,470 --> 00:28:00,972
I believe that there is
a championship team

404
00:28:01,181 --> 00:28:04,351
of 25 people that we can afford,

405
00:28:04,517 --> 00:28:07,687
because everyone else
in baseball undervalues them.

406
00:28:07,854 --> 00:28:11,107
Like an island of misfit toys.

407
00:28:15,570 --> 00:28:18,740
Billy, this is Chad Bradford.
He's a relief pitcher.
408
00:28:18,948 --> 00:28:23,244
He is one of the most undervalued
players in baseball.

409
00:28:23,411 --> 00:28:26,373
His defect is that he throws funny.

410
00:28:27,207 --> 00:28:31,252
Nobody in the big leagues cares
about him because he looks funny.

411
00:28:31,461 --> 00:28:34,547
This guy could be not just
the best pitcher in our pen,

412
00:28:34,714 --> 00:28:38,134
but one of the most effective
relief pitchers in all baseball.

413
00:28:38,301 --> 00:28:41,012
This guy should cost
$3 million a year.

414
00:28:41,221 --> 00:28:44,099
We can get him for 237,000.

415
00:29:07,997 --> 00:29:09,457
Billy.

416
00:29:10,959 --> 00:29:13,336
That it?
Yeah.

417
00:29:43,533 --> 00:29:44,868
Hey, Art.

418
00:29:45,035 --> 00:29:47,203
Can I talk to you
before you get started?

419
00:29:47,412 --> 00:29:49,873
I'm a bit busy right now.
I know.

420
00:29:51,750 --> 00:29:53,335
I know.
Okay.

421
00:29:53,501 --> 00:29:55,170
Morning, everyone.
Art.

422
00:29:55,337 --> 00:29:58,548
Peter Brand. Nice to meet you.
Where the hell's Pete?

423
00:29:58,757 --> 00:29:59,799
That's Pete.

424
00:30:00,717 --> 00:30:03,219
Grab a seat.
I'll be right back.

425
00:30:04,346 --> 00:30:06,348
All right,
where did you say he's at?

426
00:30:06,556 --> 00:30:07,640
Okay. He's on-

427
00:30:08,350 --> 00:30:10,977
Who's the kid?
A friend of mine.

428
00:30:12,771 --> 00:30:15,690
I can't manage this team
under a one-year contract.

429
00:30:15,899 --> 00:30:17,650
Well, sure you can.

430
00:30:19,402 --> 00:30:21,529
No, I can't.

431
00:30:21,696 --> 00:30:24,240
Okay. I gotta put a team
on the field.

432
00:30:24,407 --> 00:30:27,911
After that, I'll take a good
long look at your contract.

433
00:30:28,078 --> 00:30:31,373
Deal with the manager's contract,
then put a team on the field.

434
00:30:31,539 --> 00:30:35,919
At this moment, if a grounder's hit
to first, nobody's there to stop it.

435
00:30:36,753 --> 00:30:41,091
It's not easy doing what I do under
the cloud of a one-year contract.

436
00:30:41,257 --> 00:30:42,676
Okay, I understand that.

437
00:30:42,842 --> 00:30:44,803
I've been there.
I know you have.

438
00:30:44,969 --> 00:30:49,391
A one-year contract means the same
thing to a manager as to a player.

439
00:30:49,599 --> 00:30:51,726
There's not a lot of faith there.

440
00:30:51,935 --> 00:30:54,688
Which is strange
after a 102-win season.

441
00:30:55,772 --> 00:30:57,691
I see.

442
00:30:57,899 --> 00:31:02,237
If you lose the last game
of the season, nobody gives a shit.

443
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:08,118
So it's on me now?
No, Art, it's on me.

444
00:31:08,284 --> 00:31:11,579
And the kid
is the new assistant GM.
445
00:31:11,788 --> 00:31:13,748
Okay.
Okay, fellas.

446
00:31:13,957 --> 00:31:15,583
Hey, Billy.

447
00:31:25,969 --> 00:31:28,722
You can't deny his
offensive output. He can play.

448
00:31:28,888 --> 00:31:31,891
And we need people
that can play.

449
00:31:38,106 --> 00:31:40,442
Who do you wanna
talk about first?

450
00:31:57,250 --> 00:31:59,210
None of them.

451
00:32:00,003 --> 00:32:02,922
Billy, we got 38 home runs,
120 RBIs to make up for.

452
00:32:03,131 --> 00:32:05,467
Guys, you're still trying
to replace Giambi.

453
00:32:05,675 --> 00:32:09,179
I told you we can't do it,
and we can't do it.

454
00:32:09,721 --> 00:32:13,933
Now, what we might be able
to do is re-create him.

455
00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:17,062
Re-create him in the aggregate.
The what?

456
00:32:17,270 --> 00:32:20,023
Giambi's on-base percentage
was. 477.
457
00:32:20,190 --> 00:32:24,652
Damon's on-base,.324.
And Olmedo's was. 291.

458
00:32:24,819 --> 00:32:27,030
Add that up and you get...

459
00:32:29,699 --> 00:32:30,950
Do you want me to speak?

460
00:32:32,035 --> 00:32:33,828
When I point at you, yeah.

461
00:32:34,037 --> 00:32:36,039
1.092.
Divided by three.

462
00:32:37,415 --> 00:32:39,918
.364.
That's what we're looking for.

463
00:32:44,381 --> 00:32:45,674
.364.

464
00:32:45,882 --> 00:32:48,760
Wait, that doesn't come out right.
It's right, Artie.

465
00:32:49,427 --> 00:32:51,221
Billy.
You gotta carry the one.

466
00:32:51,388 --> 00:32:53,765
Billy.
Scratch this out.

467
00:32:53,932 --> 00:32:54,974
Yeah?

468
00:32:55,183 --> 00:32:56,768
Who's that?

469
00:32:56,935 --> 00:32:58,520
That's Pete.
470
00:32:59,479 --> 00:33:02,065
Does Pete really need to be here?

471
00:33:02,232 --> 00:33:03,233
Yes, he does.

472
00:33:04,859 --> 00:33:07,237
Okay, here's who we want.

473
00:33:07,404 --> 00:33:10,657
Number one:
Jason's little brother, Jeremy.

474
00:33:10,824 --> 00:33:13,702
Oh, God.
Billy, that's trouble.

475
00:33:13,868 --> 00:33:18,707
Billy, look, if I
- Yeah. Billy, if I may, he's had his problems off the field,

476
00:33:18,915 --> 00:33:21,251
and we know what he can't do
on the field.

477
00:33:21,418 --> 00:33:23,294
He's getting thick around the waist.

478
00:33:23,503 --> 00:33:26,131
There's reports about him
on weed, in strip clubs.

479
00:33:26,339 --> 00:33:29,009
His on-base percentage
is all we're looking at now.

480
00:33:29,175 --> 00:33:34,556
And Jeremy gets on base an awful
lot for a guy who only costs 285,000.

481
00:33:34,764 --> 00:33:37,726
Jeez, Billy-
Number two:

482
00:33:39,394 --> 00:33:41,271
David Justice.
Oh, no.

483
00:33:41,438 --> 00:33:43,273
His legs are gone.
Not a good idea.

484
00:33:43,481 --> 00:33:45,108
Old Man Justice?
Why is that?

485
00:33:45,275 --> 00:33:50,405
Steinbrenner's so pissed at his decline, he's
willing to eat his contract to get rid of him.

486
00:33:50,572 --> 00:33:53,283
Exactly.
Ten years ago, Justice, big name.

487
00:33:53,450 --> 00:33:54,451
Been in big games.

488
00:33:54,659 --> 00:33:57,871
He's gonna really help our
season tickets early in the year,

489
00:33:58,079 --> 00:34:02,709
but in the dog days in July, August,
we're lucky if he's gonna hit his weight.

490
00:34:02,876 --> 00:34:06,546
Billy, his legs are gone,
and he's a defensive liability.

491
00:34:06,713 --> 00:34:08,882
I question whether
the bat speed's there.

492
00:34:09,049 --> 00:34:10,467
His legs are gone.
Grady.

493
00:34:10,675 --> 00:34:14,596
We'll be lucky to get 60 games
out of him. Why do you like him?
494
00:34:15,638 --> 00:34:16,973
Because he gets on base.

495
00:34:18,808 --> 00:34:20,560
What is this?
What are we doing?

496
00:34:20,727 --> 00:34:22,771
Okay, number three:

497
00:34:28,651 --> 00:34:30,570
Scott Hatteberg.
Who?

498
00:34:30,737 --> 00:34:31,780
Hatteberg?
Exactly.

499
00:34:31,988 --> 00:34:33,782
He sounds like an Oakland A
already.

500
00:34:33,990 --> 00:34:37,994
Yes, he's had a little problem with-
Little problem? He can't throw.

501
00:34:38,161 --> 00:34:41,790
He's a career. 260 hitter.
The best part of his career is over.

502
00:34:41,998 --> 00:34:44,793
It's just getting started.
Boston wants to cut him.

503
00:34:44,959 --> 00:34:47,504
No one wants to pick him up.
Good. He's cheap.

504
00:34:47,671 --> 00:34:50,340
Let me get this straight.
You're gonna get a guy

505
00:34:50,507 --> 00:34:53,802
that's been released by half
the organizations in baseball
506
00:34:54,010 --> 00:34:58,181
because he's got nonrepairable nerve
damage in his elbow and can't throw.

507
00:34:58,348 --> 00:35:01,643
He can't throw and he can't
field. But what can he do?

508
00:35:01,851 --> 00:35:02,894
Oh, boy.

509
00:35:03,061 --> 00:35:05,480
Check your reports
or I'm gonna point at Pete.

510
00:35:05,647 --> 00:35:08,108
He gets on base.
He can get on base.

511
00:35:08,316 --> 00:35:10,902
So he walks a lot.
He gets on base a lot, Rocco.

512
00:35:11,069 --> 00:35:13,655
Do I care
if it's a walk or a hit?

513
00:35:13,863 --> 00:35:15,240
Pete?

514
00:35:15,407 --> 00:35:17,659
You do not.
I do not.

515
00:35:17,826 --> 00:35:20,829
I got 37 free agents
that are better than those three guys.

516
00:35:21,037 --> 00:35:23,248
Wait a minute,
let me get this straight.

517
00:35:23,456 --> 00:35:26,126
So you're not gonna bring in one

518
00:35:26,292 --> 00:35:29,629
but three defective players
to replace Giambi?

519
00:35:30,338 --> 00:35:32,799
You're not buying into
this Bill James bullshit?

520
00:35:32,966 --> 00:35:34,968
This is the new
direction of the A's.

521
00:35:35,135 --> 00:35:38,054
We are card counters
at the blackjack table

522
00:35:38,221 --> 00:35:40,932
and we're gonna turn the odds
on the casino.

523
00:35:42,267 --> 00:35:43,977
I don't see it.
Seriously, guys.

524
00:35:44,185 --> 00:35:46,855
I think we have to remember
this is the man.

525
00:35:47,063 --> 00:35:52,485
He answers to no one
except ownership and God.

526
00:35:52,652 --> 00:35:55,530
And he doesn't
have to answer to us.

527
00:35:55,697 --> 00:35:58,116
We make suggestions,
he makes decisions.

528
00:35:58,283 --> 00:36:01,703
That's all fine and well, but
we've been working our asses off

529
00:36:01,870 --> 00:36:05,707
for weeks to make this club better,
and you're shitting all over it.
530
00:36:05,874 --> 00:36:08,376
This is not a discussion.

531
00:36:10,712 --> 00:36:12,088
What are we discussing?

532
00:36:12,255 --> 00:36:14,090
Barry, not a discussion.

533
00:36:19,095 --> 00:36:21,973
Billy, man, um,

534
00:36:22,599 --> 00:36:24,684
there's one thing
you're forgetting.

535
00:36:25,268 --> 00:36:30,023
None of those three guys
knows how to play first base.

536
00:36:30,190 --> 00:36:32,525
Well, you're gonna have
to teach one of them.

537
00:36:32,692 --> 00:36:34,110
Teach?

538
00:36:35,236 --> 00:36:36,946
Which one?

539
00:36:48,458 --> 00:36:52,587
This is really the kickoff to the
holiday season here in downtown Seattle.

540
00:36:52,754 --> 00:36:57,133
It took weeks of planning to lead up to
the big event, but it was well worth it.

541
00:36:57,300 --> 00:37:00,762
The weather was ideal.
People are still having a great time.

542
00:37:00,929 --> 00:37:02,764
Thousands of people
were out earlier.

543
00:37:02,972 --> 00:37:04,641
We have a nice recap for you

544
00:37:04,808 --> 00:37:08,311
of all the great events taking place
downtown in Seattle-

545
00:37:12,357 --> 00:37:13,983
Hello?
Scott?

546
00:37:14,150 --> 00:37:15,151
Yes.

547
00:37:15,318 --> 00:37:18,321
It's Billy Beane of the Oakland A's.
Yes.

548
00:37:18,488 --> 00:37:21,366
Can we talk?
Uh, yeah.

549
00:37:21,533 --> 00:37:23,493
Do you wanna let us in?

550
00:37:24,494 --> 00:37:27,038
Pardon me?
We're out front.

551
00:37:28,498 --> 00:37:30,667
What?
On the curb.

552
00:37:30,834 --> 00:37:32,627
Uh, yeah, yeah.

553
00:37:34,546 --> 00:37:35,630
Honey?

554
00:37:40,010 --> 00:37:42,012
Oh, thank you.
Thank you, ma'am.

555
00:37:42,178 --> 00:37:43,805
Very kind.

556
00:37:47,350 --> 00:37:49,185
How's the elbow, Scott?

557
00:37:49,352 --> 00:37:53,398
You know, it's good.
It's really good. It's great. Uh...

558
00:37:59,237 --> 00:38:01,364
I can't throw the ball at all.
Yeah.

559
00:38:01,531 --> 00:38:04,242
You've thrown your last ball
from behind home plate.

560
00:38:04,409 --> 00:38:06,619
That's what I'd say.
Well...

561
00:38:07,328 --> 00:38:10,623
Good news is,
we want you at first.

562
00:38:17,922 --> 00:38:21,468
We want you to play
first base for the Oakland A's.

563
00:38:22,635 --> 00:38:24,846
Okay, well,

564
00:38:25,013 --> 00:38:26,765
I've only ever played catcher.

565
00:38:26,931 --> 00:38:29,392
Scott, you're not
a catcher anymore.

566
00:38:30,477 --> 00:38:33,855
If you were, our call wouldn't
have been the only one you got.

567
00:38:34,814 --> 00:38:38,985
Yeah. Hey, listen, no, I appreciate it.
You're welcome.

568
00:38:39,152 --> 00:38:43,865
But the thing is, is...
You don't know how to play first base.

569
00:38:44,491 --> 00:38:45,575
Scott.
That's right.

570
00:38:46,076 --> 00:38:47,660
It's not that hard, Scott.

571
00:38:47,827 --> 00:38:50,038
Tell him, Wash.
It's incredibly hard.

572
00:38:50,205 --> 00:38:53,375
Hey, anything worth doing is.
And we're gonna teach you.

573
00:38:53,541 --> 00:38:55,877
Wait a minute here.
I mean, but what about-?

574
00:38:56,044 --> 00:38:58,171
Jason's gone, Scott.

575
00:38:58,630 --> 00:39:01,174
You want me to take
Giambi's spot at first base?

