1 00:00:34,047 --> 00:00:36,467 Ball one to Johnny Damon and we are under way. 2 00:00:36,633 --> 00:00:38,552 Damon has eight hits in 18 at bats… 3 00:00:38,719 --> 00:00:41,221 a double, a triple, a couple of stolen bases. 4 00:00:41,388 --> 00:00:43,515 He had four hits in the series opener. 5 00:00:44,808 --> 00:00:46,393 Strike. 6 00:00:58,238 --> 00:01:00,991 Down the right-field line, fair off the bat of Damon. 7 00:01:01,158 --> 00:01:04,077 It rolls by Spencer. 8 00:01:04,244 --> 00:01:07,414 And Damon will coast into second base with a leadoff double. 9 00:01:12,753 --> 00:01:16,173 Into right-center field, broken bat, it'll fall, a base hit. 10 00:01:16,340 --> 00:01:18,300 They wave around Damon. He will score. 11 00:01:18,467 --> 00:01:20,761 And Jason Giambi delivers… 12 00:01:20,928 --> 00:01:23,889 with a run-scoring single here in the opening inning. 13 00:01:24,056 --> 00:01:26,600 And the Athletics have taken that 1-nothing lead. 14 00:01:26,767 --> 00:01:28,685 Go, come on, now. We gotta spin it. 15 00:01:38,278 --> 00:01:41,281 Let's go, Yankees! Let's go, Yankees! 16 00:01:43,450 --> 00:01:46,245 Let's go, Yankees! 17 00:01:46,411 --> 00:01:47,454 Bases loaded. 18 00:01:47,621 --> 00:01:51,792 The Yankees have the tying run at second, down 2-nothing. 19 00:01:56,922 --> 00:02:00,092 The A's are kicking it and throwing it all over the field. 20 00:02:00,259 --> 00:02:04,304 And it might lead to their elimination if they don't get it right in a hurry. 21 00:02:04,471 --> 00:02:08,141 Hammered down the right-field line. Justice! 22 00:02:09,101 --> 00:02:11,019 The Yankees have taken the lead. 23 00:02:16,942 --> 00:02:19,653 They're standing, anticipating another trip… 24 00:02:19,820 --> 00:02:22,990 to the League Championship Series. 25 00:02:23,156 --> 00:02:25,450 The Yankees one out away. 26 00:02:26,952 --> 00:02:31,498 Eric Byrnes, never with an at bat in Yankee Stadium… 27 00:02:31,665 --> 00:02:34,334 and they don't get much bigger than this one. 28 00:02:34,501 --> 00:02:38,088 Or more hectic when you're up there trying to get a job done. 29 00:03:00,193 --> 00:03:02,738 And they're a strike away. 30 00:03:03,530 --> 00:03:06,533 And they're roaring in the Bronx. 31 00:03:08,368 --> 00:03:12,789 Losing the first two games at home in the best-of-five series… 32 00:03:12,956 --> 00:03:15,959 and roar back to— 33 00:03:33,727 --> 00:03:37,314 The Yankees will defend their title. 34 00:03:55,207 --> 00:03:57,626 It's okay, Joe, you can leave it on. 35 00:03:57,793 --> 00:04:00,545 - I don't need to watch. - Joe, leave it on. 36 00:04:00,712 --> 00:04:01,755 Okay. 37 00:04:11,098 --> 00:04:13,934 Imagine how bad it'd be if you were a Yankee player… 38 00:04:14,101 --> 00:04:16,436 and didn't like the taste of champagne. 39 00:04:17,813 --> 00:04:19,147 Better ask to get traded. 40 00:04:19,314 --> 00:04:22,734 You gotta give the Yankees— 41 00:04:22,901 --> 00:04:24,528 win the big game. 42 00:04:24,695 --> 00:04:28,490 What a series that is gonna be in the next… 43 00:04:36,164 --> 00:04:38,583 You know how many kids are wearing Giambi's—? 44 00:04:38,750 --> 00:04:42,337 You know, Oakland Giambi's jerseys and hats and pictures and posters? 45 00:04:42,504 --> 00:04:45,966 Those same kids will be booing in July when the Yankees come here. 46 00:04:46,133 --> 00:04:50,387 Is it Giambi that's stabbing the back or the Pinstripes on the East Coast? 47 00:04:50,554 --> 00:04:53,098 You can't blame them for pilfering the hen house. 48 00:04:53,265 --> 00:04:55,517 - The hen house is there. - I can't blame them? 49 00:04:55,684 --> 00:04:58,979 They're offering $120 million over six years. 50 00:04:59,146 --> 00:05:02,816 The Yankees have deeper pockets and they're willing to give him money. 51 00:05:02,983 --> 00:05:04,609 They're pilfering our players. 52 00:05:04,776 --> 00:05:08,155 It's like we're a farm system for the New York Yankees. 53 00:05:13,952 --> 00:05:16,455 - How are the guys doing? - That was a killer. 54 00:05:16,621 --> 00:05:19,583 That was a killer. It's a tough one to swallow. It's… 55 00:05:19,750 --> 00:05:22,335 - They played great. - They played their hearts out. 56 00:05:22,502 --> 00:05:25,756 They did. They played fantastic. It just didn't fall our way. 57 00:05:25,922 --> 00:05:28,842 - You'll do better next year. - But we were close, though. 58 00:05:29,009 --> 00:05:31,052 - We were so close. - Right there. 59 00:05:31,219 --> 00:05:33,638 Almost had it. You gotta feel good about that. 60 00:05:33,805 --> 00:05:37,017 I feel great about it. I feel great about it. 61 00:05:41,772 --> 00:05:44,065 We're not gonna do better next year. 62 00:05:44,232 --> 00:05:47,152 - Why not? - Well, you know we're being gutted. 63 00:05:47,319 --> 00:05:52,282 We're losing Giambi, Damon, Isringhausen. 64 00:05:52,449 --> 00:05:55,035 Done deal. We're in trouble. 65 00:05:55,202 --> 00:05:58,497 You'll find new guys. You found Jason, you found Damon. 66 00:05:58,663 --> 00:06:00,791 - I need more money, Steve. - Billy. 67 00:06:00,957 --> 00:06:03,126 - I need more money. - We don't have any. 68 00:06:03,293 --> 00:06:05,879 I can't compete against $120 million with $38 million. 69 00:06:06,046 --> 00:06:09,382 We're not gonna compete with these teams that have big budgets. 70 00:06:09,549 --> 00:06:12,219 We're gonna work within the constraints we have… 71 00:06:12,385 --> 00:06:16,139 and you're gonna do the best job that you can recruiting new players. 72 00:06:16,306 --> 00:06:18,558 We're not gonna pay $17 million to players. 73 00:06:18,725 --> 00:06:20,936 I'm not asking you… 74 00:06:21,978 --> 00:06:23,897 for 10 or 20, 30 million dollars. 75 00:06:24,064 --> 00:06:25,857 I'm just asking for a bit of help. 76 00:06:26,024 --> 00:06:29,694 Get me a little closer and I will get you that championship team. 77 00:06:29,861 --> 00:06:34,115 I mean, this is why I'm here. This is why you hired me. 78 00:06:34,282 --> 00:06:38,119 And I gotta ask you, what are we doing here… 79 00:06:38,286 --> 00:06:40,914 - Billy, I… - if it's not to win a championship? 80 00:06:41,081 --> 00:06:44,501 - I wanna win just as much… - That's my bar. My bar is here. 81 00:06:45,085 --> 00:06:47,587 My bar is to take this team to the championship. 82 00:06:47,754 --> 00:06:52,551 Billy, we're a small-market team, and you're a small-market GM. 83 00:06:52,717 --> 00:06:57,597 I'm asking you to be okay not spending money that I don't have. 84 00:06:58,014 --> 00:07:00,267 And I'm asking you to take a deep breath… 85 00:07:00,433 --> 00:07:03,937 shake off the loss, get back in a room with your guys… 86 00:07:04,104 --> 00:07:07,649 and figure out how to find replacements for the guys we lost… 87 00:07:07,816 --> 00:07:09,734 with the money that we do have. 88 00:07:09,901 --> 00:07:15,240 I'm not leaving here. I'm not… I can't leave here with that. 89 00:07:16,116 --> 00:07:18,451 What else can I help you with? 90 00:07:29,546 --> 00:07:32,007 It's a good offer, and you gotta match it. I… 91 00:07:32,173 --> 00:07:33,842 I need another day. 92 00:07:34,009 --> 00:07:37,304 His mind's pretty made up. I just think you should know that. 93 00:07:38,138 --> 00:07:41,266 - I got a call. I'll get you back. - I'll let him know. 94 00:07:41,433 --> 00:07:43,101 Bye. 95 00:07:44,185 --> 00:07:46,021 - Yeah? - Billy, Scott. 96 00:07:46,187 --> 00:07:48,607 - Just got off the phone with Dan. - You didn't. 97 00:07:48,773 --> 00:07:50,317 I was surprised he called me. 98 00:07:50,483 --> 00:07:53,653 Stop. I got Johnny for 7.5 or he doesn't play anywhere else. 99 00:07:53,820 --> 00:07:58,617 - That's the deal you made. - Boston just upped it to 7. 75. 100 00:08:00,493 --> 00:08:01,995 You there? 101 00:08:03,496 --> 00:08:07,584 - We had a deal, Scott. - We have a deal, if it's 8 million. 102 00:08:07,751 --> 00:08:11,004 - Oh, man, you played me. - I'm just doing my job for my client. 103 00:08:11,171 --> 00:08:13,840 No, you're playing me, and you're still playing me. 104 00:08:14,007 --> 00:08:16,593 Congratulations, asshole. You win. 105 00:08:24,142 --> 00:08:26,645 I like guys that got a little hair on their ass. 106 00:08:26,811 --> 00:08:29,606 He looks like a Mantle or a Mays, quite frankly. 107 00:08:29,773 --> 00:08:32,525 - He's got a baseball body. - Matty, who do you got? 108 00:08:32,692 --> 00:08:34,694 - I like Geronimo. - Yes. 109 00:08:34,861 --> 00:08:38,239 The guy's an athlete. Big, fast, talented. 110 00:08:38,406 --> 00:08:40,492 - Top of my list. - Clean-cut, good face. 111 00:08:40,659 --> 00:08:42,369 - Yeah, good jaw. - Five-tools guy. 112 00:08:42,535 --> 00:08:44,496 - Good-looking ballplayer. - Can he hit? 113 00:08:44,663 --> 00:08:47,791 - He's got a beautiful swing. - The ball explodes off his bat. 114 00:08:47,958 --> 00:08:51,086 He throws the club head at the ball, and when he connects… 115 00:08:51,252 --> 00:08:53,505 he drives it, it pops off the bat. 116 00:08:53,672 --> 00:08:56,967 - You can hear it all over the ballpark. - A lot of pop. 117 00:08:57,133 --> 00:08:59,219 If he's good, why doesn't he hit good? 118 00:08:59,386 --> 00:09:01,346 - He is a good hitter. - He'll be ready. 119 00:09:01,513 --> 00:09:04,224 He's gonna be a good hitter against big-league arms? 120 00:09:04,391 --> 00:09:06,184 - Could be great. - I don't think so. 121 00:09:06,351 --> 00:09:09,646 Kid needs at bats. Give him 400 at bats, he's gonna get better. 122 00:09:09,813 --> 00:09:12,732 - He can play. - He's hit everywhere along the line. 123 00:09:12,899 --> 00:09:14,651 He's one of our guys. 124 00:09:20,907 --> 00:09:22,492 Okay, let's move on. 125 00:09:22,659 --> 00:09:27,080 - Artie, who do you like? - I like Perez. He's got a classic swing. 126 00:09:27,247 --> 00:09:30,750 - It's a real clean stroke. - I don't know. Can't hit the curveball. 127 00:09:30,917 --> 00:09:34,421 There's some work to be done, I'll admit that, but he's noticeable. 128 00:09:34,587 --> 00:09:36,881 - Got an ugly girlfriend. - What's that mean? 129 00:09:37,048 --> 00:09:39,092 Ugly girlfriend means no confidence. 130 00:09:39,259 --> 00:09:42,595 You are full of it. Artie is right. This guy's got an attitude. 131 00:09:42,762 --> 00:09:44,014 An attitude is good. 132 00:09:44,180 --> 00:09:47,642 He walks in a room, his dick's already been there for two minutes. 133 00:09:47,809 --> 00:09:50,103 He passes the eye-candy test. Got the looks. 134 00:09:50,270 --> 00:09:53,189 He's ready to play the part. He just needs playing time. 135 00:09:53,356 --> 00:09:55,900 I'm just saying, his girlfriend is a six at best. 136 00:09:56,067 --> 00:09:59,279 Look, if we're trying to replace Giambi, this guy could be it. 137 00:09:59,446 --> 00:10:01,114 I agree with you. 138 00:10:03,700 --> 00:10:06,286 Damn, Billy, was that a suggestion? 139 00:10:06,953 --> 00:10:09,205 Guys, you're just talking. 140 00:10:09,372 --> 00:10:13,293 Talking… like this is business as usual. 141 00:10:13,460 --> 00:10:14,919 It's not. 142 00:10:15,712 --> 00:10:17,505 We're trying to solve the problem. 143 00:10:17,672 --> 00:10:20,216 Not like this. You're not looking at the problem. 144 00:10:20,383 --> 00:10:22,510 We're very aware of the problem. I mean… 145 00:10:22,677 --> 00:10:25,180 Okay, good. What's the problem? 146 00:10:29,309 --> 00:10:33,146 Look, Billy, we all understand what the problem is. 147 00:10:33,313 --> 00:10:35,732 - We have to… - Okay, good. What's the problem? 148 00:10:35,899 --> 00:10:38,651 We have to replace three key players in our lineup. 149 00:10:38,818 --> 00:10:40,320 Nope. What's the problem? 150 00:10:40,487 --> 00:10:43,073 We gotta replace these guys with what we have… 151 00:10:43,239 --> 00:10:44,949 No. What's the problem, Barry? 152 00:10:45,116 --> 00:10:49,746 We need 38 home runs, 120 RBIs and 47 doubles to replace. 153 00:10:49,913 --> 00:10:53,500 The problem we're trying to solve is that there are rich teams… 154 00:10:53,666 --> 00:10:57,504 and there are poor teams, then there's 50 feet of crap… 155 00:10:57,670 --> 00:10:59,839 and then there's us. 156 00:11:00,632 --> 00:11:03,176 It's an unfair game. 157 00:11:06,179 --> 00:11:10,141 And now we've been gutted. We're like organ donors for the rich. 158 00:11:10,308 --> 00:11:13,353 Boston's taken our kidneys, Yankees have taken our heart. 159 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:14,896 And you guys sit around… 160 00:11:15,063 --> 00:11:20,110 talking the same old "good body" nonsense like we're selling jeans. 161 00:11:20,276 --> 00:11:22,529 Like we're looking for Fabio. 162 00:11:22,695 --> 00:11:24,781 We got to think differently. 163 00:11:25,365 --> 00:11:28,451 We are the last dog at the bowl. 164 00:11:28,618 --> 00:11:31,621 You see what happens to the runt of the litter? He dies. 165 00:11:32,622 --> 00:11:35,375 Billy, that's a very touching story and everything… 166 00:11:35,542 --> 00:11:38,962 but I think we're all very much aware of what we're facing. 167 00:11:39,129 --> 00:11:42,048 You have a lot of experience and wisdom in this room. 168 00:11:42,215 --> 00:11:46,386 You need to have a little faith and let us do the job of replacing Giambi. 169 00:11:46,761 --> 00:11:49,013 Is there another first baseman like Giambi? 170 00:11:49,180 --> 00:11:50,223 - No, not really. - No. 171 00:11:50,390 --> 00:11:53,226 - If there was, could we afford him? - Nope. 172 00:11:53,393 --> 00:11:56,896 Then what the fuck are you talking about, man? 173 00:11:57,564 --> 00:12:00,733 If we try to play like the Yankees in here… 174 00:12:01,234 --> 00:12:03,736 we will lose to the Yankees out there. 175 00:12:04,904 --> 00:12:07,866 Boy, that sounds like fortune-cookie wisdom to me, Billy. 176 00:12:08,408 --> 00:12:11,578 - No, that's just logic. - Who's Fabio? 177 00:12:11,744 --> 00:12:14,414 He's a shortstop. He's a shortstop from Seattle. 178 00:12:14,581 --> 00:12:17,208 Now, this is no time to push the panic button. 179 00:12:17,375 --> 00:12:20,879 Our scouts will find players, Player Development will develop them. 180 00:12:21,045 --> 00:12:23,423 We'll teach them to play Oakland A baseball. 181 00:12:23,590 --> 00:12:26,551 With all due respect, we've been doing this a long time. 182 00:12:26,718 --> 00:12:30,054 Why don't you just let us be responsible for replacing Giambi… 183 00:12:30,221 --> 00:12:32,807 with who we know that can play? 184 00:12:47,030 --> 00:12:50,325 - Easy power. - And loose. 185 00:12:50,491 --> 00:12:52,035 Good face. 186 00:13:02,670 --> 00:13:05,757 This son of a bitch is going in the first round. 187 00:13:06,549 --> 00:13:08,176 You're a premium player, Billy. 188 00:13:08,343 --> 00:13:11,304 You can run, you can field, you can throw, you can hit… 189 00:13:11,471 --> 00:13:13,097 you can hit with power. 190 00:13:13,264 --> 00:13:15,141 That doesn't come along very often. 191 00:13:15,308 --> 00:13:17,644 This is Tom Martinez, national cross-checker. 192 00:13:17,810 --> 00:13:20,271 - How you doing? Nice to meet you. - Billy Beane. 193 00:13:20,438 --> 00:13:24,609 It's been a while since I've seen a five-tool guy that can do everything. 194 00:13:25,068 --> 00:13:27,820 I'm hopeful your interest in professional baseball… 195 00:13:27,987 --> 00:13:32,700 is as strong as ours is gonna be in getting you in this upcoming draft. 196 00:13:39,249 --> 00:13:40,875 Mr. Beane? 