I really liked MIchael Lewis’ Moneyball. It tells the story of how Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane used advanced statistics to field good teams while spending a small fraction of the money spent by teams like the New York Yankees. The book is interesting, but it’s about statistics, not drama.

I was surprised to hear that a movie version of the book was in the works.  I couldn’t understand how it would work as a movie. And now it turns out that Columbia Pictures doesn’t understand either, even after greenlighting the film.  Columbia got cold feet on just before shooting was supposed