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September 27, 2011 Daily Herald the Movie 'Moneyball' Has September 27, 2011 Daily Herald The movie ‘Moneyball’ has Cubs connections By: Bruce Miles SAN DIEGO — Had a chance to see the movie “Moneyball” the other day. For my money, so to speak, it was one of those rare instances where the movie was better than the book, and the book was pretty darn good. Without going all movie reviewer on you, I thought the movie did a much better job of humanizing Oakland Athletics GM Billy Beane better than the book. I guess Brad Pitt will do that. There are Cubs connections to the movie, and I had a chance to talk with some of them this evening here at Petco Park. And as it always goes with these things, you find out that “based on a true story” means just that. There is definitely some fudging with the “truth.” Take Cubs first baseman Carlos Pena, for instance. In the movie, Beane tells his assistant to give the word to Pena that he had been traded to Detroit. “Movies are not always exact — I was in Triple-A,” Pena said. “It’s a little bit of an adaptation. I came off the field in Sacramento. My manager at Sacramento said, ‘Hey, Carlos, stay put because I think something’s going on.’ That’s the way it went down.” The movie had Beane moving Pena because he wanted to get playing time at first base for Scott Hatteberg, a “Moneyball” example of an undervalued player who could be had inexpensively and still produce. Along those lines, “Moneyball” — the book and the movie — is not “about on-base percentage.” Sure, players with high OBPs were favored by the “Moneyball” set, but “Moneyball” really is about identifying inefficiencies in the marketplace and exploiting them. Or as Beane put it in the movie, it’s about finding value in players no one else can see based on statistical analysis. The ironic thing is that Pena, his now-high salary notwithstanding, is that type of player: high OBP, power and with little concern about the high strikeout rate because, after all, an out is an out no matter how it comes. “At that moment, it was more important for the A’s to get a pitcher,” Pena said, noting that Oakland got Jeff Weaver from Detroit. The A’s later sent Jeremy Bonderman to Detroit to complete the deal. “I was part of a trade for them to get the pitcher they coveted. “That’s the ironic thing. According to the philosophy, I would be a guy you’d want.” As far as the “Moneyball” idea goes, Pena says he likes it. “I think it’s really cool,” he said. “It’s very cool to look at the game in a different light and in a different way. It opens some eyes because we’re used to looking at things in a certain way because it’s been done that way over the years. There are things that are overlooked that are important to creating a winning ballclub.” For the acid test, I went to the scout’s scout, Gary Hughes, a special assistant to the Cubs’ GM. Hughes has been named one of the top 10 scouts of the 20th century. “Moneyball” seemed to diminish the value of scouts in favor of statistical analysis. The movie also did some stereotyping, showing scouts sitting around a table with a pile of doughnuts in the middle. So, Mr. Hughes, what did you think? “I enjoyed it; I thought it was a good movie,” he said. “I was disappointed in some of the portrayals, of (A’s manager) Art Howe, in particular. I thought that was really unfair. Art Howe is one of the few people in baseball to win 100 games back to back. “It was sad what they did with (A’s scouting director) Grady Fuson. All teams now use sabermetrics to one extent or another. But you’ve got to have a combination of stats and scouting. The movie was good. I would recommend it to anybody. Everybody’s jumped on it (the ‘Moneyball’ concept).” -- Cubs.com Coleman, Cubs' 'kids' outdueled in series opener By: Carrie Muskat SAN DIEGO -- It was "kids' day" on Monday for the Cubs, and one more chance for players like Casey Coleman to impress. Coleman struck out seven and hit a triple, but he also served up a solo homer to Will Venable, as the Padres beat the Cubs, 2-0, to open the final series of the season. It was the Cubs' 90th loss, and 10th time they've been shut out. Whether it was a reward for having to endure Sunday's rookie hazing or just a chance to see the kids, Cubs manager Mike Quade decided to go with mostly youngsters. Carlos Pena, Starlin Castro and Darwin Barney were the only players in the lineup who also started on Opening Day. If you stayed up late, you got a chance to see Tony Campana lead off and DJ LeMahieu at third, while catcher Steve Clevenger and reliever Rafael Dolis make their Major League debuts. "I wanted to see these guys against the varsity a little bit," Quade said. "They saw some very good pitching tonight." Mat Latos (9-14) struck out nine and limited the Cubs to two hits over seven innings. He retired the first 12 batters he faced, before he walked Pena to start the fifth. Pena then stole second, and was eventually stranded. Coleman broke up the right-hander's no-hit bid with a one-out triple in the sixth, the first by a Cubs pitcher since Ted Lilly did so June 9, 2009, at Houston. "A hanging slider ... a bad pitch by me," Latos said of Coleman's hit. "Oh well. At least he didn't hit it over the fence. And he didn't end up scoring, so no big deal." But Coleman was gassed after the hit, and had to come out in the Padres' half of the inning. Venable connected on an 0-1 fastball to open the sixth and, one out later, Jesus Guzman doubled. He scored one out later on Cameron Maybin's double. The Cubs had checked on Coleman before Maybin's at-bat, and lifted him after the double. "I went in the dugout and rested a little bit. But as soon as I got on the mound, I didn't slow myself down," Coleman said. "I got a little dizzy out there. Instead of slowing myself down, I went right through the warmups and right through the game like I've been doing the whole game -- and I needed to slow myself down." He'd pushed himself because in April in Milwaukee, he hit a double and was razzed for not trying to stretch his hit to a triple. "He threw the ball with good velocity," Quade said of Coleman. "His slider has become a pretty good pitch for him. He did fine." In his last outing, Coleman held the Brewers to one run on two hits over six innings. His velocity was better than what Quade had seen earlier this season, and on Monday, he was throwing 92-94-mph fastballs. "If your velocity goes up two or three ticks, it's unbelievable how much better the rest of your game will be," Quade said. The key may be Coleman's switch on the rubber. If he's facing a right-hander, he's on the right side; if he's facing a lefty, he starts on the left side of the rubber. "My strikeout numbers are up, but maybe that's not a good thing," Coleman said. "I'm more deceptive, giving guys different arm angles." He's already looking forward to 2012. "This definitely gives me more confidence going into Spring Training next year," he said. This is the fourth time in the last 12 years the Cubs have lost at least 90 games. They've been out of contention for some time. Why not play the kids? "People can disagree with me -- that's fine," Quade said. "As far as us evaluating people and what they're best suited to do at this point in their career, so much of that plays into [the lineup decision], and also the performance and effort we've gotten from guys who have been here all year. There's a lot that goes into it. "I believe we've done the right thing here. We've handed some people opportunities. I think they'll all be better for that." Clevenger called it a "dream come true." "It felt good," said the catcher, who spent most of the season at Double-A Tennessee. "Casey's a good guy to catch. He usually hits his spots. He made me feel pretty comfortable back there." One of the "kids" who almost got a day off was Castro, who singled to lead off the seventh, and now has reached safely in 38 straight games, most by a Cubs player since Jerome Walton's 43-game stretch in 1989. It also raised Castro's season hit total to 204, most in the National League. "He was having nothing to do with having a day off before he got to 200 [hits]," Quade said of Castro. "I will leave it up to him [for the final two games]." Castro does lead the Cubs in at-bats and games played. "I thought about giving him tonight off," Quade said, "but I wanted to see all of [the kids], to be honest." -- Cubs.com Ramirez may return on Tuesday By: Carrie Muskat SAN DIEGO -- Third baseman Aramis Ramirez, who took batting practice on Monday, may be back in the Cubs' lineup on Tuesday for the second game of the series against the Padres.
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