Like good science (non)fiction to me

Rating: 10/10 (9 October 2014)

My family is somewhat agnostic about sports, meaning that we believe they exist but are not certain of the where or why of them. That being stated, this movie (and the book that I read before seeing it) were not unlike very good science fiction of life on another planet/world complete with the good guys and bad guys and the weird and alien politics and social structure.
I guess this should be very good science non-fiction.
Another serious plus for this movie is how closely it followed the book. Most movies from books -- at least the ones I have seen -- diverge a lot from the written tale. Not so for Moneyball. They left some of the good parts out but for what are probably several very good reasons, did not change the tale from the book at all.
Someone should be thanked for this.