197 00:13:41,834 --> 00:13:43,670 Mark is ready to see you now. 198 00:13:50,468 --> 00:13:51,803 - How you doing? - I'm fine. 199 00:13:51,970 --> 00:13:53,012 - How are you? - Good. 200 00:13:54,430 --> 00:13:56,766 - Hey, Billy. - Hey, Mark. 201 00:13:56,933 --> 00:13:59,769 - Good to see you. Please sit down. - You too. 202 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,856 - These are the guys. Guys, Billy. - Boys. 203 00:14:04,357 --> 00:14:06,526 - How's it going? - All right. How you been? 204 00:14:06,693 --> 00:14:10,613 - You're filling out that chair nicely. - I got three weeks in it right now. 205 00:14:10,780 --> 00:14:11,823 Good, good, man. 206 00:14:11,990 --> 00:14:14,492 - Yeah, man. How you doing? - Fantastic. 207 00:14:14,659 --> 00:14:16,244 - Awesome. - Couldn't be better. 208 00:14:16,411 --> 00:14:19,122 That's good to hear. I'm not gonna waste your time. 209 00:14:19,289 --> 00:14:21,416 You just tell me what you're looking for. 210 00:14:21,582 --> 00:14:23,876 Fifty million dollars in additional payroll. 211 00:14:24,043 --> 00:14:25,503 You should try Giambi. 212 00:14:26,421 --> 00:14:29,841 I'm sorry. Too soon, right? I want this to be a friendly meeting. 213 00:14:30,008 --> 00:14:31,634 It's not all on your shoulders. 214 00:14:31,801 --> 00:14:33,845 - Where's Steve in this? - Steve's great. 215 00:14:34,012 --> 00:14:36,055 He's supportive in rebuilding this team. 216 00:14:36,222 --> 00:14:37,724 That's what we're gonna do. 217 00:14:37,890 --> 00:14:40,893 - So, what are you looking for? - A left-handed reliever. 218 00:14:41,394 --> 00:14:43,896 I'm thinking Ricardo Rincon. 219 00:14:44,689 --> 00:14:46,232 That's not gonna happen. 220 00:14:47,775 --> 00:14:49,527 Not even a discussion? 221 00:14:49,694 --> 00:14:54,699 Billy, even if you could afford him, respectfully, we love him. 222 00:14:54,866 --> 00:14:56,826 We're not about to let him go. 223 00:14:57,035 --> 00:14:58,995 You got this Venezuelan kid coming up. 224 00:14:59,162 --> 00:15:01,497 We had him. We moved him to Detroit. 225 00:15:02,832 --> 00:15:04,250 What else you thinking? 226 00:15:05,418 --> 00:15:07,003 Outfielders. 227 00:15:07,170 --> 00:15:09,881 - To replace Damon? - Yeah. 228 00:15:10,048 --> 00:15:14,719 - In your price range? No disrespect. - Enough, Mark. 229 00:15:15,762 --> 00:15:17,430 Hollins? 230 00:15:19,474 --> 00:15:22,060 - Garcia? - No. 231 00:15:22,226 --> 00:15:23,936 Maybe Coste. 232 00:15:26,898 --> 00:15:28,441 That's it. 233 00:15:29,776 --> 00:15:33,112 - All right, tell me about Garcia. - To replace Johnny Damon? 234 00:15:33,780 --> 00:15:36,783 - Mark, is he healthy? - Yeah, he's healthy-ish. 235 00:15:36,949 --> 00:15:39,410 He had that back thing. 236 00:15:39,577 --> 00:15:42,330 - He'll be ready for spring ball. - I'll tell you what. 237 00:15:42,497 --> 00:15:44,999 I can give you Guthrie if you kick in some cash. 238 00:15:45,166 --> 00:15:46,250 - Mark Guthrie? - Yeah. 239 00:15:46,417 --> 00:15:48,544 - How much cash? - Two hundred K. 240 00:16:04,894 --> 00:16:06,312 Okay. 241 00:16:07,313 --> 00:16:11,150 - So Garcia's gonna be a no. - You're kidding me, right? 242 00:16:12,068 --> 00:16:14,404 - You're kidding me. - I'm not. 243 00:16:16,072 --> 00:16:19,325 Okay. Straight up, Garcia for Guthrie, no kicker. 244 00:16:20,368 --> 00:16:22,995 - No kicker? - Straight up. 245 00:16:26,332 --> 00:16:30,962 I think it's gonna be a hard no on Garcia, but let's just keep going. 246 00:16:31,129 --> 00:16:34,340 - What else you thinking? - What are we doing? Is this business? 247 00:16:34,507 --> 00:16:36,801 This is the way we do business in Cleveland. 248 00:17:20,595 --> 00:17:22,013 Hey. 249 00:17:23,222 --> 00:17:25,725 - Hello. - Who are you? 250 00:17:28,561 --> 00:17:30,563 I'm Peter Brand. 251 00:17:31,439 --> 00:17:33,191 What do you do? 252 00:17:34,567 --> 00:17:37,153 I'm special assistant to Mark Shapiro. 253 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,197 So, what do you do? 254 00:17:41,574 --> 00:17:45,036 Mostly player analysis right now. 255 00:17:45,203 --> 00:17:48,915 Been on the job long? First job in baseball? 256 00:17:50,374 --> 00:17:52,752 It's my first job anywhere. 257 00:17:52,919 --> 00:17:55,379 - Wow, congrats. - Thank you. 258 00:17:55,546 --> 00:17:58,174 First job. Whose nephew are you? 259 00:18:00,593 --> 00:18:02,428 Why does Mark listen to you? 260 00:18:05,056 --> 00:18:06,891 I don't think… 261 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,936 I don't think he does very often. 262 00:18:11,395 --> 00:18:13,272 He just did. 263 00:18:15,358 --> 00:18:16,901 Well, in that circumstance… 264 00:18:17,068 --> 00:18:20,613 I think he was more listening to Bruce than myself. 265 00:18:21,989 --> 00:18:23,616 Who are you? 266 00:18:26,327 --> 00:18:28,579 I'm Peter Brand. 267 00:18:31,582 --> 00:18:34,627 I don't give a rat's ass what your name is. 268 00:18:35,336 --> 00:18:37,505 What happened in there? 269 00:18:38,631 --> 00:18:40,925 What happened in that room? 270 00:18:41,342 --> 00:18:44,053 I'm not quite sure what you're asking me, Mr. Beane. 271 00:18:44,220 --> 00:18:46,639 What did you tell Bruce? 272 00:18:47,807 --> 00:18:52,311 - I just told Bruce I like Garcia. - You like Garcia. Why? 273 00:18:54,605 --> 00:18:56,315 Why? 274 00:19:01,362 --> 00:19:02,905 I don't know. 275 00:19:20,506 --> 00:19:23,384 There is an epidemic failure within the game… 276 00:19:23,551 --> 00:19:26,178 to understand what is really happening. 277 00:19:26,345 --> 00:19:30,808 And this leads people who run Major League Baseball teams… 278 00:19:30,975 --> 00:19:35,146 to misjudge their players and mismanage their teams. 279 00:19:39,734 --> 00:19:41,694 I apologize. 280 00:19:42,653 --> 00:19:43,696 Go on. 281 00:19:46,949 --> 00:19:52,121 Okay. People who run ball clubs, they think in terms of buying players. 282 00:19:52,705 --> 00:19:57,293 Your goal shouldn't be to buy players. Your goal should be to buy wins. 283 00:19:57,460 --> 00:20:00,838 And in order to buy wins, you need to buy runs. 284 00:20:01,005 --> 00:20:03,049 You're trying to replace Johnny Damon. 285 00:20:03,549 --> 00:20:05,176 The Red Sox see Johnny Damon… 286 00:20:05,343 --> 00:20:09,013 and they see a star who's worth $7.5 million a year. 287 00:20:09,180 --> 00:20:12,058 When I see Johnny Damon… 288 00:20:12,224 --> 00:20:14,560 what I see is… 289 00:20:15,978 --> 00:20:19,398 an imperfect understanding of where runs come from. 290 00:20:20,107 --> 00:20:21,734 The guy's got a great glove. 291 00:20:21,901 --> 00:20:24,862 He's a decent leadoff hitter. He can steal bases. 292 00:20:25,029 --> 00:20:27,406 But is he worth the $7.5 million a year… 293 00:20:27,573 --> 00:20:29,742 that the Boston Red Sox are paying him? 294 00:20:29,909 --> 00:20:31,744 No. No. 295 00:20:32,328 --> 00:20:34,205 Baseball thinking is medieval. 296 00:20:34,372 --> 00:20:36,874 They are asking all the wrong questions. 297 00:20:37,041 --> 00:20:41,212 And if I say it to anybody, I'm ostracized. I'm a leper. 298 00:20:41,379 --> 00:20:46,342 So that's why I'm cagey about this with you. 299 00:20:46,509 --> 00:20:47,551 That's why… 300 00:20:47,718 --> 00:20:51,639 I respect you, Mr. Beane, and if you want full disclosure… 301 00:20:52,264 --> 00:20:56,686 I think it's a good thing that you got Damon off your payroll. 302 00:20:56,852 --> 00:21:01,399 I think it opens up all kinds of interesting possibilities. 303 00:21:01,565 --> 00:21:04,652 - Where you from, Pete? - Maryland. 304 00:21:04,819 --> 00:21:08,114 - Where'd you go to school? - Yale. I went to Yale. 305 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,118 - What'd you study? - Economics. 306 00:21:12,785 --> 00:21:15,329 I studied economics. 307 00:21:18,874 --> 00:21:23,254 Yale, economics and baseball. 308 00:21:24,797 --> 00:21:27,049 You're funny, Pete. 309 00:21:49,947 --> 00:21:51,157 Tell me, why Billy? 310 00:21:51,907 --> 00:21:54,285 What is it that makes him special? 311 00:21:54,452 --> 00:21:58,164 Very rare do you come upon a young man like Billy… 312 00:21:58,330 --> 00:22:01,459 who can run, who can field, who can throw, who can hit… 313 00:22:01,625 --> 00:22:03,210 and who can hit with power. 314 00:22:03,377 --> 00:22:06,422 Those five tools, you don't see that very often. 315 00:22:07,089 --> 00:22:10,009 Most of the youngsters that we have an interest in… 316 00:22:10,176 --> 00:22:11,635 have one or two tools… 317 00:22:11,802 --> 00:22:14,430 and we're hoping to develop an extra one. 318 00:22:14,597 --> 00:22:16,515 Your son has five. 319 00:22:16,682 --> 00:22:20,728 We're looking at a guy that's a potential superstar for us in New York. 320 00:22:20,895 --> 00:22:22,772 The time is now to get him started. 321 00:22:22,938 --> 00:22:25,775 We're prepared to make a sizable financial commitment. 322 00:22:25,941 --> 00:22:28,360 The Mets are gonna stand behind Billy… 323 00:22:28,527 --> 00:22:31,864 because we expect him to be our big-league center fielder. 324 00:22:32,031 --> 00:22:34,116 This check here represents the offer… 325 00:22:34,283 --> 00:22:37,661 that the New York Mets would be making to Billy. 326 00:22:37,828 --> 00:22:42,958 You do know that he's been accepted to Stanford on a full scholarship? 327 00:22:43,125 --> 00:22:44,293 I do. 328 00:22:44,460 --> 00:22:46,879 So he can do both? 329 00:22:47,046 --> 00:22:51,383 Unfortunately, he can't do Stanford and professional baseball. 330 00:22:51,550 --> 00:22:55,471 He would have to pick one or the other. 331 00:22:55,638 --> 00:22:58,140 If he wants to be center fielder for the Mets… 332 00:22:58,307 --> 00:23:00,184 wants to be a baseball player… 333 00:23:00,351 --> 00:23:05,231 he really needs to accept this as life's first occupation, first career. 334 00:23:05,397 --> 00:23:09,151 We're all told at some point we can no longer play the children's game. 335 00:23:09,318 --> 00:23:11,821 We just don't know when that's gonna be. 336 00:23:12,321 --> 00:23:16,408 Some of us are told at 18, some of us are told at 40, but we're all told. 337 00:23:17,034 --> 00:23:20,246 But this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 338 00:23:20,412 --> 00:23:21,497 We want you badly… 339 00:23:21,664 --> 00:23:25,000 and we think that this amount of money expresses that desire. 340 00:23:25,167 --> 00:23:28,546 Billy, this is your decision, and whatever that decision is… 341 00:23:28,712 --> 00:23:31,215 you know it's fine with your mother and I. 342 00:23:42,101 --> 00:23:44,353 - Hello? - Hey, it's Billy Beane. 343 00:23:45,145 --> 00:23:48,941 - Hey, what time is it? - I don't know. 344 00:23:49,900 --> 00:23:54,071 Listen, would you have drafted me in the first round? 345 00:23:54,238 --> 00:23:55,656 What? 346 00:23:55,823 --> 00:23:59,368 After I left, you looked me up on your computer. 347 00:23:59,535 --> 00:24:01,871 Would you have drafted me in the first round? 348 00:24:02,037 --> 00:24:04,957 I did, yeah. You were a good player. 349 00:24:05,124 --> 00:24:07,376 Cut the crap, man. 350 00:24:07,543 --> 00:24:10,462 Would you have drafted me in the first round? 351 00:24:11,130 --> 00:24:15,301 I'd have taken you in the ninth round. No signing bonus. 352 00:24:16,135 --> 00:24:20,639 I imagine you would've passed and taken that scholarship. 353 00:24:21,307 --> 00:24:23,225 Yeah. 354 00:24:26,812 --> 00:24:29,315 Pack your bags, Pete. 355 00:24:29,732 --> 00:24:32,776 I just bought you from the Cleveland Indians. 356 00:24:46,498 --> 00:24:50,002 - Is it attached to that clamp? - Yeah, let me unhook it. 357 00:24:58,469 --> 00:25:01,013 - Slide it up right there. To the left. - I did. 358 00:25:01,180 --> 00:25:03,349 - Yeah, yeah. - Hang on, it's wet. 359 00:25:03,515 --> 00:25:05,100 Come on. 360 00:25:26,872 --> 00:25:28,666 - Morning, Suzanne. Coffee on? - Yes. 361 00:25:28,832 --> 00:25:30,209 Great. 362 00:25:30,793 --> 00:25:32,670 - Billy Beane's office. - Hey. 363 00:25:32,836 --> 00:25:33,879 - Peter Brand. - Billy. 364 00:25:34,046 --> 00:25:36,548 - How are…? Hi, how you doing? - Nice to see you. 365 00:25:36,715 --> 00:25:39,301 Good to have you here. Boy, you move in fast. 366 00:25:39,468 --> 00:25:42,346 Yeah, yeah. I got here early this morning. 367 00:25:43,847 --> 00:25:46,016 - All moved in. - Yeah. 368 00:25:46,725 --> 00:25:48,310 Yeah. 369 00:25:48,477 --> 00:25:50,479 Hey, Billy… 370 00:25:50,646 --> 00:25:53,565 I wanted you to see these player evaluations… 371 00:25:53,732 --> 00:25:55,901 that you asked me to do. 372 00:25:56,860 --> 00:25:58,487 I asked you to do three. 373 00:25:59,405 --> 00:26:00,739 Yeah. 374 00:26:00,906 --> 00:26:03,492 - To evaluate three players. - Yeah. 375 00:26:03,659 --> 00:26:05,619 How many did you do? 376 00:26:05,786 --> 00:26:07,746 Forty-seven. 377 00:26:08,664 --> 00:26:10,207 Okay. 378 00:26:11,083 --> 00:26:14,837 Actually, 51. I don't know why I lied just then. 379 00:26:23,846 --> 00:26:26,265 Why don't you walk me through the board? 380 00:26:27,725 --> 00:26:29,309 Thank you. 381 00:26:55,586 --> 00:26:57,629 Using this equation in the upper left… 382 00:26:57,796 --> 00:27:00,924 I'm projecting that we need to win at least 99 games… 383 00:27:01,091 --> 00:27:03,260 in order to make it to the postseason. 384 00:27:03,427 --> 00:27:07,556 We need to score at least 814 runs in order to win those games… 385 00:27:07,723 --> 00:27:10,809 and allow no more than 645 runs. 386 00:27:15,939 --> 00:27:17,232 What's this? 387 00:27:17,399 --> 00:27:20,986 This is a code that I've written for our year-to-year projections. 388 00:27:21,153 --> 00:27:24,823 This is building in the intelligence that we have to project players. 389 00:27:24,990 --> 00:27:25,991 Okay. 390 00:27:26,158 --> 00:27:28,827 It's about getting things down to one number. 391 00:27:29,286 --> 00:27:31,830 Using the stats the way we read them… 392 00:27:31,997 --> 00:27:35,167 we'll find value in players that nobody else can see. 393 00:27:38,670 --> 00:27:40,005 People are overlooked… 394 00:27:40,172 --> 00:27:43,967 for a variety of biased reasons and perceived flaws. 395 00:27:44,134 --> 00:27:47,429 Age, appearance, personality. 396 00:27:47,596 --> 00:27:52,351 Bill James and mathematics cut straight through that. 397 00:27:53,936 --> 00:27:57,231 Billy, of the 20, 000 notable players for us to consider… 398 00:27:57,397 --> 00:27:59,942 I believe that there is a championship team… 399 00:28:00,109 --> 00:28:03,278 of 25 people that we can afford… 400 00:28:03,445 --> 00:28:06,615 because everyone else in baseball undervalues them. 401 00:28:06,782 --> 00:28:10,035 Like an island of misfit toys. 402 00:28:14,498 --> 00:28:17,709 Billy, this is Chad Bradford. He's a relief pitcher. 403 00:28:17,876 --> 00:28:22,172 He is one of the most undervalued players in baseball. 404 00:28:22,339 --> 00:28:25,300 His defect is that he throws funny. 405 00:28:26,135 --> 00:28:30,222 Nobody in the big leagues cares about him because he looks funny. 406 00:28:30,389 --> 00:28:33,475 This guy could be not just the best pitcher in our pen… 407 00:28:33,642 --> 00:28:37,062 but one of the most effective relief pitchers in all baseball. 408 00:28:37,229 --> 00:28:39,982 This guy should cost $3 million a year. 409 00:28:40,149 --> 00:28:43,026 We can get him for 237, 000. 410 00:29:06,925 --> 00:29:08,385 Billy. 411 00:29:09,887 --> 00:29:12,306 - That it? - Yeah. 412 00:29:42,461 --> 00:29:43,795 Hey, Art. 413 00:29:43,962 --> 00:29:46,173 Can I talk to you before you get started? 414 00:29:46,340 --> 00:29:48,800 - I'm a bit busy right now. - I know. 415 00:29:50,677 --> 00:29:52,262 - I know. - Okay. 416 00:29:52,429 --> 00:29:54,097 - Morning, everyone. - Art. 417 00:29:54,264 --> 00:29:57,517 - Peter Brand. Nice to meet you. - Where the hell's Pete? 418 00:29:57,684 --> 00:29:58,769 That's Pete. 419 00:29:59,645 --> 00:30:02,147 Grab a seat. I'll be right back. 420 00:30:03,690 --> 00:30:06,568 - All right, where did you say he's at? - Okay. He's on… 421 00:30:07,277 --> 00:30:09,947 - Who's the kid? - A friend of mine. 422 00:30:11,698 --> 00:30:14,660 I can't manage this team under a one-year contract. 