576
00:39:01,341 --> 00:39:02,592
Yeah.
What about the fans?

577
00:39:02,759 --> 00:39:06,262
Maybe I can teach one of them.
The fans don't- Good one.

578
00:39:06,429 --> 00:39:07,806
Fans don't run
my ball club.

579
00:39:07,972 --> 00:39:10,183
Honey, what are you doing awake?
580
00:39:10,934 --> 00:39:12,894
Sweetheart, can you...?

581
00:39:14,104 --> 00:39:15,897
That's my daughter.

582
00:39:17,273 --> 00:39:19,234
You got kids?

583
00:39:20,110 --> 00:39:22,028
Uh, yeah, a daughter.

584
00:39:22,195 --> 00:39:26,616
Scott, this is a contract to play ball
for the Oakland A's.

585
00:39:26,783 --> 00:39:28,868
A copy's been sent over
to your agent.

586
00:39:29,035 --> 00:39:31,913
Discuss with your wife,
let us know.

587
00:39:32,956 --> 00:39:34,165
Thank you.

588
00:39:34,332 --> 00:39:35,625
Bye-bye.
Bye.

589
00:39:35,792 --> 00:39:37,794
Oh, and, Scott.
Yeah?

590
00:39:37,961 --> 00:39:40,005
Don't tell anyone
about the first-base thing.

591
00:39:40,171 --> 00:39:41,464
Yes, sir.
Okay.

592
00:39:41,631 --> 00:39:44,134
Happy holidays.
All right.

593
00:40:09,743 --> 00:40:10,994
Hey, Sharon.
Hi, Billy.

594
00:40:11,161 --> 00:40:14,414
Is she ready?
She's out with friends.

595
00:40:15,498 --> 00:40:17,625
But she'll be back. Come in.

596
00:40:18,335 --> 00:40:20,670
Okay.
Yeah, she's right here. Hold on.

597
00:40:20,837 --> 00:40:22,172
Here you go.

598
00:40:24,299 --> 00:40:27,927
Here, wanna have a seat?
Yeah.

599
00:40:36,561 --> 00:40:38,855
You good, Billy?
Yeah. How are you, Alan?

600
00:40:39,022 --> 00:40:42,400
Good. Really good. Things
are peaceful around here.

601
00:40:44,444 --> 00:40:46,529
It's good to see you.

602
00:40:46,696 --> 00:40:48,656
Thanks, Alan.

603
00:40:48,823 --> 00:40:50,950
I haven't got to see you
since play-offs.

604
00:40:51,117 --> 00:40:53,620
I wanted to say that New York
was heartbreaking.
605
00:40:54,245 --> 00:40:55,663
I'm sure for you too.

606
00:40:55,830 --> 00:40:59,793
Not many teams make it that far,
and to watch you go that far was-

607
00:40:59,959 --> 00:41:05,465
It was really an accomplishment.
Well, that's nice.

608
00:41:06,299 --> 00:41:08,551
How is the team shaping up?

609
00:41:08,718 --> 00:41:12,472
Team's good. Rebuilding.
Good.

610
00:41:12,639 --> 00:41:15,725
I read you lost
Giambonni and Damon.

611
00:41:15,892 --> 00:41:16,893
Giambi.
Giambi.

612
00:41:17,060 --> 00:41:19,729
Yeah.
Damon, Isringhausen.

613
00:41:19,896 --> 00:41:23,900
They're really-? They're gone?
Gone. Yesterday's news.

614
00:41:24,067 --> 00:41:27,445
That's terrible.
No, but that is a tough situation.

615
00:41:27,612 --> 00:41:29,239
That's...

616
00:41:29,406 --> 00:41:32,784
You're gonna be fine, though.
You always figure something out.
617
00:41:36,621 --> 00:41:39,916
Where is she? Where was
she? Down the street or...?

618
00:41:40,083 --> 00:41:44,087
Oh, sorry, yeah. I just talked to her
on her cell. She's coming up the hill.

619
00:41:44,254 --> 00:41:45,547
Okay.

620
00:41:45,714 --> 00:41:47,924
She's got a cell phone?

621
00:41:48,425 --> 00:41:51,011
Yeah.
A 12-year-old?

622
00:41:51,177 --> 00:41:52,679
Yeah.

623
00:41:53,263 --> 00:41:54,681
Huh.

624
00:41:55,598 --> 00:41:56,766
For emergencies.

625
00:41:58,768 --> 00:42:00,937
Big parenting decision.

626
00:42:01,438 --> 00:42:05,567
But it's something that, you know,
we, you know, all should discuss,

627
00:42:05,734 --> 00:42:09,195
because if you have
any objections, of course...

628
00:42:09,362 --> 00:42:11,823
Her mother and I
will discuss it.

629
00:42:12,699 --> 00:42:14,409
But thank you.
630
00:42:17,412 --> 00:42:19,706
Any of these?
Um...

631
00:42:19,873 --> 00:42:21,374
I don't know.

632
00:42:21,541 --> 00:42:23,585
Do you-?
This one's cool.

633
00:42:23,752 --> 00:42:25,295
Is that good or bad?

634
00:42:25,462 --> 00:42:27,380
Butterflies.
They're okay.

635
00:42:27,547 --> 00:42:30,508
Look, that one's pretty.
I like the red.

636
00:42:30,675 --> 00:42:32,302
Should we try?

637
00:42:33,011 --> 00:42:34,304
No?

638
00:42:34,471 --> 00:42:36,097
Oh, I like this one.
Yeah?

639
00:42:36,264 --> 00:42:37,640
Dad, look at this one.

640
00:42:37,807 --> 00:42:40,101
Look how it's red.
It's beautiful.

641
00:42:40,268 --> 00:42:42,645
This one's pretty.
Let's try it out.

642
00:42:42,812 --> 00:42:45,190
Just right here?
Why don't we go over there?

643
00:42:45,357 --> 00:42:46,900
Can we go over there?

644
00:43:05,460 --> 00:43:09,506
Oh, honey, you need to sing.
That's so good.

645
00:43:10,256 --> 00:43:12,342
That's beautiful.

646
00:43:13,885 --> 00:43:14,928
Sometimes I sing.

647
00:43:15,095 --> 00:43:20,767
It's fun to sing with your song, but
I don't want people to listen to me.

648
00:43:20,934 --> 00:43:24,813
Well, honey, I think people would love
to listen to you. That's beautiful.

649
00:43:25,772 --> 00:43:28,900
Would you sing a little
for your dad?

650
00:43:29,067 --> 00:43:31,194
Right here
in the middle of the store?

651
00:43:34,030 --> 00:43:36,449
Little bit.
Little bit.

652
00:43:38,201 --> 00:43:39,911
You ready?
I'm ready.

653
00:43:40,078 --> 00:43:41,329
Okay.

654
00:43:41,496 --> 00:43:44,332
I'm just a little bit
Caught in the middle
655
00:43:44,499 --> 00:43:47,210
Life is a maze
And love is a riddle

656
00:43:47,377 --> 00:43:51,715
I don't know where to go
Can't do it alone, I've tried

657
00:43:51,881 --> 00:43:53,550
And I don't know why

658
00:43:53,717 --> 00:43:56,302
I'm just a little girl
Lost in the moment

659
00:43:56,469 --> 00:43:59,556
I'm so scared
But I don't show it

660
00:43:59,723 --> 00:44:02,892
I can't figure it out
It's bringing me down

661
00:44:03,059 --> 00:44:07,480
I know I've got to let it go

662
00:44:07,647 --> 00:44:10,567
And just enjoy the show

663
00:44:15,780 --> 00:44:19,034
Billy Beane was taken in the
first round of the amateur draft.

664
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:21,453
I think this is a steal,
to get Billy Beane.

665
00:44:21,619 --> 00:44:23,163
He's young, he's talented.

666
00:44:23,329 --> 00:44:27,667
A true five-tool player with speed.
This guy is a can't-miss prospect.

667
00:44:27,834 --> 00:44:30,086
This is a great sign
for the New York Mets.

668
00:44:30,253 --> 00:44:33,715
And it could be the turnaround
that they've been looking for.

669
00:44:34,132 --> 00:44:35,592
Ball one.

670
00:44:35,759 --> 00:44:38,303
I'll take Billy Beane
over Strawberry.

671
00:44:38,470 --> 00:44:41,890
Billy Beane, an interesting pick,
turned down a scholarship.

672
00:44:42,057 --> 00:44:43,600
He could've gone to Stanford.

673
00:44:43,767 --> 00:44:47,103
Sometimes you don't find out
till you get to the big leagues...

674
00:44:47,270 --> 00:44:48,271
Strike!

675
00:44:48,438 --> 00:44:51,900
This guy has never failed at anything.
He's coming out of high school.

676
00:44:52,067 --> 00:44:55,695
Billy was gonna go to college. He
could've been a great quarterback.

677
00:45:03,536 --> 00:45:05,413
Strike three.

678
00:45:05,914 --> 00:45:09,250
There's not an organization
in baseball

679
00:45:09,417 --> 00:45:14,255
who would not have taken
a chance on this young guy.
680
00:45:15,799 --> 00:45:19,219
He didn't pan out.
That happens every year.

681
00:45:20,679 --> 00:45:23,515
Some do, some don't.

682
00:45:24,808 --> 00:45:27,727
I mean, if you're having
any doubt at all about this...

683
00:45:30,188 --> 00:45:31,648
Having the scholarship...

684
00:45:31,815 --> 00:45:34,901
Your son was born
with a God-given ability.

685
00:45:35,610 --> 00:45:39,280
Few scouts can go into
the mind of a young man

686
00:45:39,447 --> 00:45:44,119
and determine whether he's really
confident about what he can do.

687
00:45:44,285 --> 00:45:45,995
A very special player.

688
00:45:46,162 --> 00:45:48,790
So you can sign him
based on his ability,

689
00:45:48,957 --> 00:45:52,502
but then he's gotta be successful
to be confident.

690
00:45:52,669 --> 00:45:57,340
And once he becomes confident,
that's when you've got something.

691
00:46:00,802 --> 00:46:04,014
You make a decision
on what you see.
692
00:46:04,180 --> 00:46:07,726
And if things don't pan out,
you move on.

693
00:46:07,892 --> 00:46:09,936
That's baseball.

694
00:46:10,103 --> 00:46:12,147
Many are called, few are chosen.

695
00:46:13,982 --> 00:46:18,778
Billy, that is Kevin Youkilis.
That is the Greek God of Walks.

696
00:46:18,945 --> 00:46:20,280
That's my hero.

697
00:46:20,447 --> 00:46:23,450
That man gets walked
more than anybody in baseball

698
00:46:23,616 --> 00:46:25,535
except for Barry Bonds.

699
00:46:25,702 --> 00:46:29,205
I tried to convince Shapiro
to pick him up last June,

700
00:46:29,372 --> 00:46:31,750
but he said he waddled
like a duck.

701
00:46:32,250 --> 00:46:34,461
Yeah, Boston snagged him.

702
00:46:34,627 --> 00:46:36,546
I think they wanna wait and see.

703
00:46:43,511 --> 00:46:46,723
Are you okay, Billy?
Billy?

704
00:46:47,307 --> 00:46:48,725
Can we talk?
705
00:46:48,892 --> 00:46:51,519
Yeah. Yeah.

706
00:47:01,905 --> 00:47:04,699
You're unhappy, Grady. Why?

707
00:47:08,578 --> 00:47:09,996
Wow.

708
00:47:10,622 --> 00:47:12,916
May I speak candidly?
Sure, go ahead.

709
00:47:13,083 --> 00:47:16,961
Major League Baseball and its fans,
they're gonna be more than happy

710
00:47:17,128 --> 00:47:19,589
to throw you and Google Boy
under the bus

711
00:47:19,756 --> 00:47:21,758
if you keep doing
what you're doing.

712
00:47:21,925 --> 00:47:24,302
You don't put a team together
with a computer.

713
00:47:24,469 --> 00:47:26,221
No?
No.

714
00:47:26,388 --> 00:47:29,099
Baseball isn't just numbers.
It's not science.

715
00:47:29,265 --> 00:47:32,435
If it was, anybody could do
what we're doing, but they can't.

716
00:47:32,602 --> 00:47:34,354
They don't know what we know.

717
00:47:34,521 --> 00:47:37,607
They don't have our experience
and our intuition.

718
00:47:38,108 --> 00:47:39,234
Okay.

719
00:47:39,818 --> 00:47:43,279
You got a kid in there that's got
a degree in economics from Yale.

720
00:47:43,446 --> 00:47:46,616
You got a scout here with
29 years of baseball experience.

721
00:47:46,783 --> 00:47:49,369
You're listening to the wrong one.

722
00:47:49,536 --> 00:47:53,373
Now, there are intangibles that
only baseball people understand.

723
00:47:53,540 --> 00:47:56,793
You're discounting what scouts
have done for 150 years?

724
00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,004
Even yourself?

725
00:47:59,671 --> 00:48:01,840
Adapt or die.

726
00:48:04,634 --> 00:48:06,970
This is about you
and your shit, isn't it?

727
00:48:07,137 --> 00:48:09,055
Twenty years ago,
some scout got it wrong.

728
00:48:09,222 --> 00:48:12,892
Whoa. Okay. Okay.
Now you declare war on the system.

729
00:48:13,059 --> 00:48:17,772
Okay, okay, my turn.
You don't have a crystal ball.
730
00:48:17,939 --> 00:48:21,526
You can't look at a kid and predict
his future any more than I can.

731
00:48:21,693 --> 00:48:23,987
I've sat at those kitchen tables
with you

732
00:48:24,154 --> 00:48:27,157
and listened to you tell parents,
"When I know, I know.

733
00:48:27,323 --> 00:48:29,325
And when it comes
to your son, I know. "

734
00:48:29,492 --> 00:48:31,953
And you don't.

735
00:48:33,538 --> 00:48:35,331
You don't.

736
00:48:37,834 --> 00:48:40,295
Okay. I don't give a shit
about friendship,

737
00:48:40,462 --> 00:48:43,006
this situation, or the past.

738
00:48:43,173 --> 00:48:46,801
Major League Baseball thinks the
way I think. You're not gonna win.

739
00:48:46,968 --> 00:48:49,554
And I'll give you a nickel's worth
of free advice.

740
00:48:49,721 --> 00:48:52,015
You're never gonna
get another job

741
00:48:52,182 --> 00:48:55,769
after this catastrophic season
you're about to set us all up for.
742
00:48:55,935 --> 00:48:57,937
You'll have to explain
to your kid

743
00:48:58,104 --> 00:49:00,648
why you're working
at Dick's Sporting Goods.

744
00:49:06,404 --> 00:49:08,865
I'm not gonna fire you, Grady.

745
00:49:12,702 --> 00:49:15,872
Fuck you, Billy.
Now I will.

746
00:49:19,709 --> 00:49:21,628
Good luck, Art.

747
00:49:27,717 --> 00:49:30,804
Kubota.
You never played ball, right?

748
00:49:30,970 --> 00:49:33,807
I played a little T-ball.
You're the new head scout.

749
00:49:33,973 --> 00:49:35,684
Congratulations.

750
00:49:44,109 --> 00:49:46,444
So Boston's gonna
wait and see?

751
00:49:48,071 --> 00:49:49,406
Yeah.

752
00:49:50,740 --> 00:49:53,243
Yeah.
It's just you and me, Pete.

