You don't have to know baseball to love this film

Rating: 10/10 (17 June 2019)

Billie Beane was drafted by the Mets to be their next slugger. Or at least he looked the part. The only problem is he really wasn't the player they wanted him to be. So why did they draft him in the first round? The answer comes in a revolutionized method to see baseball called Sabermetrics.
Fastforward to 2002, where he is a general manager for a team with one of the lowest payrolls in baseball. Its a team that can't buy its way to win, so they have to outsmart everyone including thier own team manager. He trades away their best players. He crashes the locker room with a bat when they are seen dancing after a loss. Beane becomes obssessed with winning.
What ends up happening in Oakland will be a model for how to win in the modern MLB era. The team of scrappy blue collar players begins winning. How many wins? MLB Record Setting wins.
As history is being made, everyone begins to witness a transformation away from the traditional way baseball is viewed. As Oakland begins competing with big market teams, they begin taking notice of Billy Beane. And finally, as a general manager, he is able to over come the demons of his days as a failed ball player.
Believe it or not, this is a love story. As other big market baseball teams try to pull him away from the small market in Oakland, he has to make a decision as to where his heart is. The answer to this comes in the final few minutes of the movie.