Who's the best-looking GM in the movies?

nickolai — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:21:28 -0000

Brad Pitt, that's who.

In an all-out effort to stroke Billy Beane's ego, the Hollywood gods are calling on Brad Pitt to play Billy in the movie version of Moneyball. According to the Daily Variety, he's teaming up with director Steven Soderbergh to make this happen.

Linky.

Pitt has a pretty mug, and I liked him in Twelve Monkeys -- maybe he can bring some of that energy to this role. But Soderbergh is a legitimately great director, with Traffic and Out of Sight my favorites from his oeuvre. His involvement makes me excited despite being skeptical of a movie made from a non-fiction book. Did anyone even watch that Fast Food Nation flick?

One thing is certain: with Soderbergh involved, Luis Guzman is a lock to play Ricardo Rincon.

via www.tvguide.com

Mychael Urban's best work

nickolai — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 01:01:47 -0000

I came across this page, and had to share it with you all. It's a piece that Mychael Urban wrote about A's player fashion for the official A's site back in 2002.

Click here.

I loved reading Aces, but this has to be the best work I've seen from Mychael Urban, even though it's essentially just transcribing quotes.

My favorite quote was from Billy Koch, when asked who's the worst dresser on the 2002 team:
"...I'm gonna say Eric Byrnes. He might need to add a little extra room in his jeans. Nobody wants to look at that."

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Who's the best-looking GM in the movies?

Mychael Urban's best work