753
00:49:53,410 --> 00:49:55,161
And we're all in.

754
00:49:58,998 --> 00:50:01,960
It sounds like you're apologizing
for what they're doing.

755
00:50:02,127 --> 00:50:04,838
I'm not. I just don't know
what you're gonna do

756
00:50:05,005 --> 00:50:08,383
with the budget that the A's have.
Who are you gonna get?

757
00:50:08,550 --> 00:50:10,719
I'm looking
at the spring-training roster.

758
00:50:10,885 --> 00:50:12,595
You gotta be kidding me.
How so?

759
00:50:12,762 --> 00:50:14,264
He looked like a clown out there.

760
00:50:14,431 --> 00:50:16,599
Who?
Chad Bradford.

761
00:50:16,766 --> 00:50:18,643
Tell me about Bradford.

762
00:50:18,810 --> 00:50:21,271
I like him a little bit,
but he's a specialist.

763
00:50:21,438 --> 00:50:24,482
He's not a guy that you say,
"The eighth inning is yours,

764
00:50:24,649 --> 00:50:26,484
lefties vs. righties. "

765
00:50:26,651 --> 00:50:28,319
In my opinion.

766
00:50:28,486 --> 00:50:32,449
I don't know what Billy Beane and
management understands about him.
767
00:50:32,615 --> 00:50:36,244
He only throws the ball about 82, 83
miles an hour. There must be something-

768
00:50:36,411 --> 00:50:38,872
He is a freak, and not in a good way.

769
00:50:39,039 --> 00:50:40,415
Let me ask you this.

770
00:50:40,582 --> 00:50:43,043
Talking about
trying to win a division.

771
00:50:43,209 --> 00:50:45,962
We're counting on David
to be the guy he was.

772
00:50:46,129 --> 00:50:48,631
I have my doubts. He's gotten old.

773
00:50:48,798 --> 00:50:52,302
That's why he's not in New York
anymore, not in Cleveland anymore.

774
00:50:52,469 --> 00:50:55,805
We paid him the money we should've
been giving to Johnny Damon.

775
00:50:55,972 --> 00:50:57,640
Hey.
Jeremy Giambi.

776
00:50:57,807 --> 00:51:00,018
That's the one to worry about.

777
00:51:00,185 --> 00:51:02,979
He gets comps up and down Vegas
more than in Oakland.

778
00:51:03,146 --> 00:51:05,482
That should tell you something
right there.

779
00:51:05,648 --> 00:51:07,692
Isn't that the deal with these guys?

780
00:51:07,859 --> 00:51:09,235
He has one good year.

781
00:51:09,611 --> 00:51:13,073
And he gets a huge offer
and then he gets traded.

782
00:51:15,450 --> 00:51:18,578
Bob. Harder.
Hatteberg.

783
00:51:21,664 --> 00:51:24,918
Good. Good.

784
00:51:25,835 --> 00:51:28,004
Billy, we have to talk
about Hatteberg.

785
00:51:28,171 --> 00:51:30,632
Go.
There's just no feel for the spot.

786
00:51:30,799 --> 00:51:34,344
I think it's a long shot that he can be
a big-league first baseman.

787
00:51:34,511 --> 00:51:37,806
It's day one of the first week.
You can't judge this yet.

788
00:51:37,972 --> 00:51:39,557
No, I think
we can judge it.

789
00:51:39,724 --> 00:51:44,020
I mean, I like him, you know,
but I can judge him.

790
00:51:44,187 --> 00:51:45,814
First base is
the moon to him.

791
00:51:45,980 --> 00:51:49,859
It wasn't to Giambi. Giambi's the
worst first baseman in baseball.

792
00:51:50,026 --> 00:51:53,530
Gonna compare him to Giambi?
What are we talking about?

793
00:51:53,697 --> 00:51:54,989
All right.

794
00:51:56,991 --> 00:51:58,284
What do you think, Wash?

795
00:51:58,827 --> 00:52:02,288
The nice way to say it
is he lacks confidence.

796
00:52:02,455 --> 00:52:03,957
Well, give him some.

797
00:52:04,666 --> 00:52:07,252
I'll do that, but we got Pena,
who can play first.

798
00:52:07,419 --> 00:52:09,838
And he's looking
mighty good out there.

799
00:52:10,630 --> 00:52:12,716
We wanna go with Hattie.

800
00:52:17,721 --> 00:52:19,305
We got six weeks.

801
00:52:19,472 --> 00:52:20,765
Get down in it.

802
00:52:27,522 --> 00:52:28,857
There you go.
Scotty H.

803
00:52:29,024 --> 00:52:31,693
That's what I'm talking about.
Picking machine.

804
00:52:31,860 --> 00:52:34,195
It's only baseball.

805
00:52:40,368 --> 00:52:42,412
This better work.

806
00:52:43,747 --> 00:52:45,665
I'm just kidding you.

807
00:52:56,092 --> 00:52:58,928
Don't stop believin'

808
00:52:59,095 --> 00:53:01,973
ALL
Let's go, Oakland!

809
00:53:02,140 --> 00:53:03,933
Let's go, Oakland!

810
00:53:04,100 --> 00:53:05,685
Streetlight

811
00:53:06,895 --> 00:53:10,273
What is wrong with this thing?
It's a dollar, man.

812
00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:12,859
What?
Welcome to Oakland, D.J.

813
00:53:13,026 --> 00:53:15,070
Oh, you gotta be shitting me.

814
00:53:15,236 --> 00:53:19,074
I think this year, we're gonna
show that it takes a team to win,

815
00:53:19,240 --> 00:53:21,409
not any individual guy,
just a team.

816
00:53:21,576 --> 00:53:24,954
And I think we got
a hell of a ball club here.

817
00:53:25,121 --> 00:53:27,165
Chad, are you intimidated
at all today?

818
00:53:27,332 --> 00:53:32,545
I wouldn't say I'm intimidated, really.
I'm just really excited, like you said.

819
00:53:32,712 --> 00:53:36,216
Jeremy, how's the team gonna fare
without your brother, Jason?

820
00:53:36,383 --> 00:53:39,094
Well, you know,
the organization did a great job

821
00:53:39,260 --> 00:53:41,971
of bringing in good young guys
to fill that role.

822
00:53:42,138 --> 00:53:44,557
Let's face it,
they're getting a deal with you.

823
00:53:44,724 --> 00:53:46,976
The Yankees are paying
Jason a lot of money.

824
00:53:47,143 --> 00:53:50,230
You are coming here on a dime.
How does that make you feel?

825
00:53:50,397 --> 00:53:52,315
I feel good. Um...

826
00:53:52,482 --> 00:53:55,485
How are the nerves in your fingers?
You know.

827
00:53:55,652 --> 00:53:57,696
Gotta start with the age,
36 years old.

828
00:53:57,862 --> 00:54:00,115
How do you think
your body's gonna hold up?

829
00:54:00,281 --> 00:54:03,493
You spend a lot of time
at strip clubs, partying.

830
00:54:03,660 --> 00:54:06,246
Do you resent the attention
you get off the field?

831
00:54:06,413 --> 00:54:07,455
I love it.

832
00:54:07,622 --> 00:54:09,833
You spend a lot of time in Vegas.
I do.

833
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:14,212
I feel great. I did a lot of work to get-
Excuse me. Get out of my shot.

834
00:54:14,379 --> 00:54:15,422
Sorry, go ahead.

835
00:54:15,588 --> 00:54:17,716
There have been questions
about my age

836
00:54:17,882 --> 00:54:21,636
and my declining skills, some say,
but I'm here to prove that wrong.

837
00:54:21,803 --> 00:54:23,513
I asked if you were
100 percent.

838
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:34,357
Excuse me, Mr. Beane?
Hey, Chad.

839
00:54:34,524 --> 00:54:37,819
Hey, I'm not disturbing you, am I?
Not at all. What's up?

840
00:54:37,986 --> 00:54:41,072
I wanted to say thank you
for this opportunity.

841
00:54:41,239 --> 00:54:44,701
Well, we enjoy having you. It's
gonna work out well for all of us.

842
00:54:44,868 --> 00:54:48,788
I appreciate it, sir. Nobody's ever
given me a chance like this before.

843
00:54:49,372 --> 00:54:50,457
Nobody?

844
00:54:51,541 --> 00:54:53,626
Well, just you, sir.

845
00:54:54,210 --> 00:54:57,547
Well, it's a big day,
one you won't forget.

846
00:54:57,714 --> 00:54:59,883
Appreciate it.
And I wanna let you know

847
00:55:00,050 --> 00:55:02,886
I'm gonna be praying for you
and your family.

848
00:55:03,428 --> 00:55:05,221
No problem.

849
00:55:05,847 --> 00:55:09,434
Well, here we are just minutes away
from the season opener of 2002

850
00:55:09,601 --> 00:55:10,810
for the Oakland A's.

851
00:55:10,977 --> 00:55:12,687
The first pitch is moments away.

852
00:55:12,854 --> 00:55:14,981
We'll come back
with the national anthem.

853
00:55:15,148 --> 00:55:16,566
Opening day is upon us.
854
00:55:17,067 --> 00:55:20,570
All right, fellas, smile.
Here we go.

855
00:55:21,321 --> 00:55:25,075
Hey, she give me love
And I feel all right now

856
00:55:28,912 --> 00:55:30,914
I'm going in.
Text me the play-by-play.

857
00:55:31,081 --> 00:55:32,665
What? Why?

858
00:55:33,583 --> 00:55:35,543
I don't watch the games.

859
00:55:44,094 --> 00:55:45,679
Detail, halt!

860
00:55:47,055 --> 00:55:49,933
And forward face!

861
00:56:50,493 --> 00:56:53,163
That's the third Ranger batter
to be hit today.

862
00:56:53,329 --> 00:56:56,666
Twice Alex Rodriguez was nicked.
The ninth-

863
00:57:31,993 --> 00:57:35,705
I should've made you a bigger part
of the conversation from day one.

864
00:57:35,872 --> 00:57:37,874
It'd be clear what
we're trying to do.

865
00:57:38,041 --> 00:57:41,002
That was my mistake, Art.
I take responsibility for that.

866
00:57:41,169 --> 00:57:42,837
What are you trying to say?

867
00:57:43,004 --> 00:57:47,717
Doesn't matter what moves I make if you don't
play the team the way they're designed to be.

868
00:57:49,552 --> 00:57:51,846
Billy, you're out of your depth.

869
00:57:53,014 --> 00:57:56,059
Why not Hatteberg at first?
Because he can't play first.

870
00:57:56,226 --> 00:57:58,645
How do you know?
Not my first baseball game.

871
00:57:58,812 --> 00:58:01,523
Scott Hatteberg can't hit.
He gets on base.

872
00:58:01,690 --> 00:58:05,068
Still keeps us in the plus column.
We need to be seven over. 500.

873
00:58:05,235 --> 00:58:06,820
What?

874
00:58:10,240 --> 00:58:12,367
Anything else?

875
00:58:12,534 --> 00:58:16,788
Yeah. I would've rather seen
Bradford in the end than Magnante.

876
00:58:17,414 --> 00:58:18,456
Bradford's a righty.

877
00:58:18,623 --> 00:58:21,751
I don't care about righty-lefty.
I do.

878
00:58:26,381 --> 00:58:29,509
Could this be about your contract?
No.
879
00:58:30,260 --> 00:58:34,055
This is about you doing your job
and me doing mine.

880
00:58:34,222 --> 00:58:35,765
Mine's me being left alone

881
00:58:35,932 --> 00:58:38,852
to manage this team
you assembled for me.

882
00:58:39,019 --> 00:58:42,105
I didn't assemble them for you, Art.
No shit.

883
00:58:50,989 --> 00:58:52,449
Good meeting.

884
00:58:52,615 --> 00:58:53,742
Every time we talk,

885
00:58:53,908 --> 00:58:56,703
I'm reinvigorated
by my love of the game.

886
00:59:20,060 --> 00:59:23,480
HOST We got Grady Fuson, former
head of scouting with the Athletics.

887
00:59:23,646 --> 00:59:26,441
And, Grady, can you interpret for us
what's going on?

888
00:59:26,608 --> 00:59:28,777
They call it Moneyball.
Moneyball?

889
00:59:28,943 --> 00:59:33,490
Yes, and it was a nice theory,
and now it's just not working out.

890
00:59:33,656 --> 00:59:37,660
Billy Beane has built this team
on the ideas of a guy, Bill James,

891
00:59:37,827 --> 00:59:42,499
who wrote an interesting book
on baseball statistics.

892
00:59:42,665 --> 00:59:46,670
The problem is that Bill James
never played, never managed.

893
00:59:46,836 --> 00:59:51,424
He was in fact a security guard
at a pork-and-beans company.

894
00:59:51,591 --> 00:59:54,260
Do you see this as a decimation
of the organization?

895
00:59:54,427 --> 00:59:56,096
He bought a ticket on the Titanic.

896
00:59:56,262 --> 00:59:57,305
Oh, boy.

897
00:59:57,472 --> 00:59:59,516
He's tried to come up
with a new approach.

898
00:59:59,683 --> 01:00:02,769
My hat's off to him. It won't work.

899
01:00:03,520 --> 01:00:06,564
One-two pitch. Tejada strikes out.

900
01:00:06,731 --> 01:00:07,899
And that is the game.

901
01:00:08,066 --> 01:00:11,152
The Seattle Mariners
win both games on this series, Ray.

902
01:00:11,319 --> 01:00:14,864
They've won 10 in a row.
Seattle is 13 and 3.

903
01:00:17,534 --> 01:00:19,869
I can't watch this shit.
904
01:00:20,995 --> 01:00:22,539
Go on the road with the team.

905
01:00:22,706 --> 01:00:24,916
You don't go on the road
with the team.

906
01:00:25,083 --> 01:00:28,712
That's why I want you to do it.
Why don't you?

907
01:00:30,213 --> 01:00:33,049
I can't develop personal
relationships with these guys.

908
01:00:33,216 --> 01:00:35,760
I gotta be able to trade them,
send them down,

909
01:00:35,927 --> 01:00:37,762
sometimes cut them.

910
01:00:39,931 --> 01:00:42,892
Which is something you should
learn to do, by the way.

911
01:00:45,562 --> 01:00:48,648
I would never have to
cut a player, unless you...

912
01:00:49,399 --> 01:00:52,402
Oh, come on.
"Come on" what?

913
01:00:52,569 --> 01:00:55,071
Let's practice.
No.

914
01:00:55,238 --> 01:00:58,116
Yeah. I'm a player.
You gotta cut me from the roster.

915
01:00:58,283 --> 01:00:59,325
No.
Go.
916
01:00:59,492 --> 01:01:00,952
What do you mean, no?
No.

917
01:01:01,119 --> 01:01:02,746
Do it.
This is stupid.

918
01:01:03,204 --> 01:01:05,331
Part of the job, man.

919
01:01:09,753 --> 01:01:11,254
Fine.

920
01:01:12,589 --> 01:01:16,051
Billy, please have a seat.
I need to talk to you for a minute.

921
01:01:16,217 --> 01:01:17,761
Go on.

922
01:01:19,095 --> 01:01:21,181
You've been a huge part
of this team.

923
01:01:21,348 --> 01:01:24,142
But sometimes you have to
make decisions for the team.

924
01:01:24,309 --> 01:01:25,935
I'm sure you can understand.

925
01:01:26,102 --> 01:01:29,105
You're cutting me?
I'm really sorry.

