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'Moneyball' faces long Oscar odds
Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the Oakland A's general manager who changed the way teams evaluate players. Aaron Sorkin co-wrote the screenplay based on Michael Lewis' best-selling book, "Moneyball." In theaters Sept. 23, 2011. (June 21, 2011 2:28 PM)
“Moneyball’’ is an extreme longshot to join “Rocky,” “Chariots of Fire’’ and “Million Dollar Baby’’ as the only sports films to win a Best Picture Oscar. It also would be the first baseball film so honored.
But hey, it’s nice to be nominated, especially because only two previous baseball movies have been: “The Pride of the Yankees’’ and “Field of Dreams.’’
(It’s even better to be No....