423 00:30:14,826 --> 00:30:16,620 Well, sure you can. 424 00:30:18,330 --> 00:30:20,457 No, I can't. 425 00:30:20,624 --> 00:30:23,168 Okay. I gotta put a team on the field. 426 00:30:23,335 --> 00:30:26,838 After that, I'll take a good long look at your contract. 427 00:30:27,005 --> 00:30:30,300 Deal with the manager's contract, then put a team on the field. 428 00:30:30,467 --> 00:30:34,846 At this moment, if a grounder's hit to first, nobody's there to stop it. 429 00:30:35,681 --> 00:30:40,018 It's not easy doing what I do under the cloud of a one-year contract. 430 00:30:40,185 --> 00:30:41,603 Okay, I understand that. 431 00:30:41,770 --> 00:30:43,730 - I've been there. - I know you have. 432 00:30:43,897 --> 00:30:48,360 A one-year contract means the same thing to a manager as to a player. 433 00:30:48,527 --> 00:30:50,696 There's not a lot of faith there. 434 00:30:50,862 --> 00:30:53,657 Which is strange after a 102-win season. 435 00:30:54,700 --> 00:30:56,660 I see. 436 00:30:56,827 --> 00:31:01,164 If you lose the last game of the season, nobody gives a shit. 437 00:31:03,208 --> 00:31:07,045 - So it's on me now? - No, Art, it's on me. 438 00:31:07,212 --> 00:31:10,549 And the kid is the new assistant GM. 439 00:31:10,716 --> 00:31:12,718 - Okay. - Okay, fellas. 440 00:31:12,884 --> 00:31:14,553 Hey, Billy. 441 00:31:24,896 --> 00:31:27,649 You can't deny his offensive output. He can play. 442 00:31:27,816 --> 00:31:30,819 And we need people that can play. 443 00:31:37,034 --> 00:31:39,411 Who do you wanna talk about first? 444 00:31:56,178 --> 00:31:58,180 None of them. 445 00:31:58,930 --> 00:32:01,892 Billy, we got 38 home runs, 120 RBIs to make up for. 446 00:32:02,059 --> 00:32:04,436 Guys, you're still trying to replace Giambi. 447 00:32:04,603 --> 00:32:08,106 I told you we can't do it, and we can't do it. 448 00:32:08,648 --> 00:32:12,861 Now, what we might be able to do is re-create him. 449 00:32:13,028 --> 00:32:16,031 - Re-create him in the aggregate. - The what? 450 00:32:16,198 --> 00:32:18,950 Giambi's on-base percentage was.477. 451 00:32:19,117 --> 00:32:23,580 Damon's on-base,324. And Olmedo's was.291. 452 00:32:23,747 --> 00:32:25,957 Add that up and you get… 453 00:32:28,627 --> 00:32:29,920 Do you want me to speak? 454 00:32:30,962 --> 00:32:32,798 When I point at you, yeah. 455 00:32:32,964 --> 00:32:35,926 - 1.092. - Divided by three. 456 00:32:36,093 --> 00:32:38,845 - .364. - That's what we're looking for. 457 00:32:39,012 --> 00:32:43,141 Three ballplayers… Three ballplayers whose average OBP is… 458 00:32:43,308 --> 00:32:44,643 .364. 459 00:32:44,810 --> 00:32:47,687 - Wait, that doesn't come out right. - It's right, Artie. 460 00:32:48,438 --> 00:32:50,148 - Billy. - You gotta carry the one. 461 00:32:50,315 --> 00:32:52,692 - Billy. - Scratch this out. 462 00:32:52,859 --> 00:32:55,695 - Yeah? - Who's that? 463 00:32:55,862 --> 00:32:57,489 That's Pete. 464 00:32:58,407 --> 00:33:02,160 - Does Pete really need to be here? - Yes, he does. 465 00:33:03,787 --> 00:33:06,164 Okay, here's who we want. 466 00:33:06,331 --> 00:33:09,584 Number one: Jason's little brother, Jeremy. 467 00:33:09,751 --> 00:33:12,629 - Oh, God. - Billy, that's trouble. 468 00:33:12,796 --> 00:33:14,548 Billy, look, if I… Yeah. 469 00:33:14,714 --> 00:33:17,676 Billy, if I may, he has had his problems off the field… 470 00:33:17,843 --> 00:33:20,178 and we know what he can't do on the field. 471 00:33:20,345 --> 00:33:22,264 He's getting thick around the waist. 472 00:33:22,431 --> 00:33:25,100 There's reports about him on weed, in strip clubs. 473 00:33:25,267 --> 00:33:27,936 His on-base percentage is all we're looking at now. 474 00:33:28,103 --> 00:33:33,525 And Jeremy gets on base an awful lot for a guy who only costs 285,000. 475 00:33:33,692 --> 00:33:36,695 - Jeez, Billy… - Number two: 476 00:33:38,321 --> 00:33:40,198 - David Justice. - Oh, no. 477 00:33:40,365 --> 00:33:42,242 - His legs are gone. - Not a good idea. 478 00:33:42,409 --> 00:33:44,035 - Old Man Justice? - Why is that? 479 00:33:44,202 --> 00:33:46,371 Steinbrenner's so pissed at his decline… 480 00:33:46,538 --> 00:33:49,332 he's willing to eat his contract to get rid of him. 481 00:33:49,499 --> 00:33:52,210 - Exactly. - Ten years ago, Justice, big name. 482 00:33:52,377 --> 00:33:53,420 Been in big games. 483 00:33:53,587 --> 00:33:56,840 He's gonna really help our season tickets early in the year… 484 00:33:57,007 --> 00:34:01,636 but in the dog days in July, August, we're lucky if he's gonna hit his weight. 485 00:34:01,803 --> 00:34:05,474 Billy, his legs are gone, and he's a defensive liability. 486 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,809 I question whether the bat speed's there. 487 00:34:07,976 --> 00:34:09,352 - His legs are gone. - Grady. 488 00:34:09,519 --> 00:34:13,523 We'll be lucky to get 60 games out of him. Why do you like him? 489 00:34:14,566 --> 00:34:15,901 Because he gets on base. 490 00:34:17,736 --> 00:34:19,488 - What is this? - What are we doing? 491 00:34:19,654 --> 00:34:21,740 Okay, number three: 492 00:34:27,579 --> 00:34:29,498 - Scott Hatteberg. - Who? 493 00:34:29,664 --> 00:34:30,749 - Hatteberg? - Exactly. 494 00:34:30,916 --> 00:34:32,751 He sounds like an Oakland A already. 495 00:34:32,918 --> 00:34:36,922 - Yes, he's had a little problem with… - Little problem? He can't throw. 496 00:34:37,088 --> 00:34:40,759 He's a career.260 hitter. The best part of his career is over. 497 00:34:40,926 --> 00:34:43,720 - It's just getting started. - Boston wants to cut him. 498 00:34:43,887 --> 00:34:46,431 - No one wants to pick him up. - Good. He's cheap. 499 00:34:46,598 --> 00:34:49,267 Let me get this straight. You're gonna get a guy… 500 00:34:49,434 --> 00:34:52,771 that's been released by half the organizations in baseball… 501 00:34:52,938 --> 00:34:57,108 because he's got non-repairable nerve damage in his elbow and can't throw. 502 00:34:57,275 --> 00:35:00,612 He can't throw and he can't field. But what can he do? 503 00:35:00,779 --> 00:35:01,821 Oh, boy. 504 00:35:01,988 --> 00:35:04,407 Check your reports or I'm gonna point at Pete. 505 00:35:04,574 --> 00:35:07,077 - He gets on base. - He can get on base. 506 00:35:07,244 --> 00:35:09,829 - So he walks a lot. - He gets on base a lot, Rocco. 507 00:35:09,996 --> 00:35:12,624 Do I care if it's a walk or a hit? 508 00:35:12,791 --> 00:35:14,167 Pete? 509 00:35:14,334 --> 00:35:16,586 - You do not. - I do not. 510 00:35:16,753 --> 00:35:19,798 I got 37 free agents that are better than those three guys. 511 00:35:19,965 --> 00:35:22,217 Wait a minute, let me get this straight. 512 00:35:22,384 --> 00:35:25,053 So you're not gonna bring in one… 513 00:35:25,220 --> 00:35:28,557 but three defective players to replace Giambi? 514 00:35:29,266 --> 00:35:31,768 You're not buying into this Bill James bullshit? 515 00:35:31,935 --> 00:35:33,895 This is the new direction of the A's. 516 00:35:34,062 --> 00:35:36,982 We are card counters at the blackjack table… 517 00:35:37,148 --> 00:35:39,859 and we're gonna turn the odds on the casino. 518 00:35:41,194 --> 00:35:42,946 - I don't see it. - Seriously, guys. 519 00:35:43,113 --> 00:35:45,824 I think we have to remember this is the man. 520 00:35:45,991 --> 00:35:51,413 He answers to no one except ownership and God. 521 00:35:51,580 --> 00:35:54,457 And he doesn't have to answer to us. 522 00:35:54,624 --> 00:35:57,043 We make suggestions, he makes decisions. 523 00:35:57,210 --> 00:36:00,630 That's all fine and well, but we've been working our asses off… 524 00:36:00,797 --> 00:36:04,634 for weeks to make this club better, and you're shitting all over it. 525 00:36:04,801 --> 00:36:07,304 This is not a discussion. 526 00:36:09,723 --> 00:36:13,018 - What are we discussing? - Barry, not a discussion. 527 00:36:18,023 --> 00:36:20,692 Billy, man… 528 00:36:21,526 --> 00:36:23,612 there's one thing you're forgetting. 529 00:36:24,195 --> 00:36:28,950 None of those three guys knows how to play first base. 530 00:36:29,117 --> 00:36:31,453 Well, you're gonna have to teach one of them. 531 00:36:31,620 --> 00:36:33,038 Teach? 532 00:36:34,164 --> 00:36:35,874 Which one? 533 00:36:47,385 --> 00:36:51,306 This is really the kickoff to the holiday season here in downtown Seattle. 534 00:36:51,473 --> 00:36:52,932 It took weeks of planning… 535 00:36:53,099 --> 00:36:56,061 to lead up to the big event, but it was well worth it. 536 00:36:56,227 --> 00:36:59,689 The weather was ideal. People are still having a great time. 537 00:36:59,856 --> 00:37:01,733 Thousands of people were out earlier. 538 00:37:01,900 --> 00:37:03,568 We have a nice recap for you… 539 00:37:03,735 --> 00:37:07,739 of all the great events taking place downtown in Seattle… 540 00:37:11,284 --> 00:37:12,911 - Hello? - Scott? 541 00:37:13,078 --> 00:37:14,079 Yes. 542 00:37:14,245 --> 00:37:17,248 - It's Billy Beane of the Oakland A's - Yes. 543 00:37:17,415 --> 00:37:20,293 - Can we talk? - Yeah. 544 00:37:20,460 --> 00:37:22,420 Do you wanna let us in? 545 00:37:23,421 --> 00:37:25,965 - Pardon me? - We're out front. 546 00:37:27,425 --> 00:37:29,594 - What? - On the curb. 547 00:37:29,761 --> 00:37:31,554 Yeah, yeah. 548 00:37:33,473 --> 00:37:34,557 Honey? 549 00:37:38,937 --> 00:37:40,939 - Oh, thank you. - Thank you, ma'am. 550 00:37:41,106 --> 00:37:42,774 Very kind. 551 00:37:46,277 --> 00:37:48,113 How's the elbow, Scott? 552 00:37:48,279 --> 00:37:51,616 You know, it's good. It's really good. It's great. 553 00:37:58,164 --> 00:38:00,291 - I can't throw the ball at all. - Yeah. 554 00:38:00,458 --> 00:38:03,169 You've thrown your last ball from behind home plate. 555 00:38:03,336 --> 00:38:05,547 - That's what I'd say. - Well… 556 00:38:06,256 --> 00:38:09,551 Good news is, we want you at first. 557 00:38:16,850 --> 00:38:20,395 We want you to play first base for the Oakland A's. 558 00:38:21,563 --> 00:38:23,773 Okay, well… 559 00:38:23,940 --> 00:38:25,692 I've only ever played catcher. 560 00:38:25,859 --> 00:38:28,319 Scott, you're not a catcher anymore. 561 00:38:29,404 --> 00:38:32,824 If you were, our call wouldn't have been the only one you got. 562 00:38:33,742 --> 00:38:37,912 - Yeah. Hey, listen, no, I appreciate it. - You're welcome. 563 00:38:38,079 --> 00:38:42,834 - But the thing is, is… - You don't know how to play first base. 564 00:38:43,418 --> 00:38:44,502 - Scott. - That's right. 565 00:38:45,003 --> 00:38:46,588 It's not that hard, Scott. 566 00:38:46,755 --> 00:38:48,965 - Tell him, Wash. - It's incredibly hard. 567 00:38:49,132 --> 00:38:52,302 Hey, anything worth doing is. And we're gonna teach you. 568 00:38:52,469 --> 00:38:54,804 Wait a minute here. I mean, but what about…? 569 00:38:54,971 --> 00:38:57,098 Jason's gone, Scott. 570 00:38:57,557 --> 00:39:00,101 You want me to take Giambi's spot at first base? 571 00:39:00,268 --> 00:39:01,686 - Yeah. - What about the fans? 572 00:39:01,853 --> 00:39:05,190 - Maybe I can teach one of them. - The fans don't… Good one. 573 00:39:05,356 --> 00:39:09,110 - Fans don't run my ball club. - Honey, what are you doing awake? 574 00:39:09,861 --> 00:39:11,863 Sweetheart, can you…? 575 00:39:13,031 --> 00:39:14,824 That's my daughter. 576 00:39:16,201 --> 00:39:18,161 You got kids? 577 00:39:19,287 --> 00:39:20,955 Yeah, a daughter. 578 00:39:21,122 --> 00:39:25,543 Scott, this is a contract to play ball for the Oakland A's. 579 00:39:25,710 --> 00:39:27,796 A copy's been sent over to your agent. 580 00:39:27,962 --> 00:39:30,840 Discuss with your wife, let us know. 581 00:39:31,883 --> 00:39:33,092 Thank you. 582 00:39:33,259 --> 00:39:34,552 - Bye-bye. - Bye. 583 00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:36,721 - Oh, and, Scott. - Yeah? 584 00:39:36,888 --> 00:39:39,224 Don't tell anyone about the first-base thing. 585 00:39:39,390 --> 00:39:40,391 - Yes, sir. - Okay. 586 00:39:40,558 --> 00:39:43,061 - Happy holidays. - All right. 587 00:40:08,670 --> 00:40:09,921 - Hey, Sharon. - Hi, Billy. 588 00:40:10,088 --> 00:40:13,341 - Is she ready? - She's out with friends. 589 00:40:14,425 --> 00:40:16,553 But she'll be back. Come in. 590 00:40:17,262 --> 00:40:19,597 - Okay. - Yeah, she's right here. Hold on. 591 00:40:19,764 --> 00:40:21,099 Here you go. 592 00:40:23,226 --> 00:40:26,855 - Here, wanna have a seat? - Yeah. 593 00:40:35,488 --> 00:40:37,782 - You good, Billy? - Yeah. How are you, Alan? 594 00:40:37,949 --> 00:40:41,327 Good. Really good. Things are peaceful around here. 595 00:40:43,371 --> 00:40:45,456 It's good to see you. 596 00:40:45,623 --> 00:40:47,584 Thanks, Alan. 597 00:40:47,750 --> 00:40:49,878 I haven't got to see you since play-offs. 598 00:40:50,044 --> 00:40:52,547 I wanted to say that New York was heartbreaking. 599 00:40:53,172 --> 00:40:54,591 I'm sure for you too. 600 00:40:54,757 --> 00:40:58,720 Not many teams make it that far, and to watch you go that far was… 601 00:40:58,887 --> 00:41:04,392 - It was really an accomplishment. - Well, that's nice. 602 00:41:05,226 --> 00:41:07,478 How is the team shaping up? 603 00:41:07,645 --> 00:41:11,399 - Team's good. Rebuilding. - Good. 604 00:41:11,566 --> 00:41:14,652 I read you lost Giambonni and Damon. 605 00:41:14,819 --> 00:41:15,820 - Giambi. - Giambi. 606 00:41:15,987 --> 00:41:18,656 - Yeah. - Damon, Isringhausen. 607 00:41:18,823 --> 00:41:22,827 - They're really…? They're gone? - Gone. Yesterday's news. 608 00:41:22,994 --> 00:41:26,372 - That's terrible. - No, but that is a tough situation. 609 00:41:26,539 --> 00:41:28,166 That's… 610 00:41:28,333 --> 00:41:31,711 You're gonna be fine, though. You always figure something out. 611 00:41:35,548 --> 00:41:38,843 Where is she? Where was she? Down the street or…? 612 00:41:39,010 --> 00:41:43,014 Oh, sorry, yeah. I just talked to her on her cell. She's coming up the hill. 613 00:41:43,181 --> 00:41:44,474 Okay. 614 00:41:44,641 --> 00:41:46,851 She's got a cell phone? 615 00:41:47,352 --> 00:41:49,938 - Yeah. - A 12-year-old? 616 00:41:50,104 --> 00:41:51,606 Yeah. 617 00:41:54,525 --> 00:41:55,693 For emergencies. 618 00:41:57,695 --> 00:41:59,864 Big parenting decision. 619 00:42:00,365 --> 00:42:04,494 But it's something that, you know, we, you know, all should discuss… 620 00:42:04,661 --> 00:42:08,122 because if you have any objections, of course… 621 00:42:08,289 --> 00:42:10,750 Her mother and I will discuss it. 622 00:42:11,626 --> 00:42:13,336 But thank you. 623 00:42:16,339 --> 00:42:18,174 Any of these? 624 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:20,301 I don't know. 625 00:42:20,468 --> 00:42:22,512 - Do you…? - This one's cool. 626 00:42:22,679 --> 00:42:26,307 - Is that good or bad? Butterflies. - They're okay. 627 00:42:26,474 --> 00:42:31,229 - Look, that one's pretty. I like the red. - Should we try? 628 00:42:31,980 --> 00:42:33,231 No? 629 00:42:33,398 --> 00:42:35,024 - Oh, I like this one. - Yeah? 630 00:42:35,191 --> 00:42:36,567 Dad, look at this one. 631 00:42:36,734 --> 00:42:39,028 - Look how it's red. - It's beautiful. 632 00:42:39,195 --> 00:42:41,572 - This one's pretty. - Let's try it out. 633 00:42:41,739 --> 00:42:44,117 - Just right here? - Why don't we go over there? 634 00:42:44,283 --> 00:42:45,827 Can we go over there? 