926
01:01:29,939 --> 01:01:31,441
I just bought a house here.

927
01:01:31,608 --> 01:01:33,276
Well...
In Oakland.

928
01:01:37,030 --> 01:01:38,615
Well, uh... Well...
929
01:01:38,782 --> 01:01:42,035
"Well... Well... "?
That's all you got to say?

930
01:01:42,202 --> 01:01:44,579
My kid just started
a new school.

931
01:01:44,746 --> 01:01:48,083
They made friends.
That's, uh...

932
01:01:48,625 --> 01:01:51,461
You shouldn't pull them out
in the middle of the year.

933
01:01:51,628 --> 01:01:54,464
You should wait.
What the hell are you talking about?

934
01:01:54,631 --> 01:01:56,466
I don't know. I shouldn't have-

935
01:01:56,633 --> 01:01:59,135
I'm not gonna do this.
I think this is stupid.

936
01:01:59,302 --> 01:02:02,472
I'm not gonna fire anybody,
and this is dumb.

937
01:02:06,976 --> 01:02:08,937
No fluff, just facts.

938
01:02:09,104 --> 01:02:13,942
Pete, I gotta let you go.
Jack's office will handle the details.

939
01:02:16,653 --> 01:02:19,072
That's it?
Pfft.

940
01:02:19,280 --> 01:02:20,323
Really?
941
01:02:20,490 --> 01:02:24,911
You rather get a bullet to the head or
five to the chest and bleed to death?

942
01:02:26,496 --> 01:02:29,165
Are those
my only two options?

943
01:02:29,332 --> 01:02:31,501
Go on the road with the team.

944
01:02:34,129 --> 01:02:35,755
Okay.

945
01:02:45,098 --> 01:02:46,641
Say, bro.

946
01:02:46,808 --> 01:02:48,852
Let me ask you a question.
Yeah.

947
01:02:49,019 --> 01:02:51,855
How come your boss
doesn't travel with the team?

948
01:02:53,732 --> 01:02:57,318
He doesn't like to mingle
with the players.

949
01:02:59,112 --> 01:03:01,698
Is that supposed to
make us easier to cut?

950
01:03:06,911 --> 01:03:09,039
I don't know. I don't know.

951
01:03:09,205 --> 01:03:14,044
And how come soda
is a dollar in the clubhouse?

952
01:03:14,210 --> 01:03:16,463
I never seen
nothing like that.

953
01:03:17,714 --> 01:03:20,550
Billy likes to keep
the money on the field.

954
01:03:20,717 --> 01:03:22,594
Soda money?

955
01:03:23,053 --> 01:03:24,596
Really?

956
01:03:25,096 --> 01:03:28,516
Where on the field is the
dollar I'm paying for soda?

957
01:03:30,101 --> 01:03:33,563
It's hard to see exactly,

958
01:03:33,730 --> 01:03:36,691
but it's there, yeah.
Yeah, it is hard to see.

959
01:03:37,317 --> 01:03:38,902
I'm done.

960
01:03:50,038 --> 01:03:52,791
Hey, Dad.
Hi, honey.

961
01:03:52,957 --> 01:03:54,959
How are you?
I'm good.

962
01:03:55,126 --> 01:03:57,253
Was it bumpy?
It was okay.

963
01:03:59,714 --> 01:04:02,384
So with this loss tonight,
the Oakland Athletics

964
01:04:02,550 --> 01:04:07,639
incredibly, have lost 14
of their last 17 games.

965
01:04:07,806 --> 01:04:10,892
They are 10 games back
in the American League West.
966
01:04:11,059 --> 01:04:13,561
Is it fair to say
the experiment has failed?

967
01:04:13,728 --> 01:04:16,064
Well, absolutely. It was predictable.

968
01:04:16,231 --> 01:04:20,694
You don't wish anybody a lack of success,
but the facts are in front of you.

969
01:04:20,860 --> 01:04:22,696
You can't blame Art Howe.

970
01:04:22,862 --> 01:04:23,905
No.

971
01:04:24,072 --> 01:04:28,201
The fact of the matter is, this is not
about statistics, this is about people.

972
01:04:28,368 --> 01:04:31,121
Art Howe is not the problem.

973
01:04:31,287 --> 01:04:35,208
The problem is in the general
manager's office with Billy Beane.

974
01:04:35,375 --> 01:04:38,044
The root of the problem for me
is philosophical.

975
01:04:38,211 --> 01:04:40,380
I said it before.
This is fantasy baseball.

976
01:04:40,880 --> 01:04:42,340
Billy is just not thinking.

977
01:04:42,507 --> 01:04:45,135
Start thinking about a new GM,
making changes.

978
01:04:45,301 --> 01:04:46,886
He never goes to the games.

979
01:04:47,053 --> 01:04:48,513
This was very predictable.

980
01:04:48,680 --> 01:04:51,307
He needs to look at what's going on.

981
01:04:51,474 --> 01:04:54,936
The man needs to get real.
I want Billy Beane gone.

982
01:04:55,103 --> 01:04:57,564
Calling for Beane's head.
I want your thoughts.

983
01:04:57,731 --> 01:05:02,944
The past 18 games, they've been
shut out or scored one run four times.

984
01:05:03,111 --> 01:05:04,821
They're just not scoring enough.

985
01:05:04,988 --> 01:05:08,158
It's not just the offense,
not Thad Bosley and the hitters.

986
01:05:08,324 --> 01:05:12,620
It's everything. If there was one thing
you could pick out, you'd try to fix it,

987
01:05:12,787 --> 01:05:18,126
but just everything is in a funk
right now.

988
01:05:22,714 --> 01:05:25,300
What the hell am I doing?

989
01:05:27,677 --> 01:05:30,430
Oh, man.

990
01:05:30,597 --> 01:05:32,599
Look, Steve.

991
01:05:36,144 --> 01:05:38,271
I believe in what
we're doing.

992
01:05:38,438 --> 01:05:41,316
The record doesn't reflect
the strength of this team

993
01:05:41,483 --> 01:05:44,194
or where we're gonna be
at the end of the season.

994
01:05:44,361 --> 01:05:48,990
Now, Pete and I here feel very strongly
that we stay on the track we've chosen.

995
01:05:49,157 --> 01:05:51,701
Our sample size has
been too small. It's too-

996
01:05:51,868 --> 01:05:53,536
Early. It's still early.

997
01:05:54,204 --> 01:05:57,290
Where do we expect to be
by the All-Star break?

998
01:05:58,458 --> 01:06:00,960
Our goal
and our expectation

999
01:06:01,127 --> 01:06:04,881
is by mid-July to be within
seven games of first.

1000
01:06:05,048 --> 01:06:06,508
That would be
this working.

1001
01:06:06,675 --> 01:06:09,177
That keeps us in the hunt.
Exceptionally well.

1002
01:06:09,719 --> 01:06:12,597
By July.
July.

1003
01:06:12,764 --> 01:06:16,643
And what's gonna prevent you
from accomplishing that?

1004
01:06:16,810 --> 01:06:18,478
What are you afraid of?

1005
01:06:18,645 --> 01:06:21,564
Nothing. That's
why we're here, Steve.

1006
01:06:21,731 --> 01:06:25,068
That's why we get up in the
morning. That's all we do.

1007
01:06:44,629 --> 01:06:46,172
More?
Yeah, a little more.

1008
01:06:46,339 --> 01:06:49,801
Don't tell your mother.
I won't.

1009
01:06:50,552 --> 01:06:52,679
Chocolate sauce?
Yes.

1010
01:06:53,513 --> 01:06:54,931
Stop.

1011
01:06:57,517 --> 01:07:00,478
Big spoon or little spoon?
Little spoon.

1012
01:07:01,855 --> 01:07:03,523
Thank you.

1013
01:07:13,199 --> 01:07:16,036
Dad, there's no way you're
gonna lose your job, right?

1014
01:07:16,202 --> 01:07:17,245
What?

1015
01:07:18,788 --> 01:07:19,914
Well, I don't know.
1016
01:07:20,081 --> 01:07:22,167
I'm just wondering.
Where'd you hear that?

1017
01:07:22,334 --> 01:07:24,294
Well, I go on the Internet
sometimes.

1018
01:07:24,461 --> 01:07:27,630
Well, don't do that.
Don't go on the Internet.

1019
01:07:27,797 --> 01:07:30,633
Or watch TV
or read newspapers

1020
01:07:31,426 --> 01:07:33,345
or talk to people.

1021
01:07:33,511 --> 01:07:36,181
I don't talk to people.
I just read stuff.

1022
01:07:36,348 --> 01:07:38,975
Honey, everything's fine.
Everything's fine.

1023
01:07:39,726 --> 01:07:41,603
Really, you don't have to worry.

1024
01:07:41,770 --> 01:07:45,148
But if you lose your job,
will you have to move away?

1025
01:07:45,899 --> 01:07:48,318
Honey, I'm not gonna
lose my job.

1026
01:07:49,736 --> 01:07:51,738
You don't have to worry.

1027
01:07:54,115 --> 01:07:56,493
Okay.
Hey.
1028
01:07:57,077 --> 01:08:00,455
There's no problem.
Okay.

1029
01:08:00,622 --> 01:08:03,958
All right? I got uptown problems,
which are not problems at all.

1030
01:08:04,959 --> 01:08:06,336
You're not worried, right?

1031
01:08:06,503 --> 01:08:09,005
No, I'm not worried.
Okay.

1032
01:08:16,304 --> 01:08:17,972
Pena.

1033
01:08:20,642 --> 01:08:22,268
Okay.

1034
01:08:35,073 --> 01:08:37,200
I want Dye in right,

1035
01:08:37,367 --> 01:08:40,203
Justice DH'ing,
Pena on the bench,

1036
01:08:40,370 --> 01:08:42,163
Hatteberg at first,

1037
01:08:42,330 --> 01:08:45,375
and anyone but Mags
first out of the pen.

1038
01:08:45,542 --> 01:08:47,460
You want Pena on the bench?

1039
01:08:47,627 --> 01:08:50,755
That's right.
So you can play Hattie.

1040
01:08:50,922 --> 01:08:53,174
Pena is not only
the best first baseman,
1041
01:08:53,341 --> 01:08:55,510
he's the only first baseman.

1042
01:08:55,677 --> 01:08:58,054
Hattie gets on base
more than Pena.

1043
01:08:58,221 --> 01:09:00,724
In fact, 20 percent more.
And his fielding?

1044
01:09:00,890 --> 01:09:03,560
His fielding does not matter.

1045
01:09:04,561 --> 01:09:06,813
I've heard enough of this.
Have you?

1046
01:09:06,980 --> 01:09:08,565
And I, uh...

1047
01:09:09,399 --> 01:09:12,402
I disagree with you,
plain and simple.

1048
01:09:13,319 --> 01:09:15,488
And moreover,
I'm playing my team

1049
01:09:15,989 --> 01:09:19,659
in a way that I can explain
in job interviews next winter.

1050
01:09:20,577 --> 01:09:22,245
Okay? Ahem.

1051
01:09:27,250 --> 01:09:30,253
Hattie. Not Pena.

1052
01:09:34,591 --> 01:09:35,967
What's up, skip?

1053
01:09:36,134 --> 01:09:38,595
How you doing?
Good, how you doing, man?

1054
01:09:38,762 --> 01:09:40,388
Get some sleep
last night?

1055
01:09:42,515 --> 01:09:45,602
As the A's hit the field,
we are ready for baseball.

1056
01:09:45,769 --> 01:09:49,105
First one out of the dugout
is rookie sensation Carlos Pena,

1057
01:09:49,272 --> 01:09:53,568
one of the few bright lights in this
lineup, taking his spot at first base.

1058
01:10:26,393 --> 01:10:30,105
Down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm

1059
01:10:33,983 --> 01:10:37,570
Billy, quick question. Do you expect these guys to produce more or

1060
01:10:37,737 --> 01:10:39,948
Not now.
What's the reason for the slump?

1061
01:10:40,115 --> 01:10:41,574
We gotta have the funk

1062
01:10:41,741 --> 01:10:44,411
Ow, we want the funk

1063
01:10:44,577 --> 01:10:45,954
Give up the funk

1064
01:10:46,121 --> 01:10:48,331
Ow, we need the funk

1065
01:10:49,165 --> 01:10:51,001
We gotta have the funk

1066
01:10:58,341 --> 01:10:59,884
Get down.

1067
01:11:04,055 --> 01:11:06,016
Is losing fun?

1068
01:11:09,227 --> 01:11:12,355
Is losing fun?
No.

1069
01:11:16,484 --> 01:11:18,695
What are you having fun for?

1070
01:11:44,095 --> 01:11:46,514
That's what losing
sounds like.

1071
01:12:01,071 --> 01:12:02,489
Are you okay, Dad?

1072
01:12:03,239 --> 01:12:05,200
You're doing it again.
What?

1073
01:12:05,367 --> 01:12:07,660
You're worrying about me.

1074
01:12:07,869 --> 01:12:09,704
You're in last place, Dad.

1075
01:12:09,871 --> 01:12:12,248
Do I look worried?
Yeah.

1076
01:12:12,415 --> 01:12:16,378
Because you're getting on an airplane,
and those things crash all the time.

1077
01:12:16,544 --> 01:12:18,963
Please stop worrying
about your dad.

1078
01:12:21,257 --> 01:12:22,884
We're all set.
Okay.

1079
01:12:24,761 --> 01:12:26,930
I love you.
Love you too.

1080
01:12:27,389 --> 01:12:30,266
All right. Your dad's not in trouble.

1081
01:12:31,309 --> 01:12:33,269
Okay.

1082
01:13:12,183 --> 01:13:13,977
Yeah.

1083
01:13:19,983 --> 01:13:22,152
Suzanne, get me Ed Wade.
Okay.

1084
01:13:22,318 --> 01:13:24,029
Coffee on?
Yes.

1085
01:13:24,195 --> 01:13:26,823
Good morning.
Good morning, Billy.

1086
01:13:30,410 --> 01:13:32,245
Oh, hi, Louisa.

1087
01:13:32,412 --> 01:13:35,331
I need Ed Wade for Billy Beane.
Hi.

1088
01:13:36,499 --> 01:13:37,542
Please hold.

1089
01:13:37,709 --> 01:13:40,337
What's up?
Wade's on 2.

1090
01:13:40,503 --> 01:13:41,963
Ed?
Hello?

1091
01:13:42,130 --> 01:13:44,549
Ed, it's Billy.
Billy, what's up?
1092
01:13:44,716 --> 01:13:47,719
Look, I need a little help on defense.
Okay.

1093
01:13:47,886 --> 01:13:50,472
I'm willing to trade
Jeremy Giambi for it.

1094
01:13:51,181 --> 01:13:52,640
Really?
What?

1095
01:13:52,807 --> 01:13:54,934
Mm-hm. Who you got?
What?

1096
01:13:55,101 --> 01:13:58,271
Well, let me think.
What are you doing?

1097
01:13:58,438 --> 01:13:59,689
Cleaning house.

1098
01:13:59,856 --> 01:14:01,816
Mabry?
Maybe what?

1099
01:14:01,983 --> 01:14:05,028
No, Mabry.
Hold on.

1100
01:14:05,195 --> 01:14:07,030
No.
Why not?

1101
01:14:07,197 --> 01:14:09,366
Because you can't trade
Jeremy Giambi.

