Billy Bean
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Oct 11, 2026
John WarrenHOST
He's the actor in Moneyball.
John WarrenHOST
Toward the beginning, he's the owner of the team that Billy Bean, played by Brad Pitt, goes and asks money for.
John WarrenHOST
He's wearing a dumb sweater, and he says no to more money.
John WarrenHOST
And then just doesn't show up in the film.
Camille DubéSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
On laisse aller l'opérant.
Claude RaymondSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Billy Beane, B-E-A-N. Billy Beane, votre joueur.
Claude RaymondSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Billy Beane, avec les Dodgers, il ne participe qu'à-- ce sont vingt-septième matchs sur nos trente-neuf présences.
Claude RaymondSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Il n'y a pas de but volé.
Claude RaymondSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Il était avec Minnesota auparavant.
Michael KayHOST
It came out that Hal said that Brian told him the plaster crapshoot.
Michael KayHOST
Billy Bean has said the plaster crapshoot.
Michael KayHOST
I don't believe it.
Michael KayHOST
I don't believe, have they been a crapshoot for the Dodgers the last couple of years? Again, they're four wins away from going to the World Series for the third straight year.
ShaneHOST
Is this actually the Rays' greatest strength? Not power, not pitching, but just the ability to keep making you play baseball until you eventually just stuff something up? Because I genuinely think that's what we were watching here.
MattyHOST
Well, you know, Billy Bean said it in Moneyball, like, you know, when the other team's making mistakes, just don't interrupt them.
MattyHOST
And it kind of felt like that.
MattyHOST
I tell you what, though, just on a larger scale, I have seen so many forced throws to one in this post-series that have led to runs.
Josh DonaldsonHOST
I remember the first year that we went to the playoffs.
Josh DonaldsonHOST
Billy Bean came up to me, and he was like, Hey, Josh, enjoy this.
Josh DonaldsonHOST
This doesn't happen often.
Josh DonaldsonHOST
And I looked at him.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
Partly by the system, partly because they don't know what the hell they're doing, and yeah, partly because they try to play by the same rules as everybody else, presumably so they can just kind of feel like they fit in.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
Let's quote, and I've done this quite a bit as well, The line that was given by Billy Bean, as portrayed by Brad Pitt in the movie Moneyball, when he was talking to all those scouts who insisted on continuing to do everything the way it's done in the industry.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
Quote, the problem we're trying to solve is that there are rich teams and there are poor teams.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
Then there's 50 feet of crap and then there's us.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
Partly by the system, partly because they don't know what the hell they're doing, and yeah, partly because they try to play by the same rules as everybody else, presumably so they can just kind of feel like they fit in.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
Let's quote, and I've done this quite a bit as well, The line that was given by Billy Bean, as portrayed by Brad Pitt in the movie Moneyball, when he was talking to all those scouts who insisted on continuing to do everything the way it's done in the industry.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
Quote, the problem we're trying to solve is that there are rich teams and there are poor teams.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
Then there's 50 feet of crap and then there's us.
Michael LewisGUEST
this is a little closer to the bone kind of thing.
Michael LewisGUEST
And I mean, Billy Bean, Billy Bean, you, I mean, what would you would think now? What would Billy Bean have to complain about? Thank you.
Michael LewisGUEST
He was livid, livid with me.
Michael LewisGUEST
He calls me and he is like, there's just this loud sound coming out of the phone.
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Michael LewisGUEST
I mean, Moneyball, for example, I mean, it started with an observation about the team.
Michael LewisGUEST
It was like, how are they winning games? And once it became, that became clear, clearly a really interesting question.
Michael LewisGUEST
I mean, Billy Bean was at the center of the book.
Michael LewisGUEST
It wasn't like I was choosing, uh, but, um, with the big short, um, Once it became clear that what the story really wanted to be was it was a big bet.
Jason SmithHOST
What do you feel about defensively? Yeah, it's not that important.
Jason SmithHOST
Like Billy Bean in Moneyball, Brad Pitt.
Jason SmithHOST
His defense does not matter.
Jason SmithHOST
Okay, there's certain positions where your defense really doesn't matter.
Ian BosniakHOST
yeah like risk assessment you don't have any of it you took no accountability to the point you took and you didn't take into account that certain players can't perform in big markets you took away the feel for the club in terms of their relationship with the organization you strictly looked at a spreadsheet and said this guy will work here let's sign him meanwhile he has an injury history as long as you know the constitution right and then you got another guy who's only been in a small market and you know okay it's just like you you blindly put together a team, you really tried to play money ball.
Ian BosniakHOST
And you know, like the scene when Billy Bean goes in there and tells Jeremy Giambi rest in peace, but Jeremy Giambi to get off the table.
Ian BosniakHOST
And then he traded them the next day.
Ian BosniakHOST
Like, obviously you didn't have that going on the dugout and the clubhouse as far as we're concerned, but like you didn't do anything mid season early on during that 11, 12 game losing streak to, to change things up.
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