The Social Network for baseball nerds

Rating: 10/10 (30 November 2019)

The Social Network for sports fans! Remember when you first tried to tell your friend to watch The Social Network and they said "A movie about the making of Facebook??" Well Aaron Sorkin did it again except this time for sports fans. So now your friends can ask "That movie about baseball statisticians??" You can answer "Yes" proudly because the script and direction are near perfection. Pitt and Hill work miracles together on-screen as they spout off Sorkin's musical dialogue and take you deep into the world of an MLB GM (a world you didn't know you needed to visit). You ride the highs and lows of a season with Billy Bean because Sorkin's script doesn't feel cold like an auctioneer, but instead his fast paced dialogue brings you close to the heart of Billy Bean and his desire to win and change baseball forever. This highly personal story touches one so close while still remaining on the intelligence level of Social Network. It works so well it shouldn't exist, but thankfully it does.