635 00:43:04,387 --> 00:43:08,433 Oh, honey, you need to sing. That's so good. 636 00:43:09,183 --> 00:43:11,269 That's beautiful. 637 00:43:12,812 --> 00:43:13,855 Sometimes I sing. 638 00:43:14,022 --> 00:43:19,694 It's fun to sing with your song, but I don't want people to listen to me. 639 00:43:19,861 --> 00:43:23,740 Well, honey, I think people would love to listen to you. That's beautiful. 640 00:43:24,699 --> 00:43:27,827 Would you sing a little for your dad? 641 00:43:27,994 --> 00:43:30,121 Right here in the middle of the store? 642 00:43:32,957 --> 00:43:35,376 - Little bit. - Little bit. 643 00:43:37,128 --> 00:43:38,838 - You ready? - I'm ready. 644 00:43:39,005 --> 00:43:40,256 Okay. 645 00:44:14,707 --> 00:44:17,960 Billy Beane was taken in the first round of the amateur draft. 646 00:44:18,127 --> 00:44:20,379 I think this is a steal, to get Billy Beane. 647 00:44:20,546 --> 00:44:22,090 He's young, he's talented. 648 00:44:22,256 --> 00:44:26,594 A true five-tool player with speed. This guy is a can't-miss prospect. 649 00:44:26,761 --> 00:44:29,013 This is a great sign for the New York Mets. 650 00:44:29,180 --> 00:44:32,642 And it could be the turnaround that they've been looking for. 651 00:44:33,059 --> 00:44:34,519 Ball one. 652 00:44:34,685 --> 00:44:37,230 I'll take Billy Beane over Strawberry. 653 00:44:37,396 --> 00:44:40,817 Billy Beane, an interesting pick, turned down a scholarship. 654 00:44:40,983 --> 00:44:42,527 He could've gone to Stanford. 655 00:44:42,693 --> 00:44:46,030 Sometimes you don't find out till you get to the big leagues… 656 00:44:47,156 --> 00:44:50,827 This guy has never failed at anything. He's coming out of high school. 657 00:44:50,993 --> 00:44:54,622 Billy was gonna go to college. He could've been a great quarterback. 658 00:45:02,463 --> 00:45:04,340 Strike three. 659 00:45:04,841 --> 00:45:08,177 There's not an organization in baseball… 660 00:45:08,344 --> 00:45:14,016 who would not have taken a chance on this young guy. 661 00:45:14,725 --> 00:45:18,146 He didn't pan out. That happens every year. 662 00:45:19,605 --> 00:45:22,441 Some do, some don't. 663 00:45:23,734 --> 00:45:26,654 I mean, if you're having any doubt at all about this… 664 00:45:29,115 --> 00:45:30,575 Having the scholarship…. 665 00:45:30,741 --> 00:45:33,828 Your son was born with a God-given ability. 666 00:45:34,537 --> 00:45:38,207 Few scouts can go into the mind of a young man… 667 00:45:38,374 --> 00:45:41,586 and determine whether he's really confident… 668 00:45:41,752 --> 00:45:43,045 about what he can do. 669 00:45:43,212 --> 00:45:44,922 A very special player. 670 00:45:45,089 --> 00:45:47,717 So you can sign him based on his ability… 671 00:45:47,884 --> 00:45:51,429 but then he's gotta be successful to be confident. 672 00:45:51,596 --> 00:45:56,267 And once he becomes confident, that's when you've got something. 673 00:45:59,729 --> 00:46:02,940 You make a decision on what you see. 674 00:46:03,107 --> 00:46:06,652 And if things don't pan out, you move on. 675 00:46:06,819 --> 00:46:08,863 That's baseball. 676 00:46:09,030 --> 00:46:11,073 Many are called, few are chosen. 677 00:46:12,909 --> 00:46:17,705 Billy, that is Kevin Youkilis. That is the Greek God of Walks. 678 00:46:17,872 --> 00:46:19,207 That's my hero. 679 00:46:19,373 --> 00:46:22,376 That man gets walked more than anybody in baseball… 680 00:46:22,543 --> 00:46:24,462 except for Barry Bonds. 681 00:46:24,629 --> 00:46:28,132 I tried to convince Shapiro to pick him up last June… 682 00:46:28,299 --> 00:46:30,676 but he said he waddled like a duck. 683 00:46:31,177 --> 00:46:33,387 Yeah, Boston snagged him. 684 00:46:33,554 --> 00:46:35,473 I think they wanna wait and see. 685 00:46:42,438 --> 00:46:45,650 - Are you okay, Billy? - Billy? 686 00:46:46,234 --> 00:46:50,446 - Can we talk? - Yeah. Yeah. 687 00:47:00,831 --> 00:47:03,626 You're unhappy, Grady. Why? 688 00:47:09,548 --> 00:47:11,842 - May I speak candidly? - Sure, go ahead. 689 00:47:12,009 --> 00:47:15,888 Major League Baseball and its fans, they're gonna be more than happy… 690 00:47:16,055 --> 00:47:18,516 to throw you and Google Boy under the bus… 691 00:47:18,683 --> 00:47:20,685 if you keep doing what you're doing. 692 00:47:20,851 --> 00:47:23,229 You don't put a team together with a computer. 693 00:47:23,396 --> 00:47:25,147 - No? - No. 694 00:47:25,314 --> 00:47:28,025 Baseball isn't just numbers. It's not science. 695 00:47:28,192 --> 00:47:31,362 If it was, anybody could do what we're doing, but they can't. 696 00:47:31,529 --> 00:47:33,281 They don't know what we know. 697 00:47:33,447 --> 00:47:36,534 They don't have our experience and our intuition. 698 00:47:37,034 --> 00:47:38,160 Okay. 699 00:47:38,744 --> 00:47:42,206 You got a kid in there that's got a degree in economics from Yale. 700 00:47:42,373 --> 00:47:45,543 You got a scout here with 29 years of baseball experience. 701 00:47:45,710 --> 00:47:48,296 You're listening to the wrong one. 702 00:47:48,462 --> 00:47:52,300 Now, there are intangibles that only baseball people understand. 703 00:47:52,466 --> 00:47:55,720 You're discounting what scouts have done for 150 years? 704 00:47:55,886 --> 00:47:57,930 Even yourself? 705 00:47:58,597 --> 00:48:00,766 Adapt or die. 706 00:48:03,561 --> 00:48:05,896 This is about you and your shit, isn't it? 707 00:48:06,063 --> 00:48:09,066 Twenty years ago, some scout got it wrong. 708 00:48:09,233 --> 00:48:11,819 - Okay. Okay. - Now you declare war on the system. 709 00:48:11,986 --> 00:48:16,699 Okay, okay, my turn. You don't have a crystal ball. 710 00:48:16,866 --> 00:48:20,453 You can't look at a kid and predict his future any more than I can. 711 00:48:20,619 --> 00:48:22,913 I've sat at those kitchen tables with you… 712 00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:26,083 and listened to you tell parents, "When I know, I know. 713 00:48:26,250 --> 00:48:28,252 And when it comes to your son, I know." 714 00:48:28,419 --> 00:48:30,880 And you don't. 715 00:48:32,465 --> 00:48:34,258 You don't. 716 00:48:36,761 --> 00:48:39,221 Okay. I don't give a shit about friendship… 717 00:48:39,388 --> 00:48:41,932 this situation, or the past. 718 00:48:42,099 --> 00:48:45,728 Major League Baseball thinks the way I think. You're not gonna win. 719 00:48:45,895 --> 00:48:48,481 And I'll give you a nickel's worth of free advice. 720 00:48:48,647 --> 00:48:50,941 You're never gonna get another job… 721 00:48:51,108 --> 00:48:54,695 after this catastrophic season you're about to set us all up for. 722 00:48:54,862 --> 00:48:56,864 You'll have to explain to your kid… 723 00:48:57,031 --> 00:48:59,575 why you're working at Dick's Sporting Goods. 724 00:49:05,331 --> 00:49:07,792 I'm not gonna fire you, Grady. 725 00:49:11,629 --> 00:49:14,799 - Fuck you, Billy. - Now I will. 726 00:49:18,636 --> 00:49:20,554 Good luck, Art. 727 00:49:26,644 --> 00:49:29,730 Kubota. You never played ball, right? 728 00:49:29,897 --> 00:49:32,733 - I played a little T-ball. - You're the new head scout. 729 00:49:32,900 --> 00:49:34,610 Congratulations. 730 00:49:43,035 --> 00:49:45,371 So Boston's gonna wait and see? 731 00:49:46,997 --> 00:49:48,332 Yeah. 732 00:49:49,667 --> 00:49:52,169 - Yeah. - It's just you and me, Pete. 733 00:49:52,336 --> 00:49:54,088 And we're all in. 734 00:49:57,925 --> 00:50:00,886 It sounds like you're apologizing for what they're doing. 735 00:50:01,053 --> 00:50:03,764 I'm not. I just don't know what you're gonna do… 736 00:50:03,931 --> 00:50:07,309 with the budget that the A's have. Who are you gonna get? 737 00:50:07,476 --> 00:50:09,645 I'm looking at the spring-training roster. 738 00:50:09,812 --> 00:50:11,522 - You gotta be kidding me. - How so? 739 00:50:11,689 --> 00:50:13,816 - He looked like a clown out there. - Who? 740 00:50:15,192 --> 00:50:17,570 - Chad Bradford. - Tell me about Bradford. 741 00:50:17,736 --> 00:50:20,197 I like him a little bit, but he's a specialist. 742 00:50:20,364 --> 00:50:23,409 He's not a guy that you say, "The eighth inning is yours… 743 00:50:23,576 --> 00:50:25,411 lefties vs. righties." 744 00:50:25,578 --> 00:50:27,246 In my opinion. 745 00:50:27,413 --> 00:50:29,874 I don't know what Billy Beane and management… 746 00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:31,375 understands about him. 747 00:50:31,542 --> 00:50:34,211 He only throws the ball about 82, 83 miles an hour. 748 00:50:34,378 --> 00:50:37,798 - There must be something… - He is a freak, and not in a good way. 749 00:50:39,175 --> 00:50:42,386 - Let me ask you this. - Talking about trying to win a division. 750 00:50:42,553 --> 00:50:44,889 We're counting on David to be the guy he was. 751 00:50:45,055 --> 00:50:47,558 I have my doubts. He's gotten old. 752 00:50:47,725 --> 00:50:51,228 That's why he's not in New York anymore, not in Cleveland anymore. 753 00:50:51,395 --> 00:50:54,732 We paid him the money we should've been giving to Johnny Damon. 754 00:50:54,899 --> 00:50:55,983 - Hey. - Jeremy Giambi. 755 00:50:57,359 --> 00:50:58,944 That's the one to worry about. 756 00:50:59,111 --> 00:51:01,906 He gets comps up and down Vegas more than in Oakland. 757 00:51:02,072 --> 00:51:04,408 That should tell you something right there. 758 00:51:04,575 --> 00:51:08,162 - Isn't that the deal with these guys? - He has one good year. 759 00:51:08,537 --> 00:51:11,999 And he gets a huge offer and then he gets traded. 760 00:51:14,376 --> 00:51:17,505 - Bob. Harder. - Hatteberg. 761 00:51:20,591 --> 00:51:23,844 Good. Good. 762 00:51:24,762 --> 00:51:26,931 Billy, we have to talk about Hatteberg. 763 00:51:27,097 --> 00:51:29,558 - Go. - There's just no feel for the spot. 764 00:51:29,725 --> 00:51:33,270 I think it's a long shot that he can be a big-league first baseman. 765 00:51:33,437 --> 00:51:36,732 It's day one of the first week. You can't judge this yet. 766 00:51:36,899 --> 00:51:38,484 No, I think we can judge it. 767 00:51:38,651 --> 00:51:42,947 I mean, I like him, you know, but I can judge him. 768 00:51:43,113 --> 00:51:44,740 First base is the moon to him. 769 00:51:44,907 --> 00:51:48,786 It wasn't to Giambi. Giambi's the worst first baseman in baseball. 770 00:51:48,953 --> 00:51:52,456 - Gonna compare him to Giambi? - What are we talking about? 771 00:51:52,623 --> 00:51:53,916 All right. 772 00:51:55,918 --> 00:51:57,211 What do you think, Wash? 773 00:51:57,753 --> 00:52:01,215 The nice way to say it is he lacks confidence. 774 00:52:01,382 --> 00:52:02,883 Well, give him some. 775 00:52:03,592 --> 00:52:06,178 I'll do that, but we got Peña, who can play first. 776 00:52:06,345 --> 00:52:08,764 And he's looking mighty good out there. 777 00:52:09,557 --> 00:52:11,642 We wanna go with Hattie. 778 00:52:16,647 --> 00:52:18,232 We got six weeks. 779 00:52:18,399 --> 00:52:20,317 Get down in it. 780 00:52:26,448 --> 00:52:27,783 - There you go. - Scotty H. 781 00:52:27,950 --> 00:52:30,619 - That's what I'm talking about. - Picking machine. 782 00:52:30,786 --> 00:52:33,122 It's only baseball. 783 00:52:39,295 --> 00:52:41,338 This better work. 784 00:52:42,673 --> 00:52:44,592 I'm just kidding you. 785 00:52:58,022 --> 00:53:00,899 Let's go, Oakland! 786 00:53:01,066 --> 00:53:03,360 Let's go, Oakland! 787 00:53:05,821 --> 00:53:09,199 - What is wrong with this thing? - It's a dollar, man. 788 00:53:09,366 --> 00:53:11,785 - What? - Welcome to Oakland, D.J. 789 00:53:11,952 --> 00:53:13,996 Oh, you gotta be shitting me. 790 00:53:14,163 --> 00:53:18,000 I think this year, we're gonna show that it takes a team to win… 791 00:53:18,167 --> 00:53:20,336 not any individual guy, just a team. 792 00:53:20,502 --> 00:53:23,881 And I think we got a hell of a ball club here. 793 00:53:24,048 --> 00:53:26,091 Chad, are you intimidated at all today? 794 00:53:26,258 --> 00:53:31,472 I wouldn't say I'm intimidated, really. I'm just really excited, like you said. 795 00:53:31,639 --> 00:53:35,142 Jeremy, how's the team gonna fare without your brother, Jason? 796 00:53:35,309 --> 00:53:38,020 Well, you know, the organization did a great job… 797 00:53:38,187 --> 00:53:40,898 of bringing in good young guys to fill that role. 798 00:53:41,065 --> 00:53:43,484 Let's face it, they're getting a deal with you. 799 00:53:43,651 --> 00:53:45,903 The Yankees are paying Jason a lot of money. 800 00:53:46,070 --> 00:53:49,156 You are coming here on a dime. How does that make you feel? 801 00:53:49,323 --> 00:53:51,241 I feel good. 802 00:53:51,408 --> 00:53:54,411 - How are the nerves in your fingers? - You know. 803 00:53:54,578 --> 00:53:56,622 Gotta start with the age, 36 years old. 804 00:53:56,789 --> 00:53:59,041 How do you think your body's gonna hold up? 805 00:53:59,208 --> 00:54:02,419 You spend a lot of time at strip clubs, partying. 806 00:54:02,586 --> 00:54:05,172 Do you resent the attention you get off the field? 807 00:54:05,339 --> 00:54:06,382 I love it. 808 00:54:06,548 --> 00:54:08,759 - You spend a lot of time in Vegas. - I do. 809 00:54:08,926 --> 00:54:13,138 - I feel great. I did a lot of work to get… - Excuse me. Get out of my shot. 810 00:54:13,305 --> 00:54:14,348 Sorry, go ahead. 811 00:54:14,515 --> 00:54:16,642 There have been questions about my age… 812 00:54:16,809 --> 00:54:20,562 and my declining skills, some say, but I'm here to prove that wrong. 813 00:54:20,729 --> 00:54:22,439 I asked if you were 100 percent. 814 00:54:31,407 --> 00:54:33,283 - Excuse me, Mr. Beane? - Hey, Chad. 815 00:54:33,450 --> 00:54:36,745 - Hey, I'm not disturbing you, am I? - Not at all. What's up? 816 00:54:36,912 --> 00:54:39,998 I wanted to say thank you for this opportunity. 817 00:54:40,165 --> 00:54:43,627 Well, we enjoy having you. It's gonna work out well for all of us. 818 00:54:43,794 --> 00:54:47,715 I appreciate it, sir. Nobody's ever given me a chance like this before. 819 00:54:48,298 --> 00:54:49,383 Nobody? 820 00:54:50,467 --> 00:54:52,553 Well, just you, sir. 821 00:54:53,137 --> 00:54:56,473 Well, it's a big day, one you won't forget. 822 00:54:56,640 --> 00:54:58,809 Appreciate it. And I wanna let you know… 823 00:54:58,976 --> 00:55:01,812 I'm gonna be praying for you and your family. 824 00:55:02,354 --> 00:55:04,148 No problem. 825 00:55:04,773 --> 00:55:08,360 Well, here we are just minutes away from the season opener of 2002… 826 00:55:08,527 --> 00:55:09,737 for the Oakland A's. 827 00:55:09,903 --> 00:55:11,613 The first pitch is moments away. 828 00:55:11,780 --> 00:55:13,907 We'll come back with the national anthem. 829 00:55:14,074 --> 00:55:15,492 Opening day is upon us. 830 00:55:15,993 --> 00:55:19,496 All right, fellas, smile. Here we go. 831 00:55:27,838 --> 00:55:29,840 I'm going in. Text me the play-by-play. 832 00:55:30,007 --> 00:55:31,592 What? Why? 833 00:55:32,509 --> 00:55:34,470 I don't watch the games. 834 00:55:43,020 --> 00:55:44,605 Detail, halt! 835 00:55:45,981 --> 00:55:48,859 And forward face! 836 00:56:49,419 --> 00:56:52,089 That's the third Ranger batter to be hit today. 837 00:56:52,256 --> 00:56:56,760 Twice Alex Rodriguez was nicked. The ninth… 838 00:57:30,919 --> 00:57:34,631 I should've made you a bigger part of the conversation from day one. 839 00:57:34,798 --> 00:57:36,800 It'd be clear what we're trying to do. 840 00:57:36,967 --> 00:57:39,928 That was my mistake, Art. I take responsibility for that. 841 00:57:40,095 --> 00:57:43,473 - What are you trying to say? - Doesn't matter what moves I make… 842 00:57:43,640 --> 00:57:46,643 if you don't play the team the way they're designed to be. 843 00:57:48,478 --> 00:57:50,772 Billy, you're out of your depth. 