Episode 260 - Moneyball (w/ BFF of the BFE: Ryan Kuketz)

Now you have another reason to get into the summer spirit as we close out 2024! Join your favorite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, and Megs (we've traded Liam & B-Tech Kev to Detroit) – as we're heading to Northern California to use computers and math to turn the Oakland Athletics into a winning ballclub in Moneyball.  We're joined by Best Friend of the podcast and our star trade deadline acquisition in Ryan Kuketz who picked today's film. We're avoiding jinxes and paying a dollar for Cinnamon Cokes in our 260th episode as we discuss:

• The challenges of making a film about baseball that features so little on field action
• Whether this film was accessible to non-baseball fans
• Some of the historical inaccuracies in the film. But hey, movie's gotta movie, right?
• Ian has the nerve to think that he can improve Aaron Sorkin's final script
• The chemistry between Brad Pitt (playing to type) and Jonah Hill (playing against type)
• The storytelling shortcut present in the ending of this film
• What a pivotal changing of the zeitgeist this film was in professional sports
• We see a first happen with this film
• Whether Moneyball is the Best Film Ever

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• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM
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• James DeGuzman
• Synthia
• Andy Dickson
• Chris Pedersen 
• Duane Smith (Duane Smith!)
• Randal Silva
• Nate The Great
• Rev Bruce
• Cheezy (with a fish on a bike)
• Richard
• Ryan Kuketz
• Dirk Diggler
• Shai Bergerfroind
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• Timmy Tim Tim
• Aashrey
• Ariannah Who Loves BFE The Most

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Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

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