Moneyball Movie Review

Organizational Behavior

MONEYBALL

MOVIE REVIEW & ANALYSIS

Group 12

QIU Xinyue 　 12412121 (Class ID: 190)

JESSICA Ariel Suhardjo 12412238 (Class ID: 240)

Gimo Sousa Manungo 12411117 (Class ID: 116)

KANG Yu Ri 12212052 (Class ID: 41)

ARDAPISIT Yada 12212323 (Class ID: 62)

PHAM Thi Hong Ngoc 12412003 (Class ID: 125)

I. Introduction

Oakland Athletics baseball team from ABA have hopes of winning a championship with the help of their three big star players; Johnny Damon, Jason Giambi, and Jason Isringhausen. The dreams did not last too long because the team lost a playoffs against the New York Yankees, a bigger team with stronger roster and higher revenues. After the season ends, the team lost its three big star players. The players were traded and they could not keep them, because there is limitation in budget.

Billy Beane, a father and a retired baseball player who now works as a general manager of Oakland Athletic. After finishing high school, Billy was offered a scholarship from Stanford University and was also given the opportunity to play in the MLB. He decided to join the baseball team instead of going to college although it was a big risk to take. He faced failure as a player for different teams before retirement. Nowadays, as a general manager of Oakland Athletic, Billy has high hopes in rebuilding his team although it does not has sufficient budget to get the players he wants.

Peter Brand is a Yale economics graduate who works for the Cleveland Indians as the players statistic analysis. Billy met Peter in a trading players meeting when he was trying to find new players for his team. Fascinated by Peter’s role in the meeting, Billy decided to hire Peter. Peter had the philosophy that a team needs to buy wins not players, meaning that a team should get a status instead of getting players to win games.

II. Group/Team

The fact that Oakland Athletic has limited budget makes Billy and...