844 00:57:51,940 --> 00:57:54,985 - Why not Hatteberg at first? - Because he can't play first. 845 00:57:55,152 --> 00:57:57,571 - How do you know? - Not my first baseball game. 846 00:57:57,738 --> 00:58:00,449 - Scott Hatteberg can't hit. - He gets on base. 847 00:58:00,616 --> 00:58:03,994 Still keeps us in the plus column. We need to be seven over.500. 848 00:58:04,161 --> 00:58:05,746 What? 849 00:58:09,166 --> 00:58:11,293 Anything else? 850 00:58:11,460 --> 00:58:15,714 Yeah. I would've rather seen Bradford in the end than Magnante. 851 00:58:16,340 --> 00:58:17,382 Bradford's a righty. 852 00:58:17,549 --> 00:58:20,677 - I don't care about righty-lefty. - I do. 853 00:58:25,307 --> 00:58:28,435 - Could this be about your contract? - No. 854 00:58:29,186 --> 00:58:32,981 This is about you doing your job and me doing mine. 855 00:58:33,148 --> 00:58:34,691 Mine's me being left alone… 856 00:58:34,858 --> 00:58:37,778 to manage this team you assembled for me. 857 00:58:37,945 --> 00:58:41,531 - I didn't assemble them for you, Art. - No shit. 858 00:58:49,915 --> 00:58:51,375 Good meeting. 859 00:58:51,541 --> 00:58:52,668 Every time we talk… 860 00:58:52,834 --> 00:58:55,629 I'm reinvigorated by my love of the game. 861 00:59:18,986 --> 00:59:22,406 We got Grady Fuson, former head of scouting with the Athletics. 862 00:59:22,572 --> 00:59:25,367 And, Grady, can you interpret for us what's going on? 863 00:59:25,534 --> 00:59:27,703 - They call it Moneyball. - Moneyball? 864 00:59:27,869 --> 00:59:32,416 Yes, and it was a nice theory, and now it's just not working out. 865 00:59:32,582 --> 00:59:36,586 Billy Beane has built this team on the ideas of a guy, Bill James… 866 00:59:36,753 --> 00:59:41,425 who wrote an interesting book on baseball statistics. 867 00:59:41,591 --> 00:59:45,595 The problem is that Bill James never played, never managed. 868 00:59:45,762 --> 00:59:49,099 He was in fact a security guard at a pork-and-beans company. 869 00:59:50,475 --> 00:59:53,186 Do you see this as a decimation of the organization? 870 00:59:53,353 --> 00:59:55,856 - He bought a ticket on the Titanic. - Oh, boy. 871 00:59:56,023 --> 00:59:58,275 He's tried to come up with a new approach. 872 00:59:58,442 --> 01:00:01,695 My hat's off to him. It won't work. 873 01:00:02,446 --> 01:00:05,490 One-two pitch. Tejada strikes out. 874 01:00:05,657 --> 01:00:06,825 And that is the game. 875 01:00:06,992 --> 01:00:10,078 The Seattle Mariners win both games on this series, Ray. 876 01:00:10,245 --> 01:00:13,790 They've won 10 in a row. Seattle is 13 and 3. 877 01:00:16,460 --> 01:00:18,795 I can't watch this shit. 878 01:00:19,921 --> 01:00:21,465 Go on the road with the team. 879 01:00:21,631 --> 01:00:23,842 You don't go on the road with the team. 880 01:00:24,009 --> 01:00:27,637 - That's why I want you to do it. - Why don't you? 881 01:00:29,139 --> 01:00:31,975 I can't develop personal relationships with these guys. 882 01:00:32,142 --> 01:00:36,688 I gotta be able to trade them, send them down, sometimes cut them. 883 01:00:38,857 --> 01:00:41,818 Which is something you should learn to do, by the way. 884 01:00:44,488 --> 01:00:47,574 I would never have to cut a player, unless you… 885 01:00:48,325 --> 01:00:51,328 - Oh, come on. - "Come on" what? 886 01:00:51,495 --> 01:00:53,997 - Let's practice. - No. 887 01:00:54,164 --> 01:00:57,042 Yeah. I'm a player. You gotta cut me from the roster. 888 01:00:57,209 --> 01:00:58,251 - No. - Go. 889 01:00:58,418 --> 01:00:59,878 - What do you mean, no? - No. 890 01:01:00,045 --> 01:01:01,671 - Do it. - This is stupid. 891 01:01:02,130 --> 01:01:04,257 Part of the job, man. 892 01:01:08,678 --> 01:01:10,180 Fine. 893 01:01:11,515 --> 01:01:14,976 Billy, please have a seat. I need to talk to you for a minute. 894 01:01:15,143 --> 01:01:16,686 Go on. 895 01:01:18,021 --> 01:01:20,107 You've been a huge part of this team. 896 01:01:20,273 --> 01:01:23,068 But sometimes you have to make decisions for the team. 897 01:01:23,235 --> 01:01:24,861 I'm sure you can understand. 898 01:01:25,028 --> 01:01:28,031 - You're cutting me? - I'm really sorry. 899 01:01:28,865 --> 01:01:30,367 I just bought a house here. 900 01:01:30,534 --> 01:01:32,202 - Well… - In Oakland. 901 01:01:35,956 --> 01:01:37,541 Well… Well… 902 01:01:37,707 --> 01:01:40,961 "Well… Well…"? That's all you got to say? 903 01:01:41,128 --> 01:01:43,505 My kid just started a new school. 904 01:01:43,672 --> 01:01:47,008 - They made friends. - That's… 905 01:01:47,551 --> 01:01:50,387 You shouldn't pull them out in the middle of the year. 906 01:01:50,554 --> 01:01:53,390 - You should wait. - What the hell are you talking about? 907 01:01:53,557 --> 01:01:55,392 I don't know. I shouldn't have… 908 01:01:55,559 --> 01:01:58,061 I'm not gonna do this. I think this is stupid. 909 01:01:58,228 --> 01:02:01,398 I'm not gonna fire anybody, and this is dumb. 910 01:02:02,482 --> 01:02:05,735 They're professional ballplayers. Just be straight with them. 911 01:02:05,902 --> 01:02:07,863 No fluff, just facts. 912 01:02:08,029 --> 01:02:12,868 Pete, I gotta let you go. Jack's office will handle the details. 913 01:02:15,579 --> 01:02:17,122 That's it? 914 01:02:18,206 --> 01:02:19,249 Really? 915 01:02:19,416 --> 01:02:23,837 You rather get a bullet to the head or five to the chest and bleed to death? 916 01:02:25,422 --> 01:02:28,091 Are those my only two options? 917 01:02:28,258 --> 01:02:30,427 Go on the road with the team. 918 01:02:33,054 --> 01:02:34,681 Okay. 919 01:02:44,024 --> 01:02:45,567 Say, bro. 920 01:02:45,734 --> 01:02:47,777 - Let me ask you a question. - Yeah. 921 01:02:47,944 --> 01:02:50,780 How come your boss doesn't travel with the team? 922 01:02:52,657 --> 01:02:56,244 He doesn't like to mingle with the players. 923 01:02:58,038 --> 01:03:00,624 Is that supposed to make us easier to cut? 924 01:03:05,837 --> 01:03:07,964 I don't know. I don't know. 925 01:03:08,131 --> 01:03:12,969 And how come soda is a dollar in the clubhouse? 926 01:03:13,136 --> 01:03:15,388 I never seen nothing like that. 927 01:03:16,640 --> 01:03:19,476 Billy likes to keep the money on the field. 928 01:03:19,643 --> 01:03:21,519 Soda money? 929 01:03:21,978 --> 01:03:23,521 Really? 930 01:03:24,022 --> 01:03:27,442 Where on the field is the dollar I'm paying for soda? 931 01:03:29,027 --> 01:03:32,489 It's hard to see exactly… 932 01:03:32,656 --> 01:03:35,617 - but it's there, yeah. - Yeah, it is hard to see. 933 01:03:36,243 --> 01:03:37,827 I'm done. 934 01:03:48,964 --> 01:03:51,716 - Hey, Dad. - Hi, honey. 935 01:03:51,883 --> 01:03:53,885 - How are you? - I'm good. 936 01:03:54,052 --> 01:03:56,179 - Was it bumpy? - It was okay. 937 01:03:58,640 --> 01:04:01,309 So with this loss tonight, the Oakland Athletics… 938 01:04:01,476 --> 01:04:04,646 incredibly, have lost 14 of their last 17 games. 939 01:04:06,731 --> 01:04:09,818 They are 10 games back in the American League West. 940 01:04:09,985 --> 01:04:12,487 Is it fair to say the experiment has failed? 941 01:04:12,654 --> 01:04:14,990 Well, absolutely. It was predictable. 942 01:04:15,156 --> 01:04:18,118 You don't wish anybody a lack of success… 943 01:04:18,285 --> 01:04:21,705 - but the facts are in front of you. - You can't blame Art Howe. 944 01:04:21,871 --> 01:04:23,915 - No. - The fact of the matter is… 945 01:04:24,082 --> 01:04:27,127 this is not about statistics, this is about people. 946 01:04:27,294 --> 01:04:30,046 Art Howe is not the problem. 947 01:04:30,213 --> 01:04:32,882 The problem is in the general manager's office… 948 01:04:33,049 --> 01:04:34,134 with Billy Beane. 949 01:04:34,301 --> 01:04:36,886 The root of the problem for me is philosophical. 950 01:04:37,053 --> 01:04:39,306 I said it before. This is fantasy baseball. 951 01:04:39,806 --> 01:04:41,266 Billy is just not thinking. 952 01:04:41,433 --> 01:04:44,060 Start thinking about a new GM, making changes. 953 01:04:44,227 --> 01:04:45,645 He never goes to the games. 954 01:04:45,812 --> 01:04:50,233 - This was very predictable. - He needs to look at what's going on. 955 01:04:50,400 --> 01:04:53,862 - The man needs to get real. - I want Billy Beane gone. 956 01:04:54,029 --> 01:04:56,489 Calling for Beane's head. I want your thoughts. 957 01:04:56,656 --> 01:05:01,870 The past 18 games, they've been shut out or scored one run four times. 958 01:05:02,037 --> 01:05:03,747 They're just not scoring enough. 959 01:05:03,913 --> 01:05:07,083 It's not just the offense, not Thad Bosley and the hitters. 960 01:05:07,250 --> 01:05:11,546 It's everything. If there was one thing you could pick out, you'd try to fix it… 961 01:05:11,713 --> 01:05:17,052 but just everything is in a funk right now. 962 01:05:21,639 --> 01:05:24,225 What the hell am I doing? 963 01:05:26,603 --> 01:05:29,356 Oh, man. 964 01:05:29,522 --> 01:05:31,524 Look, Steve. 965 01:05:35,070 --> 01:05:37,197 I believe in what we're doing. 966 01:05:37,364 --> 01:05:40,241 The record doesn't reflect the strength of this team… 967 01:05:40,408 --> 01:05:43,119 or where we're gonna be at the end of the season. 968 01:05:43,286 --> 01:05:47,916 Now, Pete and I here feel very strongly that we stay on the track we've chosen. 969 01:05:48,083 --> 01:05:50,627 Our sample size has been too small. It's too… 970 01:05:50,794 --> 01:05:52,462 Early. It's still early. 971 01:05:53,129 --> 01:05:56,216 Where do we expect to be by the All-Star break? 972 01:05:57,384 --> 01:05:59,886 Our goal and our expectation… 973 01:06:00,053 --> 01:06:03,807 is by mid-July to be within seven games of first. 974 01:06:03,973 --> 01:06:05,433 That would be this working. 975 01:06:05,600 --> 01:06:08,103 - That keeps us in the hunt. - Exceptionally well. 976 01:06:08,645 --> 01:06:11,523 - By July. - July. 977 01:06:11,689 --> 01:06:15,568 And what's gonna prevent you from accomplishing that? 978 01:06:15,735 --> 01:06:17,404 What are you afraid of? 979 01:06:17,570 --> 01:06:20,490 Nothing. That's why we're here, Steve. 980 01:06:20,657 --> 01:06:23,993 That's why we get up in the morning. That's all we do. 981 01:06:43,555 --> 01:06:45,098 - More? - Yeah, a little more. 982 01:06:45,265 --> 01:06:48,726 - Don't tell your mother. - I won't. 983 01:06:49,477 --> 01:06:51,604 - Chocolate sauce? - Yes. 984 01:06:52,439 --> 01:06:53,857 Stop. 985 01:06:56,443 --> 01:06:59,404 - Big spoon or little spoon? - Little spoon. 986 01:07:00,780 --> 01:07:02,449 Thank you. 987 01:07:12,125 --> 01:07:15,253 Dad, there's no way you're gonna lose your job, right? 988 01:07:15,420 --> 01:07:16,880 What? 989 01:07:17,714 --> 01:07:21,092 - Well, I don't know. I'm just wondering. - Where'd you hear that? 990 01:07:21,259 --> 01:07:23,219 Well, I go on the Internet sometimes. 991 01:07:23,386 --> 01:07:26,556 Well, don't do that. Don't go on the Internet. 992 01:07:26,723 --> 01:07:29,559 Or watch TV or read newspapers… 993 01:07:30,351 --> 01:07:32,270 or talk to people. 994 01:07:32,437 --> 01:07:35,106 I don't talk to people. I just read stuff. 995 01:07:35,273 --> 01:07:37,901 Honey, everything's fine. Everything's fine. 996 01:07:38,651 --> 01:07:40,528 Really, you don't have to worry. 997 01:07:40,695 --> 01:07:44,073 But if you lose your job, will you have to move away? 998 01:07:44,824 --> 01:07:47,243 Honey, I'm not gonna lose my job. 999 01:07:48,661 --> 01:07:50,663 You don't have to worry. 1000 01:07:53,041 --> 01:07:55,418 - Okay. - Hey. 1001 01:07:56,002 --> 01:07:59,380 - There's no problem. - Okay. 1002 01:07:59,547 --> 01:08:02,884 All right? I got uptown problems, which are not problems at all. 1003 01:08:03,885 --> 01:08:05,261 You're not worried, right? 1004 01:08:05,428 --> 01:08:07,931 - No, I'm not worried. - Okay. 1005 01:08:15,230 --> 01:08:16,898 Peña. 1006 01:08:19,567 --> 01:08:21,194 Okay. 1007 01:08:33,998 --> 01:08:36,125 I want Dye in right… 1008 01:08:36,292 --> 01:08:39,128 Justice DH-ing, Peña on the bench… 1009 01:08:39,295 --> 01:08:41,089 Hatteberg at first… 1010 01:08:41,256 --> 01:08:44,300 and anyone but Mags first out of the pen. 1011 01:08:44,467 --> 01:08:46,386 You want Peña on the bench? 1012 01:08:46,553 --> 01:08:49,681 That's right. So you can play Hattie. 1013 01:08:49,847 --> 01:08:52,100 Peña is not only the best first baseman… 1014 01:08:52,267 --> 01:08:54,435 he's the only first baseman. 1015 01:08:54,602 --> 01:08:56,980 Hattie gets on base more than Peña. 1016 01:08:57,146 --> 01:08:59,649 - In fact, 20 percent more. - And his fielding? 1017 01:08:59,816 --> 01:09:02,485 His fielding does not matter. 1018 01:09:03,486 --> 01:09:05,738 - I've heard enough of this. - Have you? 1019 01:09:05,905 --> 01:09:07,490 And I… 1020 01:09:08,324 --> 01:09:11,327 I disagree with you, plain and simple. 1021 01:09:12,245 --> 01:09:14,414 And moreover, I'm playing my team… 1022 01:09:14,914 --> 01:09:18,585 in a way that I can explain in job interviews next winter. 1023 01:09:19,502 --> 01:09:21,170 Okay? 1024 01:09:26,175 --> 01:09:29,178 Hattie. Not Peña. 1025 01:09:33,516 --> 01:09:34,892 What's up, skip? 1026 01:09:35,059 --> 01:09:37,520 - How you doing? - Good, how you doing, man? 1027 01:09:37,687 --> 01:09:39,314 Get some sleep last night? 1028 01:09:41,441 --> 01:09:44,527 As the A's hit the field, we are ready for baseball. 1029 01:09:44,694 --> 01:09:48,031 First one out of the dugout is rookie sensation Carlos Peña… 1030 01:09:48,197 --> 01:09:53,161 one of the few bright lights in this lineup, taking his spot at first base. 1031 01:10:32,909 --> 01:10:36,496 Billy, quick question. Do you expect these guys to produce more or…? 1032 01:10:36,663 --> 01:10:38,956 - Not now. - What's the reason for the slump? 1033 01:10:57,266 --> 01:10:58,810 Get down. 1034 01:11:02,980 --> 01:11:04,941 Is losing fun? 1035 01:11:08,152 --> 01:11:11,280 - Is losing fun? - No. 1036 01:11:15,410 --> 01:11:17,620 What are you having fun for? 1037 01:11:43,020 --> 01:11:45,440 That's what losing sounds like. 1038 01:11:59,996 --> 01:12:01,414 Are you okay, Dad? 1039 01:12:02,165 --> 01:12:04,125 - You're doing it again. - What? 1040 01:12:04,292 --> 01:12:06,586 You're worrying about me. 1041 01:12:06,794 --> 01:12:08,629 You're in last place, Dad. 1042 01:12:08,796 --> 01:12:11,174 - Do I look worried? - Yeah. 1043 01:12:11,340 --> 01:12:15,303 Because you're getting on an airplane, and those things crash all the time. 1044 01:12:15,470 --> 01:12:17,889 Please stop worrying about your dad. 1045 01:12:20,183 --> 01:12:21,809 - We're all set. - Okay. 1046 01:12:23,686 --> 01:12:25,855 - I love you. - Love you too. 1047 01:12:26,314 --> 01:12:29,192 All right. Your dad's not in trouble. 1048 01:12:30,234 --> 01:12:32,195 Okay. 1049 01:13:11,108 --> 01:13:12,902 Yeah. 1050 01:13:18,908 --> 01:13:21,077 - Suzanne, get me Ed Wade. - Okay. 1051 01:13:21,244 --> 01:13:22,954 - Coffee on? - Yes. 1052 01:13:23,120 --> 01:13:25,748 - Good morning. - Good morning, Billy. 1053 01:13:29,335 --> 01:13:31,170 Oh, hi, Louisa. 1054 01:13:31,337 --> 01:13:34,257 - I need Ed Wade for Billy Beane. - Hi. 1055 01:13:35,424 --> 01:13:36,467 Please hold. 1056 01:13:36,634 --> 01:13:39,262 - What's up? - Wade's on 2. 1057 01:13:39,428 --> 01:13:40,888 - Ed? - Hello? 1058 01:13:41,055 --> 01:13:43,474 - Ed, it's Billy. - Billy, what's up? 1059 01:13:43,641 --> 01:13:46,644 - Look, I need a little help on defense. - Okay. 1060 01:13:46,811 --> 01:13:49,397 I'm willing to trade Jeremy Giambi for it. 1061 01:13:50,106 --> 01:13:51,566 - Really? - What? 1062 01:13:52,441 --> 01:13:53,860 - Who you got? - What? 1063 01:13:54,026 --> 01:13:57,196 - Well, let me think. - What are you doing? 