1102
01:14:10,617 --> 01:14:12,118
He'll be fine, Ed.

1103
01:14:12,285 --> 01:14:14,871
Why do I get the feeling
you're picking my pocket?
1104
01:14:15,038 --> 01:14:18,375
I'm not. You're picking mine.
Giambi's name alone is worth more.

1105
01:14:18,541 --> 01:14:20,752
What's wrong with him?
Nothing.

1106
01:14:20,919 --> 01:14:24,422
Can we say it's done in theory
and start drawing up the paperwork?

1107
01:14:24,589 --> 01:14:26,841
Okay, but you're gonna have-
Great.

1108
01:14:27,008 --> 01:14:28,718
He was gonna
say something else.

1109
01:14:28,885 --> 01:14:31,471
When you get the answer
you're looking for, hang up.

1110
01:14:31,638 --> 01:14:32,681
Suzanne.
Yes?

1111
01:14:32,847 --> 01:14:35,308
David Dombrowski.
Okay.

1112
01:14:35,475 --> 01:14:38,436
And Pena's going too.
I don't think you should do that.

1113
01:14:38,603 --> 01:14:40,563
I really don't think
you should do that.

1114
01:14:40,730 --> 01:14:43,066
I want Hatteberg
in the lineup tonight.

1115
01:14:43,233 --> 01:14:44,609
You need to take a minute.

1116
01:14:44,776 --> 01:14:47,904
I think you seriously need
to think about what you're doing.

1117
01:14:48,071 --> 01:14:50,573
Because you're upset.
Okay.

1118
01:14:51,074 --> 01:14:52,909
What am I missing?

1119
01:14:53,576 --> 01:14:55,912
These are hard moves
to explain to people.

1120
01:14:56,788 --> 01:14:58,415
Why is that a problem, Pete?

1121
01:15:01,209 --> 01:15:03,420
Don't make
an emotional decision, Billy.

1122
01:15:03,586 --> 01:15:05,422
David Dombrowski's on 3.

1123
01:15:05,588 --> 01:15:07,966
Look, we're gonna
shake things up.

1124
01:15:08,133 --> 01:15:11,177
Dave. Pena's going on the block.
You're my first call.

1125
01:15:12,178 --> 01:15:14,973
Because he's making the rest
of the team look bad.

1126
01:15:15,932 --> 01:15:17,767
He's gonna be
a Rookie of the Year.

1127
01:15:17,934 --> 01:15:21,104
Probably an All-Star.
He's an All-Star, Dave.
1128
01:15:21,980 --> 01:15:24,774
No. I want a reliever and cash.

1129
01:15:25,275 --> 01:15:28,945
Okay. You got five minutes, Dave.
I'm not waiting.

1130
01:15:29,654 --> 01:15:33,450
Billy, Pena is an All-Star, okay?

1131
01:15:33,616 --> 01:15:39,539
And if you dump him and this Hatteberg
thing doesn't work out, you know this is-

1132
01:15:39,706 --> 01:15:42,792
This is the kind of decision
that gets you fired.

1133
01:15:42,959 --> 01:15:44,544
It is.

1134
01:15:45,086 --> 01:15:47,130
Yes, you're right.

1135
01:15:47,589 --> 01:15:49,883
I may lose my job.

1136
01:15:50,050 --> 01:15:53,470
In which case I'm a 44-year-old guy
with a high school diploma

1137
01:15:53,636 --> 01:15:56,931
and a daughter
I'd like to be able to send to college.

1138
01:15:57,432 --> 01:16:00,477
You're 25 years old,
with a degree from Yale

1139
01:16:00,643 --> 01:16:03,229
and a pretty impressive
apprenticeship.

1140
01:16:04,064 --> 01:16:06,816
I don't think
we're asking the right question.

1141
01:16:07,317 --> 01:16:10,320
I think the question
we should be asking is,

1142
01:16:10,487 --> 01:16:13,156
do you believe in this thing
or not?

1143
01:16:14,991 --> 01:16:16,576
I do.

1144
01:16:19,621 --> 01:16:22,665
It's a problem you think
we need to explain ourselves.

1145
01:16:22,832 --> 01:16:26,044
Don't. To anyone.

1146
01:16:29,422 --> 01:16:30,882
Okay.

1147
01:16:33,426 --> 01:16:36,888
Now, I'm gonna see this thing
through, for better or worse.

1148
01:16:40,350 --> 01:16:45,188
Just tell me, do you project we'll win
more with Hatteberg or Pena at first?

1149
01:16:45,772 --> 01:16:48,191
It's close...

1150
01:16:49,025 --> 01:16:51,444
but theoretically, Hatteberg.

1151
01:16:52,320 --> 01:16:54,114
What are we talking about, then?

1152
01:16:54,280 --> 01:16:57,325
Dombrowski's on again, on 3.

1153
01:16:59,661 --> 01:17:01,079
Yeah?

1154
01:17:01,788 --> 01:17:03,707
Okay, that'll work.

1155
01:17:04,374 --> 01:17:06,626
Great. I need one more thing.

1156
01:17:06,793 --> 01:17:10,046
Soda. Yeah, I don't want
my guys paying for soda.

1157
01:17:10,213 --> 01:17:12,882
I want you to stock
my machine for three years.

1158
01:17:13,049 --> 01:17:14,551
I'm serious.

1159
01:17:15,552 --> 01:17:17,554
Great. It's a deal.

1160
01:17:18,680 --> 01:17:20,640
Go tell Pena he's gotta pack.

1161
01:17:22,142 --> 01:17:25,353
You want me to tell Pena?
Part of the job.

1162
01:17:27,856 --> 01:17:30,275
What about Giambi?
You want me to tell him too?

1163
01:17:30,442 --> 01:17:32,402
I'll tell him.

1164
01:17:39,367 --> 01:17:40,952
Excuse me, Carlos?
Yeah?

1165
01:17:41,119 --> 01:17:43,079
Can I speak with you a minute?
Yeah.

1166
01:17:51,838 --> 01:17:54,424
Carlos, you've been
traded to the Tigers.

1167
01:17:57,927 --> 01:17:59,929
This is Jay Palmer's number.

1168
01:18:00,096 --> 01:18:02,640
He's the traveling secretary
for the team.

1169
01:18:02,807 --> 01:18:05,852
He's expecting your call.
He'll take care of everything.

1170
01:18:15,111 --> 01:18:17,614
Is that it?
Yes.

1171
01:18:24,913 --> 01:18:26,331
Okay.

1172
01:18:38,677 --> 01:18:40,136
Okay.

1173
01:18:42,722 --> 01:18:43,932
Art, you got a minute?

1174
01:18:47,185 --> 01:18:50,230
Yeah. Take a seat.

1175
01:18:53,650 --> 01:18:57,987
You can't start Pena at first tonight.
You'll have to start Hatteberg.

1176
01:18:58,822 --> 01:19:00,990
I don't wanna go
15 rounds, Billy.

1177
01:19:01,157 --> 01:19:03,827
The lineup card is mine,
and that's all.

1178
01:19:03,993 --> 01:19:05,995
That lineup card is definitely yours.

1179
01:19:06,162 --> 01:19:08,748
I'm just saying
you can't start Pena at first.

1180
01:19:09,082 --> 01:19:10,417
Well...

1181
01:19:11,835 --> 01:19:14,004
I am starting him at first.

1182
01:19:14,170 --> 01:19:18,133
I don't think so.
He plays for Detroit now.

1183
01:19:22,053 --> 01:19:24,222
You traded Pena?

1184
01:19:25,390 --> 01:19:26,933
Yeah.

1185
01:19:27,100 --> 01:19:31,521
And Menechino, Hiljus, Tam
are all being sent down.

1186
01:19:31,688 --> 01:19:35,984
You are outside your mind.
Yeah. Cuckoo.

1187
01:19:37,777 --> 01:19:40,572
You wanted to see me?
Yeah, Jeremy, grab a seat.

1188
01:19:44,159 --> 01:19:46,661
Jeremy, you've been
traded to the Phillies.

1189
01:19:46,828 --> 01:19:49,456
This is Ed Wade's number.
He's a good guy, the GM.

1190
01:19:49,622 --> 01:19:51,958
He's expecting your call.

1191
01:19:52,125 --> 01:19:54,961
Buddy will help you
with the plane flight.
1192
01:19:59,174 --> 01:20:01,718
and we wish you the best.

1193
01:20:18,234 --> 01:20:20,320
Jeremy's gone too.

1194
01:20:22,280 --> 01:20:24,407
You're killing this team.

1195
01:20:24,574 --> 01:20:28,244
Art, I can do this all day long.

1196
01:20:34,376 --> 01:20:35,752
Hey.

1197
01:20:36,711 --> 01:20:38,755
You agree with this?

1198
01:20:40,131 --> 01:20:41,841
Hundred percent.

1199
01:20:43,385 --> 01:20:44,928
You want this door closed?

1200
01:20:57,482 --> 01:20:59,943
Scotty H.
Sir?

1201
01:21:00,944 --> 01:21:04,614
Go field some grounders.
Yes, sir.

1202
01:21:04,781 --> 01:21:06,616
Everybody, listen up.

1203
01:21:09,619 --> 01:21:12,372
You may not look
like a winning team...

1204
01:21:15,625 --> 01:21:17,711
but you are one.

1205
01:21:22,090 --> 01:21:23,425
So...

1206
01:21:25,010 --> 01:21:27,053
play like one tonight.

1207
01:21:35,687 --> 01:21:37,897
Oh, shit.

1208
01:21:40,984 --> 01:21:44,154
When you're getting your pitch,
you're hitting. 625, massive.

1209
01:21:44,320 --> 01:21:46,156
You're crushing the ball.

1210
01:21:46,322 --> 01:21:49,200
But when you swing at things-
Your pitch is middle-in.

1211
01:21:49,367 --> 01:21:52,245
When you're swinging low
and away, you're batting. 158.

1212
01:21:52,412 --> 01:21:54,497
Every at bat's
like a hand of blackjack.

1213
01:21:54,664 --> 01:21:57,000
Every card that's dealt,
your odds change.

1214
01:21:57,167 --> 01:22:01,504
So every first-pitch strike, your
batting average goes down about 75 points.

1215
01:22:01,671 --> 01:22:02,839
Seventy-five points.

1216
01:22:03,006 --> 01:22:05,258
He should throw 100
pitches before the fifth.

1217
01:22:05,425 --> 01:22:07,177
You wanna knock
that starter out.
1218
01:22:07,344 --> 01:22:10,847
I want you taking at bats off the 1 Oth
and 11th pitcher by the end.

1219
01:22:11,014 --> 01:22:13,433
This is your basic breakdown
of the pitches,

1220
01:22:13,600 --> 01:22:15,810
where you should
be hitting them, why.

1221
01:22:15,977 --> 01:22:19,522
So you want us to walk more?
Good question. Yes.

1222
01:22:20,940 --> 01:22:23,026
Mr. Justice.

1223
01:22:23,193 --> 01:22:25,153
Had a few thoughts.
Yeah?

1224
01:22:25,320 --> 01:22:27,697
Yeah.
Gonna teach me some things?

1225
01:22:28,156 --> 01:22:29,866
Excuse me?

1226
01:22:31,409 --> 01:22:33,703
Never seen a GM
talk to players like that.

1227
01:22:33,870 --> 01:22:36,539
You never seen a GM
who was a player.

1228
01:22:38,291 --> 01:22:39,668
Huh.

1229
01:22:42,837 --> 01:22:45,632
We got a problem, David?
No, it's okay.

1230
01:22:45,799 --> 01:22:48,009
I know your routine.

1231
01:22:48,176 --> 01:22:50,470
It's patter. It's for effect.

1232
01:22:52,722 --> 01:22:56,893
But it's for them, all right?
That shit ain't for me.

1233
01:22:57,394 --> 01:22:59,145
Oh, you're special?

1234
01:23:01,564 --> 01:23:06,194
You're paying me 7 million bucks
a year, man, so, yeah,

1235
01:23:06,361 --> 01:23:08,697
maybe I am, a little bit.

1236
01:23:08,863 --> 01:23:11,825
No, man,
I ain't paying you 7.

1237
01:23:12,534 --> 01:23:14,411
Yankees are paying
half your salary.

1238
01:23:14,577 --> 01:23:17,414
That's what the New York Yankees
think of you.

1239
01:23:18,248 --> 01:23:22,585
They're paying you $3.5 million
to play against them.

1240
01:23:23,878 --> 01:23:26,047
Where you going with this, Billy?

1241
01:23:26,840 --> 01:23:29,175
David, you're 37.

1242
01:23:29,342 --> 01:23:33,096
How about you and I be honest about
what each of us want out of this?
1243
01:23:34,723 --> 01:23:38,101
I wanna milk the last ounce
of baseball you got in you.

1244
01:23:38,268 --> 01:23:40,562
And you wanna stay in the show.

1245
01:23:41,104 --> 01:23:43,064
Let's do that.

1246
01:23:43,940 --> 01:23:46,526
I'm not paying you
for the player you used to be.

1247
01:23:46,693 --> 01:23:49,696
I'm paying you for the player
you are right now.

1248
01:23:49,863 --> 01:23:53,283
You're smart. You get what
we're trying to do here.

1249
01:23:53,450 --> 01:23:56,286
Make an example
for the younger guys.

1250
01:23:56,453 --> 01:23:58,246
Be a leader.

1251
01:23:58,913 --> 01:24:00,582
Can you do that?

1252
01:24:07,672 --> 01:24:10,633
All right. I got you.

1253
01:24:13,094 --> 01:24:14,804
We're cool?

1254
01:24:16,890 --> 01:24:18,350
We're cool.

1255
01:24:23,646 --> 01:24:24,856
Scotty H.

1256
01:24:25,023 --> 01:24:27,150
Yo, what's up, D.J.?
Picking machine.

1257
01:24:28,526 --> 01:24:30,737
How you liking
first base, man?

1258
01:24:32,030 --> 01:24:35,241
It's coming along.
Picking it up.

1259
01:24:35,408 --> 01:24:39,537
You know, tough transition,
but I'm starting to feel better with it.

1260
01:24:39,704 --> 01:24:41,748
Yeah?
Yeah.

1261
01:24:41,915 --> 01:24:43,833
What's your biggest fear?

1262
01:24:44,459 --> 01:24:47,170
A baseball being hit
in my general direction.

1263
01:24:49,255 --> 01:24:52,384
That's funny.
Seriously, what is it?

1264
01:24:55,845 --> 01:24:58,181
No, seriously, that is.

1265
01:25:08,942 --> 01:25:11,277
Well, hey, good luck with that.

1266
01:25:11,444 --> 01:25:13,613
Be social out there.

1267
01:25:14,531 --> 01:25:17,075
Social.
Social. Like a greeter at the Gap.

1268
01:25:17,242 --> 01:25:19,327
Guy steps into your office,
chat him up.

1269
01:25:19,494 --> 01:25:22,163
You're well-read.
You went to school.

1270
01:25:22,330 --> 01:25:24,499
Yeah.
Have some fun. Relax.

1271
01:25:24,666 --> 01:25:27,544
Everyone wants to attack.
Quit trying to attack.

1272
01:25:27,711 --> 01:25:30,964
Let the game come to you, man.
There's no clock on this thing.

1273
01:25:31,131 --> 01:25:32,549
This is a war of attrition.

1274
01:25:32,716 --> 01:25:37,137
If I take more, I could even take a
few strikes, but I'll get walked more.

