Watchdog
Neil Best leaves no stone unturned in the world of sports media.
'Moneyball' faces long Oscar odds
“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....
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