1064 01:13:57,363 --> 01:13:58,614 Cleaning house. 1065 01:13:58,781 --> 01:14:00,741 - Mabry? - Maybe what? 1066 01:14:00,908 --> 01:14:03,953 - No, Mabry. - Hold on. 1067 01:14:04,120 --> 01:14:05,955 - No. - Why not? 1068 01:14:06,122 --> 01:14:08,291 Because you can't trade Jeremy Giambi. 1069 01:14:09,542 --> 01:14:11,043 He'll be fine, Ed. 1070 01:14:11,210 --> 01:14:13,796 Why do I get the feeling you're picking my pocket? 1071 01:14:13,963 --> 01:14:17,300 I'm not. You're picking mine. Giambi's name alone is worth more. 1072 01:14:17,466 --> 01:14:19,677 - What's wrong with him? - Nothing. 1073 01:14:19,844 --> 01:14:23,347 Can we say it's done in theory and start drawing up the paperwork? 1074 01:14:23,514 --> 01:14:25,766 - Okay, but you're gonna have— - Great. 1075 01:14:25,933 --> 01:14:27,643 He was gonna say something else. 1076 01:14:27,810 --> 01:14:30,396 When you get the answer you're looking for, hang up. 1077 01:14:30,563 --> 01:14:31,606 - Suzanne. - Yes? 1078 01:14:31,772 --> 01:14:34,233 - David Dombrowski. - Okay. 1079 01:14:34,400 --> 01:14:37,361 - And Peña's going too. - I don't think you should do that. 1080 01:14:37,528 --> 01:14:41,991 - I really don't think you should do that. - I want Hatteberg in the lineup tonight. 1081 01:14:42,158 --> 01:14:43,534 You need to take a minute. 1082 01:14:43,701 --> 01:14:46,829 I think you seriously need to think about what you're doing. 1083 01:14:46,996 --> 01:14:49,498 - Because you're upset. - Okay. 1084 01:14:49,999 --> 01:14:51,834 What am I missing? 1085 01:14:52,501 --> 01:14:54,837 These are hard moves to explain to people. 1086 01:14:55,713 --> 01:14:57,340 Why is that a problem, Pete? 1087 01:15:00,134 --> 01:15:02,345 Don't make an emotional decision, Billy. 1088 01:15:02,511 --> 01:15:06,891 - David Dombrowski's on 3. - Look, we're gonna shake things up. 1089 01:15:07,058 --> 01:15:10,102 Dave. Peña's going on the block. You're my first call. 1090 01:15:11,103 --> 01:15:13,898 Because he's making the rest of the team look bad. 1091 01:15:14,857 --> 01:15:16,692 He's gonna be a Rookie of the Year. 1092 01:15:16,859 --> 01:15:20,029 - Probably an All-Star. - He's an All-Star, Dave. 1093 01:15:20,905 --> 01:15:23,699 No. I want a reliever and cash. 1094 01:15:24,200 --> 01:15:27,870 Okay. You got five minutes, Dave. I'm not waiting. 1095 01:15:28,579 --> 01:15:32,375 Billy, Peña is an All-Star, okay? 1096 01:15:32,541 --> 01:15:36,587 And if you dump him and this Hatteberg thing doesn't work out… 1097 01:15:36,754 --> 01:15:38,464 you know this is… 1098 01:15:38,631 --> 01:15:41,717 This is the kind of decision that gets you fired. 1099 01:15:41,884 --> 01:15:43,469 It is. 1100 01:15:44,011 --> 01:15:46,055 Yes, you're right. 1101 01:15:46,514 --> 01:15:48,808 I may lose my job. 1102 01:15:48,975 --> 01:15:52,395 In which case I'm a 44-year-old guy with a high school diploma… 1103 01:15:52,561 --> 01:15:55,856 and a daughter I'd like to be able to send to college. 1104 01:15:56,357 --> 01:15:59,402 You're 25 years old, with a degree from Yale… 1105 01:15:59,568 --> 01:16:02,154 and a pretty impressive apprenticeship. 1106 01:16:02,989 --> 01:16:05,741 I don't think we're asking the right question. 1107 01:16:06,242 --> 01:16:09,245 I think the question we should be asking is… 1108 01:16:09,412 --> 01:16:12,081 do you believe in this thing or not? 1109 01:16:13,916 --> 01:16:15,501 I do. 1110 01:16:18,546 --> 01:16:21,590 It's a problem you think we need to explain ourselves. 1111 01:16:21,757 --> 01:16:24,969 Don't. To anyone. 1112 01:16:28,347 --> 01:16:29,807 Okay. 1113 01:16:32,351 --> 01:16:35,813 Now, I'm gonna see this thing through, for better or worse. 1114 01:16:39,275 --> 01:16:44,113 Just tell me, do you project we'll win more with Hatteberg or Peña at first? 1115 01:16:44,697 --> 01:16:47,116 It's close… 1116 01:16:47,950 --> 01:16:50,369 but theoretically, Hatteberg. 1117 01:16:51,245 --> 01:16:56,250 - What are we talking about, then? - Dombrowski's on again, on 3. 1118 01:16:58,586 --> 01:17:00,004 Yeah? 1119 01:17:00,713 --> 01:17:02,631 Okay, that'll work. 1120 01:17:03,299 --> 01:17:05,551 Great. I need one more thing. 1121 01:17:05,718 --> 01:17:08,971 Soda. Yeah, I don't want my guys paying for soda. 1122 01:17:09,138 --> 01:17:11,807 I want you to stock my machine for three years. 1123 01:17:11,974 --> 01:17:13,476 I'm serious. 1124 01:17:14,477 --> 01:17:16,479 Great. It's a deal. 1125 01:17:17,605 --> 01:17:19,565 Go tell Peña he's gotta pack. 1126 01:17:21,067 --> 01:17:24,278 - You want me to tell Peña? - Part of the job. 1127 01:17:26,781 --> 01:17:29,200 What about Giambi? You want me to tell him too? 1128 01:17:29,366 --> 01:17:31,327 I'll tell him. 1129 01:17:38,292 --> 01:17:39,877 - Excuse me, Carlos? - Yeah? 1130 01:17:40,044 --> 01:17:42,004 - Can I speak with you a minute? - Yeah. 1131 01:17:50,763 --> 01:17:53,349 Carlos, you've been traded to the Tigers. 1132 01:17:56,852 --> 01:17:58,854 This is Jay Palmer's number. 1133 01:17:59,021 --> 01:18:01,565 He's the traveling secretary for the team. 1134 01:18:01,732 --> 01:18:04,777 He's expecting your call. He'll take care of everything. 1135 01:18:14,036 --> 01:18:16,539 - Is that it? - Yes. 1136 01:18:23,838 --> 01:18:25,256 Okay. 1137 01:18:37,601 --> 01:18:39,061 Okay. 1138 01:18:41,647 --> 01:18:42,857 Art, you got a minute? 1139 01:18:46,110 --> 01:18:49,155 Yeah. Take a seat. 1140 01:18:52,575 --> 01:18:56,912 You can't start Peña at first tonight. You'll have to start Hatteberg. 1141 01:18:57,746 --> 01:19:02,751 I don't wanna go 15 rounds, Billy. The lineup card is mine, and that's all. 1142 01:19:02,918 --> 01:19:04,920 That lineup card is definitely yours. 1143 01:19:05,087 --> 01:19:07,673 I'm just saying you can't start Peña at first. 1144 01:19:10,759 --> 01:19:12,928 Well, I am starting him at first. 1145 01:19:13,095 --> 01:19:17,057 I don't think so. He plays for Detroit now. 1146 01:19:20,978 --> 01:19:23,147 You traded Peña? 1147 01:19:24,315 --> 01:19:25,858 Yeah. 1148 01:19:26,025 --> 01:19:30,446 And Menechino, Hiljus, Tam are all being sent down. 1149 01:19:30,613 --> 01:19:34,909 - You are outside your mind. - Yeah. Cuckoo. 1150 01:19:36,702 --> 01:19:39,496 - You wanted to see me? - Yeah, Jeremy, grab a seat. 1151 01:19:43,083 --> 01:19:45,586 Jeremy, you've been traded to the Phillies. 1152 01:19:45,753 --> 01:19:48,380 This is Ed Wade's number. He's a good guy, the GM. 1153 01:19:48,547 --> 01:19:50,883 He's expecting your call. 1154 01:19:51,050 --> 01:19:53,886 Buddy will help you with the plane flight. 1155 01:19:55,221 --> 01:19:57,932 You're a good ballplayer, Jeremy… 1156 01:19:58,098 --> 01:20:00,643 and we wish you the best. 1157 01:20:17,159 --> 01:20:19,245 Jeremy's gone too. 1158 01:20:21,205 --> 01:20:23,332 You're killing this team. 1159 01:20:23,499 --> 01:20:27,169 Art, I can do this all day long. 1160 01:20:33,300 --> 01:20:34,677 Hey. 1161 01:20:35,636 --> 01:20:37,680 You agree with this? 1162 01:20:39,056 --> 01:20:40,766 Hundred percent. 1163 01:20:42,309 --> 01:20:43,852 You want this door closed? 1164 01:20:56,407 --> 01:20:58,867 - Scotty H. - Sir? 1165 01:20:59,868 --> 01:21:03,539 - Go field some grounders. - Yes, sir. 1166 01:21:03,706 --> 01:21:05,541 Everybody, listen up. 1167 01:21:08,544 --> 01:21:11,297 You may not look like a winning team… 1168 01:21:14,550 --> 01:21:16,635 but you are one. 1169 01:21:23,934 --> 01:21:25,978 So play like one tonight. 1170 01:21:34,611 --> 01:21:36,822 Oh, shit. 1171 01:21:39,908 --> 01:21:43,078 When you're getting your pitch, you're hitting.625, massive. 1172 01:21:43,245 --> 01:21:45,080 You're crushing the ball. 1173 01:21:45,247 --> 01:21:48,125 But when you swing at things… Your pitch is middle-in. 1174 01:21:48,292 --> 01:21:51,170 When you're swinging low and away, you're batting. 158. 1175 01:21:51,337 --> 01:21:53,422 Every at bat's like a hand of blackjack. 1176 01:21:53,589 --> 01:21:55,924 Every card that's dealt, your odds change. 1177 01:21:56,091 --> 01:22:00,429 So every first-pitch strike, your batting average goes down about 75 points. 1178 01:22:00,596 --> 01:22:01,764 Seventy-five points. 1179 01:22:01,930 --> 01:22:04,183 He should throw 100 pitches before the fifth. 1180 01:22:04,350 --> 01:22:06,101 You wanna knock that starter out. 1181 01:22:06,268 --> 01:22:09,772 I want you taking at bats off the 10th and 11 Th pitcher by the end. 1182 01:22:09,938 --> 01:22:12,358 This is your basic breakdown of the pitches… 1183 01:22:12,524 --> 01:22:14,735 where you should be hitting them, why. 1184 01:22:14,902 --> 01:22:18,447 - So you want us to walk more? - Good question. Yes. 1185 01:22:19,865 --> 01:22:21,950 Mr. Justice. 1186 01:22:22,117 --> 01:22:24,078 - Had a few thoughts. - Yeah? 1187 01:22:24,244 --> 01:22:26,622 - Yeah. - Gonna teach me some things? 1188 01:22:27,081 --> 01:22:28,791 Excuse me? 1189 01:22:30,334 --> 01:22:32,628 Never seen a GM talk to players like that. 1190 01:22:32,795 --> 01:22:35,464 You never seen a GM who was a player. 1191 01:22:41,762 --> 01:22:44,556 - We got a problem, David? - No, it's okay. 1192 01:22:44,723 --> 01:22:46,934 I know your routine. 1193 01:22:47,101 --> 01:22:50,354 It's patter. It's for effect. 1194 01:22:51,647 --> 01:22:55,818 But it's for them, all right? That shit ain't for me. 1195 01:22:56,318 --> 01:22:58,070 Oh, you're special? 1196 01:23:00,489 --> 01:23:05,119 You're paying me 7 million bucks a year, man, so, yeah… 1197 01:23:05,285 --> 01:23:07,621 maybe I am, a little bit. 1198 01:23:07,788 --> 01:23:10,749 No, man, I ain't paying you 7. 1199 01:23:11,458 --> 01:23:13,335 Yankees are paying half your salary. 1200 01:23:13,502 --> 01:23:16,338 That's what the New York Yankees think of you. 1201 01:23:17,172 --> 01:23:21,510 They're paying you $3.5 million to play against them. 1202 01:23:22,803 --> 01:23:24,972 Where you going with this, Billy? 1203 01:23:25,764 --> 01:23:28,100 David, you're 37. 1204 01:23:28,267 --> 01:23:32,020 How about you and I be honest about what each of us want out of this? 1205 01:23:33,647 --> 01:23:37,025 I wanna milk the last ounce of baseball you got in you. 1206 01:23:37,192 --> 01:23:39,486 And you wanna stay in the show. 1207 01:23:40,028 --> 01:23:41,989 Let's do that. 1208 01:23:42,865 --> 01:23:45,451 I'm not paying you for the player you used to be. 1209 01:23:45,617 --> 01:23:48,620 I'm paying you for the player you are right now. 1210 01:23:48,787 --> 01:23:52,207 You're smart. You get what we're trying to do here. 1211 01:23:52,374 --> 01:23:55,210 Make an example for the younger guys. 1212 01:23:55,377 --> 01:23:57,171 Be a leader. 1213 01:23:57,838 --> 01:23:59,506 Can you do that? 1214 01:24:06,597 --> 01:24:09,558 All right. I got you. 1215 01:24:12,019 --> 01:24:13,729 We're cool? 1216 01:24:15,814 --> 01:24:17,274 We're cool. 1217 01:24:22,571 --> 01:24:23,780 Scotty H. 1218 01:24:23,947 --> 01:24:26,783 - Yo, what's up, D.J.? - Picking machine. 1219 01:24:27,242 --> 01:24:29,661 How you liking first base, man? 1220 01:24:30,954 --> 01:24:34,166 It's coming along. Picking it up. 1221 01:24:34,333 --> 01:24:38,462 You know, tough transition, but I'm starting to feel better with it. 1222 01:24:38,629 --> 01:24:40,672 - Yeah? - Yeah. 1223 01:24:40,839 --> 01:24:42,758 What's your biggest fear? 1224 01:24:43,383 --> 01:24:46,094 A baseball being hit in my general direction. 1225 01:24:48,180 --> 01:24:51,308 That's funny. Seriously, what is it? 1226 01:24:54,770 --> 01:24:57,105 No, seriously, that is. 1227 01:25:07,866 --> 01:25:10,202 Well, hey, good luck with that. 1228 01:25:10,369 --> 01:25:12,538 Be social out there. 1229 01:25:13,455 --> 01:25:15,999 - Social. - Social. Like a greeter at the Gap. 1230 01:25:16,166 --> 01:25:18,252 Guy steps into your office, chat him up. 1231 01:25:18,418 --> 01:25:21,088 You're well-read. You went to school. 1232 01:25:21,255 --> 01:25:23,423 - Yeah. - Have some fun. Relax. 1233 01:25:23,590 --> 01:25:26,468 Everyone wants to attack. Quit trying to attack. 1234 01:25:26,635 --> 01:25:29,888 Let the game come to you, man. There's no clock on this thing. 1235 01:25:30,055 --> 01:25:31,473 This is a war of attrition. 1236 01:25:31,640 --> 01:25:36,061 If I take more, I could even take a few strikes, but I'll get walked more. 1237 01:25:36,228 --> 01:25:39,982 You get on base, we win. You don't, we lose. 1238 01:25:40,148 --> 01:25:43,485 And I hate losing, Chavvie. I hate it. 1239 01:25:43,652 --> 01:25:46,238 I hate losing more than I even wanna win. 1240 01:25:46,405 --> 01:25:47,739 And there's a difference. 1241 01:25:47,906 --> 01:25:49,408 - No bunts. - Bunts is an out. 1242 01:25:49,575 --> 01:25:52,828 - Even if the third baseman is back? - No bunting whatsoever. 1243 01:25:52,995 --> 01:25:55,747 If someone bunts on us, throw it to first. 1244 01:25:55,914 --> 01:25:57,666 Don't be a hero and go to second. 1245 01:25:57,833 --> 01:25:59,251 Let them make the mistakes. 1246 01:25:59,418 --> 01:26:02,337 When your enemy's making mistakes, don't interrupt them. 1247 01:26:02,504 --> 01:26:05,048 They're giving you an out. Just giving it to you. 1248 01:26:05,215 --> 01:26:06,508 Take it. Say thank you. 1249 01:26:06,675 --> 01:26:08,677 Another thing. No more stealing. 1250 01:26:08,844 --> 01:26:10,887 That's what I do, what you pay me to do. 1251 01:26:11,054 --> 01:26:14,016 I pay you to get on first, not get thrown out at second. 1252 01:26:14,182 --> 01:26:19,146 This is a process. It's a process, it's a process. Okay? 1253 01:26:31,491 --> 01:26:35,370 Jason takes it, goes to second for the only out, and the A's get a run. 1254 01:26:36,997 --> 01:26:41,084 Jermaine Dye homers again, his second in two games. 1255 01:26:42,586 --> 01:26:45,714 And the A's are still hanging in. We'll get you scores here. 1256 01:26:45,881 --> 01:26:50,344 The A's pull within two of the Angels for the wild-card chase. 1257 01:26:50,510 --> 01:26:52,679 The Reds have now dropped five in a row… 1258 01:26:52,846 --> 01:26:56,224 as Oakland beats them in the beginning of this series 5 to 3. 1259 01:26:56,391 --> 01:26:57,726 Tejada walks. 1260 01:26:57,893 --> 01:26:59,227 Ball four. 1261 01:26:59,394 --> 01:27:02,272 Ball four and Hatteberg walks. 1262 01:27:03,815 --> 01:27:07,319 What is happening in Oakland? The A's have won seven in a row. 1263 01:27:07,486 --> 01:27:09,738 A lot of excitement. What a winning streak. 1264 01:27:09,905 --> 01:27:12,741 But how about the calming influence of Art Howe? 1265 01:27:12,908 --> 01:27:16,536 When you say "your source," if it's not me or Peter, they don't know. 1266 01:27:16,703 --> 01:27:18,413 He's managing an unorthodox team. 1267 01:27:18,580 --> 01:27:20,374 - Right. - It's not a perfect roster. 1268 01:27:20,540 --> 01:27:23,835 But right now, Art Howe is the reason this team is winning. 1269 01:27:24,002 --> 01:27:26,588 - He deserves the credit. - Great, thanks. Bye. 1270 01:27:26,755 --> 01:27:28,298 Did you hear that? 1271 01:27:28,465 --> 01:27:31,426 I heard "seven in a row." You get the Cleveland matchups? 1272 01:27:31,593 --> 01:27:33,512 Yeah, right here. 1273 01:27:41,269 --> 01:27:42,729 - Voos. - Billy. 1274 01:27:42,896 --> 01:27:46,149 - That smell is getting worse. - I'm on it. 1275 01:27:46,900 --> 01:27:49,069 - What are we doing? - Splitting it in half? 1276 01:27:49,236 --> 01:27:51,071 - Both sides of the plate. - Got it. 1277 01:27:51,780 --> 01:27:53,949 - Huddy. Mix it up. - Yes, sir. 1278 01:27:54,116 --> 01:27:56,284 - Trust your slider, yeah? - Yes, sir. 1279 01:27:56,451 --> 01:27:58,453 You guys quit distracting him. 1280 01:27:58,620 --> 01:28:01,331 You couldn't hit that shit last night with a paddle. 