1275
01:25:37,303 --> 01:25:41,057
You get on base, we win.
You don't, we lose.

1276
01:25:41,224 --> 01:25:44,561
And I hate losing,
Chavvie. I hate it.

1277
01:25:44,728 --> 01:25:47,313
I hate losing more
than I even wanna win.

1278
01:25:47,480 --> 01:25:48,815
And there's
a difference.

1279
01:25:48,982 --> 01:25:50,483
No bunts.
Bunts is an out.

1280
01:25:50,650 --> 01:25:53,903
Even if the third baseman is back?
No bunting whatsoever.

1281
01:25:54,070 --> 01:25:56,823
If someone bunts on us,
throw it to first.

1282
01:25:56,990 --> 01:25:58,742
Don't be a hero
and go to second.

1283
01:25:58,908 --> 01:26:00,326
Let them make the mistakes.

1284
01:26:00,493 --> 01:26:03,413
When your enemy's making
mistakes, don't interrupt them.

1285
01:26:03,580 --> 01:26:06,124
They're giving you an out.
Just giving it to you.

1286
01:26:06,291 --> 01:26:07,584
Take it.
Say thank you.

1287
01:26:07,751 --> 01:26:09,753
Another thing.
No more stealing.

1288
01:26:09,919 --> 01:26:11,963
That's what I do,
what you pay me to do.

1289
01:26:12,130 --> 01:26:15,091
I pay you to get on first,
not get thrown out at second.

1290
01:26:15,258 --> 01:26:20,221
This is a process. It's a
process, it's a process. Okay?

1291
01:26:32,567 --> 01:26:36,446
Jason takes it, goes to second for
the only out, and the A's get a run.

1292
01:26:38,073 --> 01:26:42,160
Jermaine Dye homers again,
his second in two games.

1293
01:26:42,327 --> 01:26:46,790
And the A's are still hanging in.
We'll get you scores here.

1294
01:26:46,956 --> 01:26:51,419
The A's pull within two of the
Angels for the wild-card chase.

1295
01:26:51,586 --> 01:26:53,755
The Reds have now dropped
five in a row

1296
01:26:53,922 --> 01:26:57,300
as Oakland beats them
in the beginning of this series 5 to 3.

1297
01:26:57,467 --> 01:26:58,802
Tejada walks.

1298
01:26:58,968 --> 01:27:00,303
Ball four.

1299
01:27:00,470 --> 01:27:03,348
Ball four and Hatteberg walks.

1300
01:27:04,891 --> 01:27:08,395
What is happening in Oakland?
The A's have won seven in a row.

1301
01:27:08,561 --> 01:27:10,814
A lot of excitement.
What a winning streak.

1302
01:27:10,980 --> 01:27:13,817
But how about the calming
influence of Art Howe?

1303
01:27:13,983 --> 01:27:17,612
When you say "your source," if it's
not me or Peter, they don't know.

1304
01:27:17,779 --> 01:27:19,489
He's managing
an unorthodox team.

1305
01:27:19,656 --> 01:27:21,449
Right.
It's not a perfect roster.

1306
01:27:21,616 --> 01:27:24,911
But right now, Art Howe is
the reason this team is winning.

1307
01:27:25,078 --> 01:27:27,664
He deserves the credit.
Great, thanks. Bye.

1308
01:27:27,831 --> 01:27:29,374
Did you hear that?

1309
01:27:29,541 --> 01:27:32,502
I heard "seven in a row. "
You get the Cleveland matchups?

1310
01:27:32,669 --> 01:27:34,587
Yeah, right here.

1311
01:27:42,345 --> 01:27:43,805
Voos.
Billy.

1312
01:27:43,972 --> 01:27:47,225
That smell is getting worse.
I'm on it.

1313
01:27:47,976 --> 01:27:50,145
What are we doing?
Splitting it in half?

1314
01:27:50,311 --> 01:27:52,147
Both sides of the plate.
Got it.

1315
01:27:52,856 --> 01:27:55,025
Huddy. Mix it up.
Yes, sir.

1316
01:27:55,191 --> 01:27:57,360
Trust your slider, yeah?
Yes, sir.

1317
01:27:57,527 --> 01:27:59,529
You guys quit distracting him.

1318
01:27:59,696 --> 01:28:02,407
You couldn't hit that shit
last night with a paddle.

1319
01:28:02,574 --> 01:28:04,409
You gotta see more pitches.

1320
01:28:04,576 --> 01:28:07,078
All right, Billy.
Patience.

1321
01:28:10,874 --> 01:28:12,500
Hey, David.
Hey, Billy.

1322
01:28:12,667 --> 01:28:14,044
Great at bats.
Thank you.

1323
01:28:14,210 --> 01:28:15,754
Really quality.
Thank you.

1324
01:28:15,920 --> 01:28:18,631
Base hit to right field.
Tejada scores.

1325
01:28:18,798 --> 01:28:21,676
Chavez coming in.
The ball gets past Guiel.

1326
01:28:22,594 --> 01:28:26,723
The A's, from 5-nothing down,
now lead 6 to 5.

1327
01:28:36,733 --> 01:28:39,736
The Oakland A's are completely
out of hand at the moment.

1328
01:28:39,903 --> 01:28:42,572
They are an AL-best 17 and 4
this month.

1329
01:28:42,739 --> 01:28:46,534
They also took back-to-back series
at Boston and at New York.

1330
01:28:46,701 --> 01:28:49,329
Remember when they traded
Jeremy Giambi in June

1331
01:28:49,496 --> 01:28:51,831
and everyone thought
they'd just given up?

1332
01:28:51,998 --> 01:28:54,668
Actually, not so much.

1333
01:28:58,755 --> 01:29:01,257
Suzanne, get Shapiro on the phone.

1334
01:29:01,758 --> 01:29:04,928
You thinking Rincon?
His season's done. He's lost faith.

1335
01:29:05,095 --> 01:29:08,098
I think he's gonna dump him.
Hard-core.

1336
01:29:08,264 --> 01:29:10,558
Shapiro on 2.

1337
01:29:12,102 --> 01:29:13,895
Mark, Billy. Let's be honest.

1338
01:29:14,062 --> 01:29:17,440
A premier setup man isn't gonna
get you closer to the play-offs.

1339
01:29:17,607 --> 01:29:19,526
Are you referring to Rincon?

1340
01:29:19,693 --> 01:29:21,695
He's a luxury
you can't afford, man.
1341
01:29:21,861 --> 01:29:24,572
And you can? There's half
a million on his contract.

1342
01:29:24,739 --> 01:29:26,783
And we've got
at least one other suitor.

1343
01:29:26,950 --> 01:29:29,661
By "at least one," you mean one.

1344
01:29:29,828 --> 01:29:32,288
Who is it?
I'd rather not say.

1345
01:29:32,455 --> 01:29:34,791
San Francisco.
San Francisco.

1346
01:29:34,958 --> 01:29:36,459
I'll call you back.

1347
01:29:38,253 --> 01:29:40,422
What do you think
we can get for Magnante?

1348
01:29:40,588 --> 01:29:41,840
Nothing.

1349
01:29:42,757 --> 01:29:45,802
What's left on Venafro's contract?
Two seventy-five.

1350
01:29:46,636 --> 01:29:48,430
Suzanne,
get me Sabean on the line.

1351
01:29:48,596 --> 01:29:52,684
Get the Giants interested in Venafro,
Mark's only got one buyer for Rincon.

1352
01:29:52,851 --> 01:29:54,310
Us.
On 3.

1353
01:29:56,354 --> 01:29:59,816
Saby-Sabster, it's Billy.
What do you think of Venafro?

1354
01:29:59,983 --> 01:30:02,152
I can let you have him
for almost nothing.

1355
01:30:02,318 --> 01:30:04,904
Why would you do that?
Because I'm amazing.

1356
01:30:05,071 --> 01:30:07,073
I want a couple bucks
and a sweetener.

1357
01:30:07,490 --> 01:30:09,325
Throw in, say...

1358
01:30:09,492 --> 01:30:11,661
Anderson.
Anderson.

1359
01:30:11,828 --> 01:30:14,789
I like Anderson.
No, you don't. Nobody likes him.

1360
01:30:14,956 --> 01:30:17,500
I don't know why I'm doing this.
But let's do it.

1361
01:30:17,667 --> 01:30:20,587
Venafro for Michaelson. Anderson.
I don't know his name.

1362
01:30:20,754 --> 01:30:23,631
I'll think about it.
Think about it and call me back.

1363
01:30:24,174 --> 01:30:26,176
Get Shapiro on.

1364
01:30:34,100 --> 01:30:36,353
Shapiro's on 2.

1365
01:30:38,396 --> 01:30:40,357
Mark.
You can't afford him, Billy.

1366
01:30:40,523 --> 01:30:41,608
You sure about that?

1367
01:30:41,775 --> 01:30:44,361
I get the impression
the market for Rincon is softening.

1368
01:30:44,527 --> 01:30:46,154
Huh?
I could be wrong,

1369
01:30:46,321 --> 01:30:47,947
but I'd call whoever's
interested

1370
01:30:48,114 --> 01:30:51,618
and see if they're still interested.
Call me back.

1371
01:30:52,494 --> 01:30:55,872
What about the Mets for Venafro?
You offered him to the Giants.

1372
01:30:56,039 --> 01:30:57,707
Suzanne, Steve Phillips.

1373
01:30:57,874 --> 01:31:02,712
Between Bonds, Kent, Nen, Snow,
San Francisco's never gonna do it.

1374
01:31:03,129 --> 01:31:06,883
Totally agree.
We just need them to cool on Rincon.

1375
01:31:07,050 --> 01:31:10,178
Phillips on 2.
Steve-o, it's Billy.

1376
01:31:10,345 --> 01:31:14,057
I hear you're looking for a reliever.
I can give you Venafro.

1377
01:31:14,224 --> 01:31:16,851
I can make it quick and easy.
What's the angle?

1378
01:31:17,018 --> 01:31:19,896
No angle.
Who am I getting fleeced for?

1379
01:31:20,563 --> 01:31:23,942
Hang on a sec.
Uh, Bennett, maybe?

1380
01:31:24,109 --> 01:31:25,485
How old?
Twenty-six.

1381
01:31:25,652 --> 01:31:27,737
Twenty-six, Double-A? Forget it.

1382
01:31:27,904 --> 01:31:29,989
Duncan, no.

1383
01:31:31,783 --> 01:31:33,535
No. Furbush, no.

1384
01:31:36,204 --> 01:31:39,916
Eckerton? Eckerton? Eckerton.

1385
01:31:40,875 --> 01:31:41,918
Eckerton.

1386
01:31:42,085 --> 01:31:44,504
I like Eckerton.
You don't even know who Eckerton is.

1387
01:31:45,880 --> 01:31:48,425
Is Venafro hurt?
No, he's fine, he's fine.

1388
01:31:48,591 --> 01:31:49,926
It's just an issue for us.

1389
01:31:50,093 --> 01:31:52,762
Last couple times, he got hammered.
Not his fault.

1390
01:31:52,929 --> 01:31:55,098
That was us. We misused him.
It's Steve.

1391
01:31:55,265 --> 01:31:57,267
I'm almost done.
Steve Schott.

1392
01:31:57,684 --> 01:32:00,645
Look, Steve-o,
let me be straight with you.

1393
01:32:00,812 --> 01:32:03,606
Here's the deal. I'm getting
Rincon. It's a done deal.

1394
01:32:03,773 --> 01:32:06,860
I heard the Giants-
Giants want Venafro for Michaelson.

1395
01:32:07,027 --> 01:32:08,945
Anderson.
I'd rather deal with you.

1396
01:32:09,112 --> 01:32:12,115
You can give me Eckerton
and $225,000 in cash,

1397
01:32:12,282 --> 01:32:14,325
and the Giants can't.

1398
01:32:15,160 --> 01:32:17,203
I'll think about it.
Think about it.

1399
01:32:17,370 --> 01:32:19,748
But whoever calls me back first
gets Venafro.

1400
01:32:22,167 --> 01:32:23,376
Schott hung up.

1401
01:32:24,836 --> 01:32:28,131
Oh, I want this one.

1402
01:32:36,139 --> 01:32:38,475
Why isn't anybody calling?

1403
01:32:41,269 --> 01:32:43,480
Shapiro's on 2.

1404
01:32:44,856 --> 01:32:46,274
Yeah?

1405
01:32:50,445 --> 01:32:53,073
Okay, let me talk to my owner.
I'll call you back.

1406
01:32:53,239 --> 01:32:55,950
Get Steve on the phone.
Schott or Phillips?

1407
01:32:56,117 --> 01:32:58,995
Why would we call Phillips?
Phillips has gotta call us.

1408
01:33:02,832 --> 01:33:04,584
Tell him I'm on the other line.

1409
01:33:08,338 --> 01:33:12,008
Hi, Mr. Schott, it's Peter Brand.
I apologize for putting you on hold.

1410
01:33:12,175 --> 01:33:16,971
Billy asked me to call you back.
Tell him we want 225,000 for Rincon.

1411
01:33:17,138 --> 01:33:22,185
Billy says he needs $225,000
for Ricardo Rincon.

1412
01:33:22,727 --> 01:33:24,354
Please.

1413
01:33:25,855 --> 01:33:29,150
Yes, I added the "please"
at the end.

1414
01:33:30,527 --> 01:33:33,780
Okay. Let me-
Hold on one second, please.
1415
01:33:34,572 --> 01:33:36,574
Tell him I'll pay for him.

1416
01:33:36,741 --> 01:33:41,079
But when I sell him back for twice
the amount next year, I keep the money.

1417
01:33:43,039 --> 01:33:46,042
Okay, so Billy says
he'll pay for Rincon himself.

1418
01:33:46,209 --> 01:33:50,505
But when he sells him for more money
next year, he's keeping the profit.

1419
01:34:00,432 --> 01:34:03,143
Thank you very much.
We'll call you back. Thank you.

1420
01:34:03,309 --> 01:34:05,770
Come on. Come on.

1421
01:34:11,067 --> 01:34:14,904
Suzanne, call Shapiro ba-
Never mind, I got him right here.

1422
01:34:17,699 --> 01:34:19,492
Mark. Yeah.

1423
01:34:19,659 --> 01:34:22,579
Listen, I don't want Rincon
pitching against me tonight.

1424
01:34:22,746 --> 01:34:26,249
Tell him to change clothes and
send him over. I got you the money.

1425
01:34:26,416 --> 01:34:27,834
Yup.

1426
01:34:28,001 --> 01:34:29,419
Great.

1427
01:34:33,590 --> 01:34:37,594
I don't wanna dampen the mood at
all, but since we picked up Rincon...

1428
01:34:37,761 --> 01:34:40,013
We gotta send someone down.

1429
01:34:46,728 --> 01:34:49,773
Mags.
Hey, Billy.

1430
01:34:52,734 --> 01:34:54,611
I know I've been struggling lately.

1431
01:34:54,778 --> 01:34:58,531
But second half of the season,
definitely turn it around. Ricky and I-

1432
01:34:58,698 --> 01:35:02,619
Mike, I need you
to stop getting dressed.

1433
01:35:05,163 --> 01:35:06,790
Traded?

1434
01:35:17,634 --> 01:35:20,053
I'm sorry for the crap news.

1435
01:35:20,804 --> 01:35:22,764
I know it hurts.

