Billy Beane calls Peter Brand

[沈啍]

Pete: “I’d have taken you at the ninth round. No signing bonus.”
Billy: *Looks back at his career* “Yup, that tracks.”

[davidmason]

Cleveland: So we'll just call Peter up now to tell him
Billy: No I wanna get drunk and call him in the middle of the night and ask him questions about my own trauma.

Billy: Then I'll tell him

[RayFowler]

There is a heavy amount of emotion in this scene. You have Billy Beane, a guy who wanted to be a baseball star but washed out, drinking one night and reflecting on the turn his life took when perhaps he made the wrong choice. He knows the answer to the question he's asking Brand, but he needs someone he can trust to be brutally honest, even if that means telling him up front that he was never good enough to be a star player. This is a pretty heavy scene.

[kyleschwartz]

“You shouldn’t be buying players, you should be buying wins.” I freaking love that line.

[DrKeez]

The check was for about $250k + signing bonus. Adjust that for inflation from 1984 and it's about $650k. Cant really blame an 18 year old for skipping college.

[woodysmith]

"Would you have drafted me?" is a deep line here because Beane is saying, "The scouts who work for me, the organization that I run, is the same organization that failed me as a player. The names change but the culture doesn't, nor does it grow, evolve, or seem to learn. Evaluate the player I know best, myself, and tell me the truth about how you see the game." There's also a layer of "I know there's something wrong but am not able to pinpoint the source. But I know how to spot people who would be able."

[cameron]

The moment someone says that "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity" is the moment that you should know they are either bullshitting you or they are just relying on Fear Of Missing Out. They're a salesperson.

[trevorb]

Thank you for posting this scene, it's my absolute favourite from the movie.

[umbrellaBuddha]

I love this movie so much because there are so many meaningful scenes like this. Imagine being in Billy's shoes, you can completely see how he might have developed a resentment for "old baseball thinking" because it was wrong about him, and caused him to be led down a path that should never have been dangled in front of him in the first place. I can tell he wishes Peter's philosophy would have saved him from that.

[ChairmanMeow]

he respected pete way more after he told him the truth I think, and knew he made a good hire

[MrDannyArroyo]

The confidence to tell him, “I would’ve taken you in the 9th round and no signing bonus.” Boom !!!

[dghumphreys]

"Back your bags, Pete. I just bought you from the Cleveland Indians." BB's first good acquisition.

[memoryfab]

What the scouts assessments of Billy were what ultimately ended his career since they weren’t looking at his performing stats. He realized this on his reflection and that the truth was closer to Peters assessment.

[brianhilliard]

I read once where Billy Beane realized why he wasn't major league material. He was talking to Lenny Dykstra on the Mets and he told Dykstra Steve Carlton was pitching against them.
Dykstra said "what's he got?"
Beane said "its Steve Carlton. He's won the Cy Young award about 8 times. He's got everything"
Dykstra just shrugged his shoulders.

Beane then realized Dykstra had what he didn't to be successful in Baseball, any sport, or life in general.

No Fear.

[jackjones]

"Pack your bags Pete. I just bought you from the Cleveland Indians."
I didn't know you could buy and trade office guys like players.
Like, "I had to give them my secretary and a xerox machine to be named later."

[bcourt]

Magnificent, understated performances, so powerful, so honest, so wonderful, so real!

[georgebrowne]

I could watch this movie once a week, its that good . I don’t even watch baseball, but love this movie

[mrkemrk]

This was an honesty test for Pete Brand. He almost failed it.

[dylanortiz]

This is my absolute favorite baseball movie and it probably has to do the least with baseball. Don’t think you have to be a fan of baseball to enjoy it either

[ordinaryu]

this is the turning point for billy. he realizes that the new method peter is proposing would have been able to see the objective truth and save him from making the biggest mistake of his life. that is all the confirmation he needs in order to go all in on the plan. what a powerful moment