1281 01:28:01,498 --> 01:28:03,333 You gotta see more pitches. 1282 01:28:03,500 --> 01:28:06,002 - All right, Billy. - Patience. 1283 01:28:09,798 --> 01:28:11,425 - Hey, David. - Hey, Billy. 1284 01:28:11,591 --> 01:28:12,968 - Great at bats. - Thank you. 1285 01:28:13,135 --> 01:28:14,678 - Really quality. - Thank you. 1286 01:28:14,845 --> 01:28:17,556 Base hit to right field. Tejada scores. 1287 01:28:17,723 --> 01:28:20,600 Chavez coming in. The ball gets past Guiel. 1288 01:28:21,518 --> 01:28:25,647 The A's, from 5-nothing down, now lead 6 to 5. 1289 01:28:35,657 --> 01:28:38,660 The Oakland A's are completely out of hand at the moment. 1290 01:28:38,827 --> 01:28:41,496 They are an AL-best 17 and 4 this month. 1291 01:28:41,663 --> 01:28:45,459 They also took back-to-back series at Boston and at New York. 1292 01:28:45,625 --> 01:28:48,253 Remember when they traded Jeremy Giambi in June… 1293 01:28:48,420 --> 01:28:50,756 and everyone thought they'd just given up? 1294 01:28:50,922 --> 01:28:53,592 Actually, not so much. 1295 01:28:58,346 --> 01:29:00,182 Suzanne, get Shapiro on the phone. 1296 01:29:00,682 --> 01:29:03,852 - You thinking Rincon? - His season's done. He's lost faith. 1297 01:29:04,019 --> 01:29:07,022 - I think he's gonna dump him. - Hard-core. 1298 01:29:07,189 --> 01:29:09,483 Shapiro on 2. 1299 01:29:11,026 --> 01:29:12,819 Mark, Billy. Let's be honest. 1300 01:29:12,986 --> 01:29:16,364 A premier setup man isn't gonna get you closer to the play-offs. 1301 01:29:16,531 --> 01:29:20,619 - Are you referring to Rincon? - He's a luxury you can't afford, man. 1302 01:29:20,786 --> 01:29:23,497 And you can? There's half a million on his contract. 1303 01:29:23,663 --> 01:29:25,707 And we've got at least one other suitor. 1304 01:29:25,874 --> 01:29:28,585 By "at least one," you mean one. 1305 01:29:28,752 --> 01:29:31,213 - Who is it? - I'd rather not say. 1306 01:29:31,379 --> 01:29:33,715 - San Francisco. - San Francisco. 1307 01:29:33,882 --> 01:29:35,383 I'll call you back. 1308 01:29:37,177 --> 01:29:39,346 What do you think we can get for Magnante? 1309 01:29:39,513 --> 01:29:40,764 Nothing. 1310 01:29:41,681 --> 01:29:44,726 - What's left on Venafro's contract? - Two seventy-five. 1311 01:29:45,560 --> 01:29:47,354 Suzanne, get me Sabean on the line. 1312 01:29:47,521 --> 01:29:51,608 Get the Giants interested in Venafro, Mark's only got one buyer for Rincon. 1313 01:29:51,775 --> 01:29:53,235 - Us. - On 3. 1314 01:29:55,278 --> 01:29:58,740 Saby-Sabster, it's Billy. What do you think of Venafro? 1315 01:29:58,907 --> 01:30:01,076 I can let you have him for almost nothing. 1316 01:30:01,243 --> 01:30:03,829 - Why would you do that? - Because I'm amazing. 1317 01:30:03,995 --> 01:30:05,997 I want a couple bucks and a sweetener. 1318 01:30:06,414 --> 01:30:08,250 Throw in, say… 1319 01:30:08,416 --> 01:30:10,585 - Anderson. - Anderson. 1320 01:30:10,752 --> 01:30:13,713 - I like Anderson. - No, you don't. Nobody likes him. 1321 01:30:13,880 --> 01:30:16,424 I don't know why I'm doing this. But let's do it. 1322 01:30:16,591 --> 01:30:19,511 Venafro for Michaelson. Anderson. I don't know his name. 1323 01:30:19,678 --> 01:30:22,556 - I'll think about it. - Think about it and call me back. 1324 01:30:23,098 --> 01:30:25,100 Get Shapiro on. 1325 01:30:33,024 --> 01:30:35,277 Shapiro's on 2. 1326 01:30:37,320 --> 01:30:39,281 - Mark. - You can't afford him, Billy. 1327 01:30:39,447 --> 01:30:40,532 You sure about that? 1328 01:30:40,699 --> 01:30:43,910 I get the impression the market for Rincon is softening. 1329 01:30:44,077 --> 01:30:46,872 I could be wrong, but I'd call whoever's interested… 1330 01:30:47,038 --> 01:30:50,542 and see if they're still interested. Call me back. 1331 01:30:51,418 --> 01:30:54,796 - What about the Mets for Venafro? - You offered him to the Giants. 1332 01:30:54,963 --> 01:30:56,631 Suzanne, Steve Phillips. 1333 01:30:56,798 --> 01:31:01,636 Between Bonds, Kent, Nen, Snow, San Francisco's never gonna do it. 1334 01:31:02,053 --> 01:31:05,807 - Totally agree. - We just need them to cool on Rincon. 1335 01:31:05,974 --> 01:31:09,102 - Phillips on 2. - Steve-o, it's Billy. 1336 01:31:09,269 --> 01:31:12,981 I hear you're looking for a reliever. I can give you Venafro. 1337 01:31:13,148 --> 01:31:15,650 - I can make it quick and easy. - What's the angle? 1338 01:31:15,817 --> 01:31:18,820 - No angle. - Who am I getting fleeced for? 1339 01:31:19,487 --> 01:31:22,866 - Hang on a sec. - Bennett, maybe? 1340 01:31:23,033 --> 01:31:24,409 - How old? - Twenty-six. 1341 01:31:24,576 --> 01:31:26,661 Twenty-six, Double-A? Forget it. 1342 01:31:26,828 --> 01:31:28,914 Duncan, no. 1343 01:31:30,707 --> 01:31:32,459 No. Furbush, no. 1344 01:31:35,128 --> 01:31:38,840 Eckerton? Eckerton? Eckerton. 1345 01:31:39,966 --> 01:31:41,927 - Eckerton. - Eckerton? I like Eckerton. 1346 01:31:42,093 --> 01:31:45,347 - You don't even know who Eckerton is. - Is Venafro hurt? 1347 01:31:45,513 --> 01:31:48,850 No, he's fine, he's fine. It's just an issue for us. 1348 01:31:49,017 --> 01:31:51,686 - Last couple times, he got hammered. - Not his fault. 1349 01:31:51,853 --> 01:31:54,022 - That was us. We misused him. - It's Steve. 1350 01:31:54,189 --> 01:31:56,191 - I'm almost done. - Steve Schott. 1351 01:31:56,608 --> 01:31:59,569 Look, Steve-o, let me be straight with you. 1352 01:31:59,736 --> 01:32:02,530 Here's the deal. I'm getting Rincon. It's a done deal. 1353 01:32:02,697 --> 01:32:05,784 - I heard the Giants— - Giants want Venafro for Michaelson. 1354 01:32:05,951 --> 01:32:07,869 - Anderson. - I'd rather deal with you. 1355 01:32:08,036 --> 01:32:11,039 You can give me Eckerton and $225,000 in cash… 1356 01:32:11,206 --> 01:32:13,249 and the Giants can't. 1357 01:32:14,084 --> 01:32:16,127 - I'll think about it. - Think about it. 1358 01:32:16,294 --> 01:32:18,672 But whoever calls me back first gets Venafro. 1359 01:32:21,091 --> 01:32:22,300 Schott hung up. 1360 01:32:23,760 --> 01:32:27,055 Oh, I want this one. 1361 01:32:35,063 --> 01:32:37,399 Why isn't anybody calling? 1362 01:32:40,193 --> 01:32:42,404 Shapiro's on 2. 1363 01:32:43,780 --> 01:32:45,198 Yeah? 1364 01:32:49,369 --> 01:32:51,997 Okay, let me talk to my owner. I'll call you back. 1365 01:32:52,163 --> 01:32:54,874 - Get Steve on the phone. - Schott or Phillips? 1366 01:32:55,041 --> 01:32:57,919 Why would we call Phillips? Phillips has gotta call us. 1367 01:33:01,756 --> 01:33:03,508 Tell him I'm on the other line. 1368 01:33:07,262 --> 01:33:10,932 Hi, Mr. Schott, it's Peter Brand. I apologize for putting you on hold. 1369 01:33:11,099 --> 01:33:15,895 - Billy asked me to call you back. - Tell him we want 225,000 for Rincon. 1370 01:33:16,062 --> 01:33:21,109 Billy says he needs $225,000 for Ricardo Rincon. 1371 01:33:21,651 --> 01:33:23,278 Please. 1372 01:33:24,779 --> 01:33:28,074 Yes, I added the "please" at the end. 1373 01:33:29,451 --> 01:33:32,704 Okay. Let me… Hold on one second, please. 1374 01:33:33,496 --> 01:33:35,498 Tell him I'll pay for him. 1375 01:33:35,665 --> 01:33:40,003 But when I sell him back for twice the amount next year, I keep the money. 1376 01:33:41,963 --> 01:33:44,966 Okay, so Billy says he'll pay for Rincon himself. 1377 01:33:45,133 --> 01:33:49,429 But when he sells him for more money next year, he's keeping the profit. 1378 01:33:59,355 --> 01:34:02,067 Thank you very much. We'll call you back. Thank you. 1379 01:34:02,233 --> 01:34:04,861 Come on. Come on. 1380 01:34:09,991 --> 01:34:13,828 Suzanne, call Shapiro Ba… Never mind, I got him right here. 1381 01:34:16,623 --> 01:34:18,416 Mark. Yeah. 1382 01:34:18,583 --> 01:34:21,503 Listen, I don't want Rincon pitching against me tonight. 1383 01:34:21,669 --> 01:34:25,173 Tell him to change clothes and send him over. I got you the money. 1384 01:34:25,340 --> 01:34:26,758 Yup. 1385 01:34:26,925 --> 01:34:28,343 Great. 1386 01:34:32,514 --> 01:34:36,518 I don't wanna dampen the mood at all, but since we picked up Rincon… 1387 01:34:36,684 --> 01:34:38,937 We gotta send someone down. 1388 01:34:45,652 --> 01:34:48,696 - Mags. - Hey, Billy. 1389 01:34:51,658 --> 01:34:53,535 I know I've been struggling lately. 1390 01:34:53,701 --> 01:34:57,455 But second half of the season, definitely turn it around. Ricky and I… 1391 01:34:57,622 --> 01:35:01,543 Mike, I need you to stop getting dressed. 1392 01:35:04,087 --> 01:35:05,713 Traded? 1393 01:35:16,558 --> 01:35:18,977 I'm sorry for the crap news. 1394 01:35:19,727 --> 01:35:21,688 I know it hurts. 1395 01:35:31,906 --> 01:35:34,742 Mike, I can't have 26 guys in the clubhouse. 1396 01:35:34,909 --> 01:35:37,871 I get it. I get it. 1397 01:35:39,080 --> 01:35:42,292 Okay. Thanks. 1398 01:35:56,556 --> 01:35:58,641 Hey, Ricardo. 1399 01:36:00,059 --> 01:36:02,687 This must be a bit of a shock, I guess. 1400 01:36:03,271 --> 01:36:05,607 Mabry hits one deep to right-center field. 1401 01:36:05,773 --> 01:36:07,775 Racing back, Fick can't get it. 1402 01:36:07,942 --> 01:36:11,571 It bounces to the wall. One run is in. Two runs are in. 1403 01:36:11,988 --> 01:36:15,283 Mabry, on one pitch, has shot the A's in front. 1404 01:36:16,659 --> 01:36:19,787 Strike three called. Twelve straight wins for the Athletics. 1405 01:36:19,954 --> 01:36:21,372 Man alive, was it hairy. 1406 01:36:21,539 --> 01:36:23,958 Something strange is now happening in Oakland. 1407 01:36:24,125 --> 01:36:26,544 - You cannot argue that point. - Twelve straight. 1408 01:36:26,711 --> 01:36:29,631 They're making a joke out of the American League. 1409 01:36:29,797 --> 01:36:32,383 - They were in Detroit today… - He throws to first. 1410 01:36:32,550 --> 01:36:36,095 And that's the sound of 14 straight victories. 1411 01:36:36,262 --> 01:36:38,306 Fourteen, the longest run this year. 1412 01:36:38,473 --> 01:36:41,142 It has slingshot the A's into first in the AL West. 1413 01:36:41,309 --> 01:36:43,561 - A nice streak. - This team was written off. 1414 01:36:43,728 --> 01:36:47,190 How do you explain, otherwise, the victories they've come up with? 1415 01:36:47,357 --> 01:36:50,902 The Oakland A's are gonna win 16 consecutive games. 1416 01:36:51,945 --> 01:36:56,783 This is the longest win streak in baseball, folks, in 25 years. 1417 01:36:58,826 --> 01:37:02,747 - The A's have won 16 in a row. - We're going to 20! We're going to 20! 1418 01:37:02,914 --> 01:37:07,168 To have a winning streak of this duration, you have to be good… 1419 01:37:07,335 --> 01:37:10,255 but there's an element of randomness to it. 1420 01:37:10,421 --> 01:37:12,632 The 1927 Yankees, Ruth, Gehrig… 1421 01:37:12,799 --> 01:37:15,927 Murderers' Row, some people still say the best team ever. 1422 01:37:16,094 --> 01:37:19,639 Longest winning streak for them that year? Nine. 1423 01:37:19,806 --> 01:37:22,809 You guys try to analyze it from a numbers standpoint. 1424 01:37:22,976 --> 01:37:27,021 I'm telling you, there is no explanation for what's occurring right now. 1425 01:37:27,188 --> 01:37:29,023 Do you have superstitions going on? 1426 01:37:29,190 --> 01:37:31,567 Do you do things so you keep the streak alive? 1427 01:37:31,734 --> 01:37:35,280 The all-time record of 20 does not seem impossible anymore. 1428 01:37:35,446 --> 01:37:37,782 The A's were on page one of the New York Times. 1429 01:37:37,949 --> 01:37:41,327 They are the story in sports in this entire country. 1430 01:37:41,494 --> 01:37:42,870 Two-two pitch, here it is. 1431 01:37:43,037 --> 01:37:46,708 Swing and a miss! Struck him out! Number 17! 1432 01:37:48,376 --> 01:37:50,211 It's taken 71 years. 1433 01:37:50,378 --> 01:37:53,298 The Oakland A's have tied the Philadelphia A's. 1434 01:37:53,464 --> 01:37:57,385 The all-time franchise record 17 straight… 1435 01:37:57,552 --> 01:38:02,807 and baseball's longest winning streak since 1953. 1436 01:38:02,974 --> 01:38:06,894 The A's are two wins away from tying the American League record. 1437 01:38:07,061 --> 01:38:12,734 It's gone! It's gone! Tejada wins it! Do you believe it? 1438 01:38:13,234 --> 01:38:15,403 Eighteen wins in a row! 1439 01:38:15,570 --> 01:38:18,489 You could replay these 18 games a hundred times over. 1440 01:38:18,656 --> 01:38:20,575 And nobody wins 18 straight again. 1441 01:38:20,742 --> 01:38:23,286 It defies everything we know about baseball. 1442 01:38:24,829 --> 01:38:27,081 The most amazing thing you could imagine… 1443 01:38:27,248 --> 01:38:30,209 happened over the last four days at the Coliseum. 1444 01:38:30,376 --> 01:38:35,923 Tejada, up the middle. The A's have won 19 in a row! 1445 01:38:36,841 --> 01:38:39,427 The 1906 White Sox… 1446 01:38:39,594 --> 01:38:43,598 the 1947 New York Yankees have company. 1447 01:38:44,849 --> 01:38:49,437 - Nineteen in a row. - The A's have a date with destiny. 1448 01:38:49,604 --> 01:38:52,648 They're going for the all-time American League record… 1449 01:38:52,815 --> 01:38:53,941 20 games in a row. 1450 01:38:54,108 --> 01:38:55,109 We're going to 20! 1451 01:38:55,276 --> 01:38:58,404 We're gonna take the AL record to 20, baby! 1452 01:39:01,282 --> 01:39:03,117 Don't tell me the score, Pete. 1453 01:39:03,284 --> 01:39:04,494 No, Billy, it's me. 1454 01:39:04,660 --> 01:39:07,080 - Sharon? - Yeah. 1455 01:39:08,289 --> 01:39:11,459 - You have a second? - Yeah, what's up? 1456 01:39:11,626 --> 01:39:14,003 Well, I didn't actually expect you to pick up. 1457 01:39:14,170 --> 01:39:16,172 I was gonna leave a message. 1458 01:39:17,006 --> 01:39:19,967 Casey and I, we're here and watching the game at home. 1459 01:39:20,134 --> 01:39:23,805 And I just wanted to say… 1460 01:39:25,139 --> 01:39:26,891 you did good, Billy. 1461 01:39:27,058 --> 01:39:29,102 We're really proud of you. 1462 01:39:30,603 --> 01:39:32,939 I appreciate it, Sharon. 1463 01:39:33,106 --> 01:39:35,983 - Thank you. - Good luck. 1464 01:39:36,776 --> 01:39:37,819 Okay. 1465 01:39:37,985 --> 01:39:40,321 Oh, Casey wants to talk to you. Hang on. 1466 01:39:41,114 --> 01:39:42,907 Are you on your way to the stadium? 1467 01:39:43,074 --> 01:39:46,119 No, I'm on my way to Visalia to see our minor-league team. 1468 01:39:46,285 --> 01:39:49,038 - Turn around, please, Dad. - No way, Jose. 1469 01:39:49,205 --> 01:39:51,916 - Turn around. Come on, Dad. - Nope. Not gonna happen. 1470 01:39:52,083 --> 01:39:53,418 You're not gonna jinx it. 1471 01:39:53,584 --> 01:39:57,171 I'll talk to you later, sweetheart. I love you. 1472 01:40:03,678 --> 01:40:05,054 Shit. 1473 01:40:05,221 --> 01:40:08,349 One out here in the fourth, and if you're just joining us… 1474 01:40:08,516 --> 01:40:09,600 you missed a lot. 1475 01:40:09,767 --> 01:40:12,812 And the pitch to Raúl Ibañez. Strike one. 1476 01:40:12,979 --> 01:40:14,689 I think my recap will be simple. 1477 01:40:14,856 --> 01:40:18,526 The A's scored six in the first, one in the second, four in the third. 1478 01:40:18,693 --> 01:40:21,904 And people would be shocked if you just did that. 1479 01:40:22,447 --> 01:40:24,699 Eleven to nothing, the A's do lead. 1480 01:40:24,866 --> 01:40:27,577 - Shit. - Foul off the foot of Ibanez…. 1481 01:40:50,057 --> 01:40:52,685 Let's go, Oakland! 1482 01:40:52,852 --> 01:40:55,396 Let's go, Oakland! 1483 01:40:55,563 --> 01:40:58,191 Let's go, Oakland! 1484 01:41:03,613 --> 01:41:09,744 Now batting, number 2, catcher, Brent Mayne. 1485 01:41:13,873 --> 01:41:17,835 - Oakland! - Here we go, Oakland! 