1436
01:35:32,982 --> 01:35:35,819
Mike, I can't have 26 guys
in the clubhouse.

1437
01:35:35,985 --> 01:35:38,947
I get it. I get it.

1438
01:35:40,156 --> 01:35:43,368
Okay. Thanks.

1439
01:35:57,632 --> 01:35:58,925
Hey, Ricardo.

1440
01:36:01,136 --> 01:36:03,763
This must be a bit
of a shock, I guess.
1441
01:36:04,347 --> 01:36:06,683
Mabry hits one
deep to right-center field.

1442
01:36:06,850 --> 01:36:08,852
Racing back, Fick can't get it.

1443
01:36:09,019 --> 01:36:12,647
It bounces to the wall.
One run is in. Two runs are in.

1444
01:36:13,064 --> 01:36:16,359
Mabry, on one pitch,
has shot the A's in front.

1445
01:36:16,526 --> 01:36:20,864
Strike three called. Twelve
straight wins for the Athletics.

1446
01:36:21,031 --> 01:36:22,449
Man alive, was it hairy.

1447
01:36:22,615 --> 01:36:25,035
Something strange is now
happening in Oakland.

1448
01:36:25,201 --> 01:36:27,620
You cannot argue that point.
Twelve straight.

1449
01:36:27,787 --> 01:36:30,707
They're making a joke
out of the American League.

1450
01:36:30,874 --> 01:36:33,460
They were in Detroit today-
He throws to first.

1451
01:36:33,626 --> 01:36:37,172
And that's the sound
of 14 straight victories.

1452
01:36:37,339 --> 01:36:39,382
Fourteen, the longest run
this year.
1453
01:36:39,549 --> 01:36:42,635
It has slingshot the A's into first
in the AL West. A nice streak.

1454
01:36:42,802 --> 01:36:44,637
This team was written off.

1455
01:36:44,804 --> 01:36:48,266
How do you explain, otherwise,
the victories they've come up with?

1456
01:36:48,433 --> 01:36:51,978
The Oakland A's are gonna win
16 consecutive games.

1457
01:36:53,021 --> 01:36:59,069
This is the longest win streak
in baseball, folks, in 25 years.

1458
01:36:59,235 --> 01:37:01,071
The A's have won 16 in a row.

1459
01:37:01,237 --> 01:37:03,823
We're going to 20!
We're going to 20!

1460
01:37:03,990 --> 01:37:08,244
To have a winning streak of
this duration, you have to be good,

1461
01:37:08,411 --> 01:37:11,331
but there's an element
of randomness to it.

1462
01:37:11,498 --> 01:37:13,708
The 1927 Yankees, Ruth, Gehrig,

1463
01:37:13,875 --> 01:37:17,003
Murderers' Row, some people
still say the best team ever.

1464
01:37:17,170 --> 01:37:20,715
Longest winning streak
for them that year? Nine.
1465
01:37:20,882 --> 01:37:23,885
You guys try to analyze it
from a numbers standpoint.

1466
01:37:24,052 --> 01:37:28,098
I'm telling you, there is no explanation
for what's occurring right now.

1467
01:37:28,264 --> 01:37:30,141
Do you have superstitions going on?

1468
01:37:30,308 --> 01:37:32,644
Do you do things
so you keep the streak alive?

1469
01:37:32,811 --> 01:37:36,356
The all-time record of 20
does not seem impossible anymore.

1470
01:37:36,523 --> 01:37:38,858
The A's were on page one
ofthe New York Times.

1471
01:37:39,025 --> 01:37:42,404
They are the story in sports
in this entire country.

1472
01:37:42,570 --> 01:37:43,947
Two-two pitch, here it is.

1473
01:37:44,114 --> 01:37:48,201
Swing and a miss! Struck him out!
Number 17!

1474
01:37:48,368 --> 01:37:51,287
It's taken 71 years.

1475
01:37:51,454 --> 01:37:54,374
The Oakland A's
have tied the Philadelphia A's.

1476
01:37:54,541 --> 01:37:58,461
The all-time franchise record
17 straight

1477
01:37:58,628 --> 01:38:03,883
and baseball's longest
winning streak since 1953.

1478
01:38:04,050 --> 01:38:07,971
The A's are two wins away from
tying the American League record.

1479
01:38:08,138 --> 01:38:13,810
It's gone! It's gone! Tejada wins it!
Do you believe it?

1480
01:38:14,310 --> 01:38:16,479
Eighteen wins in a row!

1481
01:38:16,646 --> 01:38:19,566
You could replay these 18 games
a hundred times over.

1482
01:38:19,733 --> 01:38:21,651
And nobody wins
18 straight again.

1483
01:38:21,818 --> 01:38:24,362
It defies everything we know
about baseball.

1484
01:38:24,821 --> 01:38:28,158
The most amazing thing
you could imagine

1485
01:38:28,324 --> 01:38:31,286
happened over the last four days
at the Coliseum.

1486
01:38:31,453 --> 01:38:37,000
Tejada, up the middle.
The A's have won 19 in a row!

1487
01:38:37,917 --> 01:38:40,503
The 1906 White Sox,

1488
01:38:40,670 --> 01:38:44,674
the 1947 New York Yankees
have company.

1489
01:38:45,925 --> 01:38:47,427
Nineteen in a row.

1490
01:38:47,594 --> 01:38:50,513
The A's have a date with destiny.

1491
01:38:50,680 --> 01:38:53,725
They're going for the all-time
American League record,

1492
01:38:53,892 --> 01:38:55,018
20 games in a row.

1493
01:38:55,185 --> 01:38:59,481
We're going to 20! We're gonna
take the AL record to 20, baby!

1494
01:39:02,359 --> 01:39:04,194
Don't tell me the score, Pete.

1495
01:39:04,361 --> 01:39:05,737
No, Billy, it's me.

1496
01:39:05,904 --> 01:39:08,156
Sharon?
Yeah.

1497
01:39:09,366 --> 01:39:12,535
You have a second?
Yeah, what's up?

1498
01:39:12,702 --> 01:39:15,080
Well, I didn't actually
expect you to pick up.

1499
01:39:15,246 --> 01:39:17,040
I was gonna leave a message.

1500
01:39:17,207 --> 01:39:21,044
Um, Casey and I, we're here
and watching the game at home.

1501
01:39:21,211 --> 01:39:24,881
And I just wanted to say...

1502
01:39:26,216 --> 01:39:27,967
you did good, Billy.

1503
01:39:28,134 --> 01:39:30,178
We're really proud of you.

1504
01:39:31,680 --> 01:39:34,015
I appreciate it, Sharon.

1505
01:39:34,182 --> 01:39:37,060
Thank you.
Good luck.

1506
01:39:37,852 --> 01:39:38,895
Okay.

1507
01:39:39,062 --> 01:39:41,398
Oh, Casey wants to talk to you.
Hang on.

1508
01:39:42,190 --> 01:39:43,983
Are you on your way
to the stadium?

1509
01:39:44,150 --> 01:39:47,195
No, I'm on my way to Visalia
to see our minor-league team.

1510
01:39:47,362 --> 01:39:50,115
Turn around, please, Dad.
No way, Jose.

1511
01:39:50,281 --> 01:39:52,992
Turn around. Come on, Dad.
Nope. Not gonna happen.

1512
01:39:53,159 --> 01:39:54,494
You're not gonna jinx it.

1513
01:39:54,661 --> 01:39:58,248
I'll talk to you later, sweetheart.
I love you.

1514
01:40:04,754 --> 01:40:06,131
Shit.
1515
01:40:06,297 --> 01:40:09,426
One out here in the fourth,
and if you're just joining us,

1516
01:40:09,592 --> 01:40:10,677
you missed a lot.

1517
01:40:10,844 --> 01:40:13,888
And the pitch to Raul Ibanez.
Strike one.

1518
01:40:14,055 --> 01:40:15,765
I think my recap will be simple.

1519
01:40:15,932 --> 01:40:19,602
The A's scored six in the first,
one in the second, four in the third.

1520
01:40:19,769 --> 01:40:23,356
And people would be shocked
if you just did that. Heh-heh-heh.

1521
01:40:23,523 --> 01:40:25,775
Eleven to nothing, the A's do lead.

1522
01:40:25,942 --> 01:40:28,653
Shit.
Foul off the foot of Ibanez...

1523
01:40:51,134 --> 01:40:53,762
Let's go, Oakland!

1524
01:40:53,928 --> 01:40:59,267
Let's go, Oakland!

1525
01:41:04,689 --> 01:41:10,820
Now batting, number 2,
catcher, Brent Mayne.

1526
01:41:14,949 --> 01:41:18,912
Oakland!
Here we go, Oakland!

1527
01:41:27,504 --> 01:41:29,089
Two.
1528
01:41:30,715 --> 01:41:32,384
Safe.

1529
01:41:37,764 --> 01:41:39,224
Now batting,

1530
01:41:39,391 --> 01:41:45,021
number 18,
left fielder Raul Ibanez.

1531
01:42:46,207 --> 01:42:47,792
Safe.

1532
01:42:50,211 --> 01:42:52,589
And the A's now lead
by a score of 11 to 3.

1533
01:42:52,756 --> 01:42:55,592
A nice cushion,
but you don't wanna give teams life

1534
01:42:55,759 --> 01:42:58,428
and let them wedge their way
back in, even when you're-

1535
01:43:42,430 --> 01:43:44,140
Nobody out, the bases loaded.

1536
01:43:44,307 --> 01:43:47,644
And Art Howe on the way to the
mound to make a pitching change.

1537
01:43:47,811 --> 01:43:49,729
And this game is still in a state

1538
01:43:49,896 --> 01:43:52,816
where it could get out of control
for the Athletics.

1539
01:43:59,489 --> 01:44:02,742
We're all told at some point we can
no longer play the children's game.

1540
01:44:02,909 --> 01:44:06,496
We just don't know
when that's gonna be.

1541
01:44:10,083 --> 01:44:15,547
Some of us are told at 18, some of
us are told at 40, but we're all told.

1542
01:44:15,714 --> 01:44:18,049
Mike Sweeney with runners
at first and third.

1543
01:44:18,216 --> 01:44:20,635
It's an 11-to-7 game,
the A's in front.

1544
01:44:20,802 --> 01:44:23,513
Tam peering in for the sign.

1545
01:44:23,680 --> 01:44:26,683
Two out. Runners at first and third.

1546
01:44:26,850 --> 01:44:29,310
And the 3-2 delivery.

1547
01:45:03,053 --> 01:45:05,388
It's weird, Billy.

1548
01:45:05,555 --> 01:45:09,601
You wanna give up baseball
to become a scout?

1549
01:45:13,772 --> 01:45:16,232
Are you sure this is what you want?

1550
01:45:17,567 --> 01:45:22,155
The crowd is roaring.
Koch is ready. One-two pitch.

1551
01:45:22,614 --> 01:45:25,909
Alicea puts it in play,
a looper to left field for a base hit.

1552
01:45:26,076 --> 01:45:29,496
Around third, tearing for the plate,
here comes the tying run.
1553
01:45:29,704 --> 01:45:33,708
Sliding safe.
And the ball game is tied at 11-all.

1554
01:45:33,875 --> 01:45:35,502
Holy Toledo.

1555
01:45:36,795 --> 01:45:41,091
The A's have blown
an 11-to-nothing lead.

1556
01:45:42,842 --> 01:45:46,930
This is the specter of a development
that has been lurking now

1557
01:45:47,389 --> 01:45:51,518
ever since the five-run fourth inning
by the Royals.

1558
01:45:51,685 --> 01:45:57,107
And the A's date with destiny
is on hold right now.

1559
01:46:22,716 --> 01:46:25,969
Hatteberg. Hattie.

1560
01:46:26,469 --> 01:46:28,972
Grab a bat.
You're hitting for Byrnesy.

1561
01:46:30,473 --> 01:46:33,810
Come on, let's go.
Get yourself loose.

1562
01:46:44,154 --> 01:46:48,033
Hitting for Eric Byrnes,

1563
01:46:48,199 --> 01:46:52,370
number 10, Scott Hatteberg.

1564
01:47:00,503 --> 01:47:04,132
In your typical A's fashion.
They want a base runner here.

1565
01:47:04,299 --> 01:47:08,011
Scott Hatteberg is so adept
at drawing walks.

1566
01:47:11,222 --> 01:47:13,516
He's looking for Hatteberg
to get on base,

1567
01:47:13,683 --> 01:47:15,685
maybe bring in a pinch runner.

1568
01:47:15,852 --> 01:47:18,271
Let's go, Oakland!

1569
01:47:18,438 --> 01:47:20,523
Let's go, Oakland!

1570
01:48:15,328 --> 01:48:17,122
That one is gone!

1571
01:48:17,288 --> 01:48:21,751
And it's 20 consecutive victories
for the Oakland Athletics

1572
01:48:21,918 --> 01:48:23,962
on an unbelievable night

1573
01:48:24,129 --> 01:48:26,798
when they lost
an 11-to-nothing lead

1574
01:48:26,965 --> 01:48:28,466
and now they win it.

1575
01:48:30,677 --> 01:48:35,181
The crowd comes back
to insane life.

1576
01:48:37,100 --> 01:48:39,102
How do you explain it?

1577
01:48:40,061 --> 01:48:44,399
Crazy. Just plain crazy.

1578
01:48:48,486 --> 01:48:52,073
Hatteberg is mobbed
at home plate.

1579
01:48:55,285 --> 01:48:58,288
In 103 years
of American League baseball,

1580
01:48:58,455 --> 01:49:01,916
the Athletics have accomplished
what no one has before.

1581
01:49:02,083 --> 01:49:06,296
They have won
20 consecutive games.

1582
01:49:32,322 --> 01:49:35,116
It's hard not to
be romantic about baseball.

1583
01:49:36,993 --> 01:49:40,246
This kind of thing,
it's fun for the fans.

1584
01:49:41,164 --> 01:49:44,584
It sells tickets and hot dogs.

1585
01:49:45,877 --> 01:49:47,504
Doesn't mean anything.

1586
01:49:47,671 --> 01:49:51,299
Billy, we just won
20 games in a row.

1587
01:49:53,009 --> 01:49:55,053
And what's the point?

1588
01:49:55,220 --> 01:49:57,889
We just got the record.

1589
01:50:00,809 --> 01:50:03,186
Man, I've been doing this for...

1590
01:50:09,192 --> 01:50:11,277
Listen, man.

1591
01:50:11,444 --> 01:50:14,906
I've been in this game
a long time.

1592
01:50:16,533 --> 01:50:19,285
I'm not in it for a record,
I'll tell you that.

1593
01:50:19,452 --> 01:50:21,579
I'm not in it for a ring.

1594
01:50:24,249 --> 01:50:26,501
That's when
people get hurt.

1595
01:50:28,128 --> 01:50:31,047
If we don't win the last game
of the Series,

1596
01:50:32,298 --> 01:50:34,342
they'll dismiss us.

1597
01:50:34,884 --> 01:50:36,344
Billy-
I know these guys.

1598
01:50:36,511 --> 01:50:39,389
I know the way they think,
and they will erase us.

1599
01:50:40,890 --> 01:50:43,393
And everything
we've done here,

1600
01:50:43,560 --> 01:50:45,478
none of it'll matter.

1601
01:50:48,565 --> 01:50:51,901
Any other team wins
the World Series, good for them.

1602
01:50:53,069 --> 01:50:56,406
They're drinking champagne,
they get a ring.

