Bonesaw Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Was watching the movie Moneyball last night with the wife and drinking some wine. Its about how the A's back in the early 2000's had to change the way they thought to be competitive in the majors, think outside the box and what not. Throughout the whole movie I was drawing comparisons to swimbaiting. Anyways, if you see it, we are the fat nerdy guy. lol. -Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerworm Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 That wine really worked J/k I haven't seen the movie yet, if I was to watch the fat nerdy guy I'd watch SUPERBAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonesaw Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Oh yes it works miracles. I am having some more tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectrum Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 The book was one of my all time favorites. I can't say how many times I've read it. I was surprised how much I liked the movie though. The basic ideas apply to a lot of things in life. If you're willing to look at things a little differently than everyone else, you might just have some success... And being a finance guy, it's in my opinion at least the best book there is on the subject, all the baseball stuff aside. I'm a big fan of Michael Lewis though, a big baseball fan too, and a nerd with numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonesaw Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 I'm gonna have to check out the book. I don't know, maybe I associated the success of the characters in the movie with my success in using swimbaits in bassfishing. Had a few run ins with skeptics, some rough stretches at first and then some success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowbysfn22 Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 I can see how you could draw a parallel between this and that. Its all about not doing things just because its the way theyve always been done, but being willing to take a new approach, accepting the risk in hopes of a bigger reward. Great book, great movie, at least for a baseball geek like me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i feed fish Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 the best part of this movie for me was his daughters song at the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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