1486 01:41:26,427 --> 01:41:28,012 Two. 1487 01:41:29,639 --> 01:41:31,307 Safe. 1488 01:41:36,646 --> 01:41:39,607 Now batting, number 18… 1489 01:41:39,774 --> 01:41:43,945 left fielder Raúl Ibañez. 1490 01:42:45,131 --> 01:42:46,716 Safe. 1491 01:42:49,135 --> 01:42:51,512 And the A's now lead by a score of 11 to 3. 1492 01:42:51,679 --> 01:42:54,515 A nice cushion, but you don't wanna give teams life… 1493 01:42:54,682 --> 01:42:58,603 and let them wedge their way back in, even when you're… 1494 01:43:41,354 --> 01:43:43,064 Nobody out, the bases loaded. 1495 01:43:43,230 --> 01:43:46,567 And Art Howe on the way to the mound to make a pitching change. 1496 01:43:46,734 --> 01:43:48,653 And this game is still in a state… 1497 01:43:48,819 --> 01:43:51,739 where it could get out of control for the Athletics. 1498 01:43:58,412 --> 01:44:01,666 We're all told at some point we can no longer play the children's game. 1499 01:44:01,832 --> 01:44:05,419 We just don't know when that's gonna be. 1500 01:44:09,006 --> 01:44:14,470 Some of us are told at 18, some of us are told at 40, but we're all told. 1501 01:44:14,637 --> 01:44:16,972 Mike Sweeney with runners at first and third. 1502 01:44:17,139 --> 01:44:19,558 It's an 11-to-7 game, the A's in front. 1503 01:44:19,725 --> 01:44:22,436 Tam peering in for the sign. 1504 01:44:22,603 --> 01:44:25,606 Two out. Runners at first and third. 1505 01:44:25,773 --> 01:44:28,234 And the 3-2 delivery. 1506 01:45:01,976 --> 01:45:04,311 It's weird, Billy. 1507 01:45:04,478 --> 01:45:08,524 You wanna give up baseball to become a scout? 1508 01:45:09,859 --> 01:45:12,278 I'm not a baseball player. 1509 01:45:12,695 --> 01:45:15,156 Are you sure this is what you want? 1510 01:45:16,490 --> 01:45:21,078 The crowd is roaring. Koch is ready. One-two pitch. 1511 01:45:21,537 --> 01:45:24,832 Alicea puts it in play, a looper to left field for a base hit. 1512 01:45:24,999 --> 01:45:28,419 Around third, tearing for the plate, here comes the tying run. 1513 01:45:28,627 --> 01:45:32,631 Sliding safe. And the ball game is tied at 11-all. 1514 01:45:32,798 --> 01:45:34,425 Holy Toledo. 1515 01:45:35,718 --> 01:45:40,014 The A's have blown an 11-to-nothing lead. 1516 01:45:41,766 --> 01:45:45,853 This is the specter of a development that has been lurking now… 1517 01:45:46,312 --> 01:45:50,441 ever since the five-run fourth inning by the Royals. 1518 01:45:50,608 --> 01:45:56,030 And the A's date with destiny is on hold right now. 1519 01:46:21,639 --> 01:46:24,892 Hatteberg. Hattie. 1520 01:46:25,392 --> 01:46:27,895 Grab a bat. You're hitting for Byrnesy. 1521 01:46:29,396 --> 01:46:32,733 Come on, let's go. Get yourself loose. 1522 01:46:43,077 --> 01:46:46,956 Hitting for Eric Byrnes… 1523 01:46:47,122 --> 01:46:51,293 number 10, Scott Hatteberg. 1524 01:46:59,426 --> 01:47:03,055 In your typical A's fashion, they want a base runner here. 1525 01:47:03,222 --> 01:47:06,934 Scott Hatteberg is so adept at drawing walks. 1526 01:47:10,145 --> 01:47:12,439 He's looking for Hatteberg to get on base… 1527 01:47:12,606 --> 01:47:14,608 maybe bring in a pinch runner. 1528 01:47:14,775 --> 01:47:17,194 Let's go, Oakland! 1529 01:47:17,361 --> 01:47:19,446 Let's go, Oakland! 1530 01:48:14,251 --> 01:48:16,045 That one is gone! 1531 01:48:16,211 --> 01:48:20,674 And it's 20 consecutive victories for the Oakland Athletics… 1532 01:48:20,841 --> 01:48:22,885 on an unbelievable night… 1533 01:48:23,052 --> 01:48:25,721 when they lost an 11-to-nothing lead… 1534 01:48:25,888 --> 01:48:28,265 and now they win it. 1535 01:48:29,600 --> 01:48:34,104 The crowd comes back to insane life. 1536 01:48:36,023 --> 01:48:38,025 How do you explain it? 1537 01:48:38,984 --> 01:48:43,322 Crazy. Just plain crazy. 1538 01:48:47,409 --> 01:48:50,996 Hatteberg is mobbed at home plate. 1539 01:48:54,208 --> 01:48:57,211 In 103 years of American League baseball… 1540 01:48:57,378 --> 01:49:00,839 the Athletics have accomplished what no one has before. 1541 01:49:01,006 --> 01:49:05,219 They have won 20 consecutive games. 1542 01:49:31,245 --> 01:49:34,039 It's hard not to be romantic about baseball. 1543 01:49:35,916 --> 01:49:39,169 This kind of thing, it's fun for the fans. 1544 01:49:40,087 --> 01:49:43,507 It sells tickets and hot dogs. 1545 01:49:44,800 --> 01:49:46,427 Doesn't mean anything. 1546 01:49:46,593 --> 01:49:50,222 Billy, we just won 20 games in a row. 1547 01:49:51,932 --> 01:49:53,976 And what's the point? 1548 01:49:54,143 --> 01:49:56,812 We just got the record. 1549 01:49:59,732 --> 01:50:02,109 Man, I've been doing this for… 1550 01:50:08,115 --> 01:50:10,200 Listen, man. 1551 01:50:10,367 --> 01:50:13,829 I've been in this game a long time. 1552 01:50:15,456 --> 01:50:18,208 I'm not in it for a record, I'll tell you that. 1553 01:50:18,375 --> 01:50:20,502 I'm not in it for a ring. 1554 01:50:23,172 --> 01:50:25,424 That's when people get hurt. 1555 01:50:27,051 --> 01:50:29,970 If we don't win the last game of the Series… 1556 01:50:31,221 --> 01:50:33,265 they'll dismiss us. 1557 01:50:33,807 --> 01:50:35,267 - Billy… - I know these guys. 1558 01:50:35,434 --> 01:50:38,312 I know the way they think, and they will erase us. 1559 01:50:39,813 --> 01:50:42,316 And everything we've done here… 1560 01:50:42,483 --> 01:50:44,401 none of it'll matter. 1561 01:50:47,488 --> 01:50:50,824 Any other team wins the World Series, good for them. 1562 01:50:51,992 --> 01:50:55,329 They're drinking champagne, they get a ring. 1563 01:50:55,496 --> 01:50:57,456 But if we win… 1564 01:50:58,040 --> 01:51:00,709 on our budget, with this team… 1565 01:51:04,505 --> 01:51:06,548 we'll have changed the game. 1566 01:51:07,341 --> 01:51:09,510 And that's what I want. 1567 01:51:09,676 --> 01:51:11,929 I want it to mean something. 1568 01:51:21,563 --> 01:51:24,691 The A's going to the play-offs with the West Division title. 1569 01:51:26,360 --> 01:51:28,612 Forgive the A's if they're not celebrating. 1570 01:51:28,779 --> 01:51:30,322 They have been here before… 1571 01:51:30,489 --> 01:51:34,201 when Oakland went up two games to none on the Yanks in the ALDS… 1572 01:51:34,368 --> 01:51:36,870 and went nowhere after losing three straight. 1573 01:51:37,037 --> 01:51:40,374 With a win today over the Twins, Oakland moves into the ALCS… 1574 01:51:40,541 --> 01:51:43,877 - for the first time since 1992. - But remember one thing. 1575 01:51:45,254 --> 01:51:49,091 Percentages hold up over a season, but for one game, one at bat… 1576 01:51:49,258 --> 01:51:51,802 throw the percentages out the window. 1577 01:52:24,585 --> 01:52:29,131 What the Minnesota Twins exposed is the fact that the Oakland A's… 1578 01:52:29,298 --> 01:52:33,093 were fundamentally not a sound baseball team. 1579 01:52:33,260 --> 01:52:36,763 They had a flawed concept that started with the general manager… 1580 01:52:36,930 --> 01:52:40,434 and the brain trust thinking they could reinvent baseball. 1581 01:52:40,601 --> 01:52:42,186 You can't approach baseball… 1582 01:52:42,352 --> 01:52:45,022 from a statistical, bean-counting point of view. 1583 01:52:45,189 --> 01:52:47,441 It's won on the field with fundamental play. 1584 01:52:47,608 --> 01:52:50,694 You have to steal, you have to bunt, you have to sacrifice. 1585 01:52:50,861 --> 01:52:54,448 You gotta get men in scoring position, and you gotta bring them in. 1586 01:52:54,615 --> 01:52:59,077 And you don't do that with a bunch of statistical gimmicks. 1587 01:52:59,244 --> 01:53:02,080 Nobody reinvents this game. 1588 01:53:45,290 --> 01:53:46,708 Yeah. 1589 01:54:55,235 --> 01:55:00,741 Due respect to the Coliseum, but this is a ballpark. 1590 01:55:00,907 --> 01:55:02,909 Yes, it is. 1591 01:55:04,995 --> 01:55:07,247 We're gonna have some lunch in a little bit. 1592 01:55:07,414 --> 01:55:09,666 Why don't I have some coffee sent up? 1593 01:55:10,334 --> 01:55:12,085 Denise? 1594 01:55:16,715 --> 01:55:18,592 Thank you, Denise. 1595 01:55:18,759 --> 01:55:20,802 - Thanks. - You're welcome. 1596 01:55:23,764 --> 01:55:27,434 You know, it's her birthday and I need to get her a present… 1597 01:55:27,601 --> 01:55:30,562 but she's usually the one that does that for me. 1598 01:55:31,271 --> 01:55:33,607 So do you have any ideas? 1599 01:55:34,149 --> 01:55:35,525 Scarf. 1600 01:55:35,692 --> 01:55:37,152 You mean like wool? 1601 01:55:37,319 --> 01:55:42,282 No, I meant what women wear with… You know, decorative. 1602 01:55:42,657 --> 01:55:45,452 And where would I get something like that? 1603 01:55:46,411 --> 01:55:49,748 No disrespect, I just lost in five for the second year in a row. 1604 01:55:49,915 --> 01:55:52,250 Get her a bowling ball for all I care. 1605 01:55:52,417 --> 01:55:53,794 Right. 1606 01:55:54,711 --> 01:55:58,256 Well, Steve told me he's offering you a new contract. 1607 01:55:59,716 --> 01:56:01,426 Yes. 1608 01:56:01,593 --> 01:56:04,262 So why did you return my call? 1609 01:56:06,348 --> 01:56:08,934 Because it's the Red Sox. 1610 01:56:09,101 --> 01:56:13,647 Because I believe science might offer an answer to the Curse of the Bambino. 1611 01:56:14,314 --> 01:56:19,611 - Because I hear you hired Bill James. - Yup. 1612 01:56:19,778 --> 01:56:24,491 You know, why someone took so long to hire that guy is beyond me. 1613 01:56:25,450 --> 01:56:27,786 Well, baseball hates him. 1614 01:56:28,328 --> 01:56:33,041 Well, baseball can hate him, you know. 1615 01:56:33,208 --> 01:56:37,170 One of the great things about money is that it buys a lot of things… 1616 01:56:37,337 --> 01:56:40,882 one of which is the luxury to disregard what baseball likes… 1617 01:56:41,049 --> 01:56:44,010 doesn't like, what baseball thinks, doesn't think. 1618 01:56:46,304 --> 01:56:48,265 Sounds nice. 1619 01:56:51,017 --> 01:56:53,061 Well, I was grateful for the call. 1620 01:56:53,228 --> 01:56:55,105 - You were grateful? - Yeah. 1621 01:56:58,358 --> 01:57:02,237 For 41 million, you built a play-off team. 1622 01:57:02,404 --> 01:57:06,700 You lost Damon, Giambi, Isringhausen, Peña… 1623 01:57:07,159 --> 01:57:10,537 and you won more games without them than you did with them. 1624 01:57:10,704 --> 01:57:14,124 You won the exact same number of games that the Yankees won… 1625 01:57:14,291 --> 01:57:18,211 but the Yankees spent 1.4 million per win… 1626 01:57:18,378 --> 01:57:21,840 and you paid 260,000. 1627 01:57:22,007 --> 01:57:26,052 I know you're taking it in the teeth, but the first guy through the wall… 1628 01:57:26,511 --> 01:57:28,680 he always gets bloody. 1629 01:57:28,847 --> 01:57:32,225 Always. This is threatening not just a way of doing business… 1630 01:57:32,392 --> 01:57:34,936 but in their minds, it's threatening the game. 1631 01:57:35,103 --> 01:57:38,398 Really, what it's threatening is their livelihood, their jobs. 1632 01:57:38,565 --> 01:57:41,568 It's threatening the way that they do things. 1633 01:57:41,735 --> 01:57:43,111 Every time that happens… 1634 01:57:43,278 --> 01:57:46,781 whether it's a government, a way of doing business, whatever… 1635 01:57:46,948 --> 01:57:49,493 the people who are holding the reins… 1636 01:57:49,659 --> 01:57:52,245 they have their hands on the switch… 1637 01:57:52,412 --> 01:57:54,915 they go batshit crazy. 1638 01:57:55,916 --> 01:58:00,754 I mean, anybody who's not tearing their team down right now… 1639 01:58:00,921 --> 01:58:04,049 and rebuilding it using your model… 1640 01:58:04,925 --> 01:58:06,760 they're dinosaurs. 1641 01:58:07,344 --> 01:58:11,765 They'll be sitting on their ass on the sofa in October… 1642 01:58:11,932 --> 01:58:15,435 watching the Boston Red Sox win the World Series. 1643 01:58:20,815 --> 01:58:22,734 What's this? 1644 01:58:22,901 --> 01:58:26,404 I want you to be my general manager. That's my offer. 1645 01:59:13,326 --> 01:59:14,828 Heads up. 1646 01:59:16,496 --> 01:59:17,497 What was that? 1647 01:59:18,748 --> 01:59:21,835 - Sorry. I don't know. - What the hell was that? 1648 01:59:22,502 --> 01:59:24,838 You knucklehead. 1649 01:59:32,345 --> 01:59:33,680 How was Boston? 1650 01:59:35,223 --> 01:59:37,142 Impressive. 1651 01:59:43,565 --> 01:59:46,192 Did Henry make you a good offer, at least? 1652 01:59:47,736 --> 01:59:50,822 - Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter. - What was it? What was it? 1653 01:59:50,989 --> 01:59:52,616 - Doesn't matter. - What was it? 1654 02:00:15,680 --> 02:00:19,184 That makes you the highest-paid GM in the history of sports. 1655 02:00:21,603 --> 02:00:23,063 So? 1656 02:00:24,898 --> 02:00:26,107 So what? 1657 02:00:29,152 --> 02:00:31,613 I made one decision in my life based on money. 1658 02:00:31,780 --> 02:00:34,741 And I swore I would never do it again. 1659 02:00:37,327 --> 02:00:39,371 You're not doing it for the money. 1660 02:00:39,871 --> 02:00:42,374 - No? - No. 1661 02:00:44,376 --> 02:00:46,920 You're doing it for what the money says. 1662 02:00:48,338 --> 02:00:52,050 And it says what it says to any player that makes big money. 1663 02:00:52,717 --> 02:00:54,469 That they're worth it. 1664 02:01:02,936 --> 02:01:04,646 What a dump. 1665 02:01:08,817 --> 02:01:11,152 I really wanted to win here. 1666 02:01:15,198 --> 02:01:17,742 I really did. 1667 02:01:20,245 --> 02:01:22,414 I think you won pretty big, Billy. 1668 02:01:23,248 --> 02:01:25,375 Pete, we lost. 1669 02:01:26,960 --> 02:01:29,546 We lost. 1670 02:01:29,713 --> 02:01:33,174 It's only been a few days. Give yourself some time to get over it. 1671 02:01:33,341 --> 02:01:37,971 Man, I don't get over these things. Ever. 1672 02:01:44,978 --> 02:01:48,648 Come with me to the video room. I wanna show you something. 1673 02:01:50,400 --> 02:01:53,695 No, man, I'm not up for film right now. 1674 02:01:54,946 --> 02:01:57,031 Come on. Seriously. 1675 02:01:57,198 --> 02:01:59,367 Come on, Billy. Come on. 1676 02:02:01,077 --> 02:02:02,203 The Visalia Oaks… 1677 02:02:02,370 --> 02:02:05,165 and our 240-pound catcher, Jeremy Brown… 1678 02:02:05,331 --> 02:02:08,960 who, as you know, is scared to run to second base. 1679 02:02:09,127 --> 02:02:10,920 This was in a game six weeks ago. 1680 02:02:11,504 --> 02:02:13,631 This guy's gonna start with a fastball. 1681 02:02:13,798 --> 02:02:16,217 Jeremy's gonna take him to deep center. 1682 02:02:18,386 --> 02:02:19,888 Here's what's interesting… 1683 02:02:20,054 --> 02:02:22,932 because Jeremy's gonna do what he never does. 1684 02:02:23,099 --> 02:02:24,392 He's gonna go for it. 1685 02:02:24,559 --> 02:02:27,812 He's gonna round first and he's gonna go for it. 1686 02:02:29,022 --> 02:02:30,315 Okay? 1687 02:02:33,610 --> 02:02:38,573 This is all of Jeremy's nightmares coming to life. 1688 02:02:41,201 --> 02:02:44,454 - They're laughing at him. - And Jeremy's about to find out why. 1689 02:02:47,624 --> 02:02:50,001 Jeremy's about to realize… 1690 02:02:51,461 --> 02:02:54,589 that the ball went 60 feet over the fence. 1691 02:02:57,217 --> 02:03:00,845 He hit a home run and didn't even realize it. 1692 02:03:30,834 --> 02:03:33,878 How can you not be romantic about baseball? 1693 02:03:38,800 --> 02:03:41,719 - It's a metaphor. - I know it's a metaphor. 1694 02:03:46,432 --> 02:03:47,809 Okay. 1695 02:03:51,896 --> 02:03:54,941 Pete, you're a good egg. 1696 02:03:58,361 --> 02:04:00,113 I'll call you. 1697 02:05:00,924 --> 02:05:04,510 Hey, Dad, this is the song I told you I'd record. 1698 02:05:04,677 --> 02:05:07,388 Please don't show it to anyone else. 1699 02:05:07,555 --> 02:05:10,642 Let me know if you change your mind and stay in California. 1700 02:05:10,808 --> 02:05:13,853 If not, you're a really great dad.