1603
01:50:56,573 --> 01:50:58,533
But if we win,
1604
01:50:59,117 --> 01:51:01,786
on our budget, with this team...

1605
01:51:05,582 --> 01:51:07,625
we'll have changed the game.

1606
01:51:08,418 --> 01:51:10,587
And that's what I want.

1607
01:51:10,754 --> 01:51:13,006
I want it to mean something.

1608
01:51:22,640 --> 01:51:26,770
The A's going to the play-offs
with the West Division title.

1609
01:51:26,936 --> 01:51:29,689
Forgive the A's
if they're not celebrating.

1610
01:51:29,856 --> 01:51:31,399
They have been here before,

1611
01:51:31,566 --> 01:51:35,278
when Oakland went up two games
to none on the Yanks in the ALDS,

1612
01:51:35,445 --> 01:51:37,947
and went nowhere
after losing three straight.

1613
01:51:38,114 --> 01:51:41,451
With a win today over the Twins,
Oakland moves into the ALCS

1614
01:51:41,618 --> 01:51:44,287
for the first time since 1992.

1615
01:51:44,454 --> 01:51:46,164
But remember one thing.

1616
01:51:46,331 --> 01:51:50,168
Percentages hold up over a season,
but for one game, one at bat,
1617
01:51:50,335 --> 01:51:52,879
throw the percentages
out the window.

1618
01:52:25,662 --> 01:52:30,208
What the Minnesota Twins exposed
is the fact that the Oakland A's

1619
01:52:30,375 --> 01:52:34,170
were fundamentally
not a sound baseball team.

1620
01:52:34,337 --> 01:52:37,841
They had a flawed concept that
started with the general manager

1621
01:52:38,008 --> 01:52:41,511
and the brain trust thinking
they could reinvent baseball.

1622
01:52:41,678 --> 01:52:43,263
You can't approach baseball

1623
01:52:43,430 --> 01:52:46,099
from a statistical,
bean-counting point of view.

1624
01:52:46,266 --> 01:52:48,518
It's won on the field
with fundamental play.

1625
01:52:48,685 --> 01:52:51,771
You have to steal, you have to bunt,
you have to sacrifice.

1626
01:52:51,938 --> 01:52:55,525
You gotta get men in scoring
position, and you gotta bring them in.

1627
01:52:55,692 --> 01:53:00,155
And you don't do that
with a bunch of statistical gimmicks.

1628
01:53:00,321 --> 01:53:03,158
Nobody reinvents this game.
1629
01:53:46,368 --> 01:53:47,786
Yeah.

1630
01:54:56,312 --> 01:55:01,818
Due respect to the Coliseum,
but this is a ballpark.

1631
01:55:01,985 --> 01:55:03,987
Yes, it is.

1632
01:55:06,072 --> 01:55:08,324
We're gonna have
some lunch in a little bit.

1633
01:55:08,491 --> 01:55:10,744
Why don't I have
some coffee sent up?

1634
01:55:11,411 --> 01:55:13,163
Denise?

1635
01:55:17,792 --> 01:55:19,669
Thank you, Denise.

1636
01:55:19,836 --> 01:55:21,880
Thanks.
You're welcome.

1637
01:55:24,841 --> 01:55:28,511
You know, it's her birthday
and I need to get her a present,

1638
01:55:28,678 --> 01:55:31,639
but she's usually the one
that does that for me.

1639
01:55:32,349 --> 01:55:34,684
So do you
have any ideas?

1640
01:55:35,226 --> 01:55:36,603
Scarf.

1641
01:55:36,770 --> 01:55:38,229
You mean like wool?

1642
01:55:38,396 --> 01:55:43,360
No, I meant what women wear with...
You know, decorative.

1643
01:55:43,526 --> 01:55:46,529
Ah. And where would
I get something like that?

1644
01:55:47,489 --> 01:55:50,825
No disrespect, I just lost in five
for the second year in a row.

1645
01:55:50,992 --> 01:55:53,328
Get her a bowling ball
for all I care.

1646
01:55:53,495 --> 01:55:54,871
Right.

1647
01:55:55,789 --> 01:55:59,334
Well, Steve told me
he's offering you a new contract.

1648
01:56:00,794 --> 01:56:02,504
Yes.

1649
01:56:02,671 --> 01:56:05,340
So why did you return my call?

1650
01:56:07,425 --> 01:56:10,011
Because it's the Red Sox.

1651
01:56:10,178 --> 01:56:14,724
Because I believe science might offer
an answer to the Curse of the Bambino.

1652
01:56:15,392 --> 01:56:20,689
Because I hear you hired Bill James.
Yup.

1653
01:56:20,855 --> 01:56:25,568
You know, why someone took so long
to hire that guy is beyond me.
1654
01:56:26,528 --> 01:56:28,863
Well, baseball hates him.

1655
01:56:29,406 --> 01:56:34,119
Well, baseball can hate him,
you know.

1656
01:56:34,285 --> 01:56:38,248
One of the great things about money
is that it buys a lot of things,

1657
01:56:38,415 --> 01:56:41,960
one of which is the luxury
to disregard what baseball likes,

1658
01:56:42,127 --> 01:56:45,088
doesn't like, what baseball thinks,
doesn't think.

1659
01:56:46,715 --> 01:56:49,342
Ah. Sounds nice.

1660
01:56:50,051 --> 01:56:51,428
Well...

1661
01:56:52,095 --> 01:56:54,139
I was grateful for the call.

1662
01:56:54,305 --> 01:56:56,182
You were grateful?
Yeah.

1663
01:56:59,436 --> 01:57:03,314
For 41 million,
you built a play-off team.

1664
01:57:03,481 --> 01:57:07,777
You lost Damon, Giambi,
Isringhausen, Pena,

1665
01:57:08,236 --> 01:57:11,614
and you won more games without
them than you did with them.

1666
01:57:11,781 --> 01:57:15,201
You won the exact same number
of games that the Yankees won,

1667
01:57:15,368 --> 01:57:19,289
but the Yankees spent
1.4 million per win,

1668
01:57:19,456 --> 01:57:22,917
and you paid 260,000.

1669
01:57:23,084 --> 01:57:27,130
I know you're taking it in the teeth,
but the first guy through the wall,

1670
01:57:27,589 --> 01:57:29,758
he always gets bloody.

1671
01:57:29,924 --> 01:57:33,303
Always. This is threatening
not just a way of doing business,

1672
01:57:33,470 --> 01:57:36,014
but in their minds,
it's threatening the game.

1673
01:57:36,181 --> 01:57:39,476
Really, what it's threatening
is their livelihood, their jobs.

1674
01:57:39,642 --> 01:57:42,645
It's threatening the way
that they do things.

1675
01:57:42,812 --> 01:57:44,189
Every time that happens,

1676
01:57:44,356 --> 01:57:47,859
whether it's a government,
a way of doing business, whatever,

1677
01:57:48,026 --> 01:57:50,570
the people
who are holding the reins,

1678
01:57:50,737 --> 01:57:53,323
they have their hands
on the switch,

1679
01:57:53,490 --> 01:57:55,992
they go batshit crazy.

1680
01:57:56,993 --> 01:58:01,831
I mean, anybody who's not
tearing their team down right now

1681
01:58:01,998 --> 01:58:05,126
and rebuilding it
using your model,

1682
01:58:06,002 --> 01:58:07,837
they're dinosaurs.

1683
01:58:08,421 --> 01:58:12,842
They'll be sitting on their ass
on the sofa in October

1684
01:58:13,009 --> 01:58:16,513
watching the Boston Red Sox
win the World Series.

1685
01:58:21,893 --> 01:58:23,812
What's this?

1686
01:58:23,978 --> 01:58:27,482
I want you to be my general
manager. That's my offer.

1687
01:59:14,404 --> 01:59:15,905
Heads up.

1688
01:59:17,574 --> 01:59:18,575
What was that?

1689
01:59:19,826 --> 01:59:22,912
Sorry. I don't know.
What the hell was that?

1690
01:59:23,580 --> 01:59:25,915
You knucklehead.

1691
01:59:33,423 --> 01:59:34,758
How was Boston?

1692
01:59:36,301 --> 01:59:38,219
Impressive.

1693
01:59:44,642 --> 01:59:47,270
Did Henry make you
a good offer, at least?

1694
01:59:48,813 --> 01:59:51,900
Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter.
What was it? What was it?

1695
01:59:52,067 --> 01:59:53,693
Doesn't matter.
What was it?

1696
02:00:16,758 --> 02:00:20,261
That makes you the highest-paid
GM in the history of sports.

1697
02:00:22,681 --> 02:00:24,140
So?

1698
02:00:25,975 --> 02:00:27,185
So what?

1699
02:00:30,230 --> 02:00:32,691
I made one decision in my life
based on money.

1700
02:00:32,857 --> 02:00:35,819
And I swore
I would never do it again.

1701
02:00:38,405 --> 02:00:40,448
You're not doing it
for the money.

1702
02:00:40,949 --> 02:00:43,451
No?
No.

1703
02:00:45,453 --> 02:00:47,997
You're doing it
for what the money says.
1704
02:00:49,416 --> 02:00:53,128
And it says what it says to any
player that makes big money.

1705
02:00:53,795 --> 02:00:55,547
That they're worth it.

1706
02:01:04,014 --> 02:01:05,724
What a dump.

1707
02:01:09,894 --> 02:01:12,230
I really wanted to win here.

1708
02:01:16,276 --> 02:01:18,820
I really did.

1709
02:01:21,322 --> 02:01:23,491
I think you won pretty big, Billy.

1710
02:01:24,325 --> 02:01:26,453
Pete, we lost.

1711
02:01:28,038 --> 02:01:30,623
We lost.

1712
02:01:30,790 --> 02:01:34,252
It's only been a few days. Give
yourself some time to get over it.

1713
02:01:34,419 --> 02:01:37,756
Man, I don't
get over these things.

1714
02:01:37,922 --> 02:01:39,049
Ever.

1715
02:01:46,056 --> 02:01:49,726
Come with me to the video room.
I wanna show you something.

1716
02:01:51,478 --> 02:01:54,773
No, man,
I'm not up for film right now.
1717
02:01:56,024 --> 02:01:58,109
Come on. Seriously.

1718
02:01:58,276 --> 02:02:00,445
Come on, Billy.
Come on.

1719
02:02:02,155 --> 02:02:03,281
The Visalia Oaks

1720
02:02:03,448 --> 02:02:06,242
and our 240-pound catcher,
Jeremy Brown,

1721
02:02:06,409 --> 02:02:10,038
who, as you know,
is scared to run to second base.

1722
02:02:10,205 --> 02:02:11,998
This was in a game six weeks ago.

1723
02:02:12,582 --> 02:02:14,709
This guy's gonna start
with a fastball.

1724
02:02:14,876 --> 02:02:17,295
Jeremy's gonna take him
to deep center.

1725
02:02:19,464 --> 02:02:20,965
Here's what's interesting,

1726
02:02:21,132 --> 02:02:24,010
because Jeremy's gonna do
what he never does.

1727
02:02:24,177 --> 02:02:25,470
He's gonna go for it.

1728
02:02:25,637 --> 02:02:28,890
He's gonna round first
and he's gonna go for it.

1729
02:02:30,100 --> 02:02:31,393
Okay?
1730
02:02:34,688 --> 02:02:39,651
This is all of Jeremy's
nightmares coming to life.

1731
02:02:42,112 --> 02:02:45,532
Aw, they're laughing at him.
And Jeremy's about to find out why.

1732
02:02:48,702 --> 02:02:51,079
Jeremy's about to realize

1733
02:02:52,539 --> 02:02:55,667
that the ball went 60 feet
over the fence.

1734
02:02:58,294 --> 02:03:01,923
He hit a home run
and didn't even realize it.

1735
02:03:31,911 --> 02:03:34,956
How can you not be romantic
about baseball?

1736
02:03:39,878 --> 02:03:42,797
It's a metaphor.
I know it's a metaphor.

1737
02:03:47,510 --> 02:03:48,887
Okay.

1738
02:03:52,974 --> 02:03:56,019
Pete, you're a good egg.

1739
02:03:59,439 --> 02:04:01,191
I'll call you.

1740
02:05:02,002 --> 02:05:05,588
Hey, Dad, this is the song
I told you I'd record.

1741
02:05:05,755 --> 02:05:08,466
Please don't show it
to anyone else.

1742
02:05:08,633 --> 02:05:11,720
Let me know if you change
your mind and stay in California.

1743
02:05:11,886 --> 02:05:14,931
If not, you're a really great dad.

1744
02:05:20,270 --> 02:05:23,231
I'm just a little bit
Caught in the middle

1745
02:05:23,398 --> 02:05:26,609
Life is a maze
And love is a riddle

1746
02:05:26,776 --> 02:05:31,573
I don't know where to go
Can't do it alone, I've tried

1747
02:05:31,740 --> 02:05:33,450
And I don't know why

1748
02:05:33,616 --> 02:05:36,286
I'm just a little girl
Lost in the moment

1749
02:05:36,453 --> 02:05:39,372
I'm so scared
But I don't show it

1750
02:05:39,539 --> 02:05:43,126
I can't figure it out
It's bringing me down

1751
02:05:43,293 --> 02:05:48,048
I know I've got to let it go

1752
02:05:48,214 --> 02:05:50,467
And just enjoy the show

1753
02:05:50,633 --> 02:05:53,511
Slow it down, make it stop

1754
02:05:53,678 --> 02:05:57,098
Or else my heart
Is going to pop
1755
02:05:57,265 --> 02:06:00,894
'Cause it's too much
Yeah, it's a lot

1756
02:06:01,770 --> 02:06:04,356
To be something I'm not

1757
02:06:04,522 --> 02:06:08,109
I'm a fool, out of love

1758
02:06:08,276 --> 02:06:13,656
And I just can't get enough

1759
02:06:13,823 --> 02:06:16,826
I'm just a little bit
Caught in the middle

1760
02:06:16,993 --> 02:06:20,163
Life is a maze
And love is a riddle

1761
02:06:20,330 --> 02:06:25,126
I don't know where to go
Can't do it alone, I've tried

1762
02:06:25,293 --> 02:06:26,961
And I don't know why

1763
02:06:27,128 --> 02:06:30,173
I'm just a little girl
Lost in the moment

1764
02:06:30,340 --> 02:06:33,677
I'm so scared
But I don't show it

1765
02:06:33,843 --> 02:06:37,806
I can't figure it out
It's bringing me down

1766
02:06:37,972 --> 02:06:43,353
I know I've got to let it go

1767
02:06:43,520 --> 02:06:45,939
And just enjoy the show

1768
02:06:46,106 --> 02:06:49,818
Dum-dee-dum
Da-dum-dee-dum

1769
02:06:50,568 --> 02:06:52,612
Just enjoy the show

1770
02:06:52,779 --> 02:06:56,032
You're such a loser, Dad
You're such a loser, Dad

1771
02:06:56,199 --> 02:06:59,452
You're such a loser, Dad
Just enjoy the show

1772
02:06:59,619 --> 02:07:02,580
You're such a loser, Dad
You're such a loser, Dad

1773
02:07:02,747 --> 02:07:04,874
You're such a loser, Dad

1774
02:07:05,041 --> 02:07:10,046
Just enjoy the show

1775
02:07:11,089 --> 02:07:16,302
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1776
02:07:16,720 --> 02:07:22,976
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