Any movie that makes villains out of the New York Yankees is good in my book.

“Moneyball” is about much more than baseball, though the central premise is excellent movie fodder: A small-market baseball team finds a unique way to compete against the high-payroll juggernauts of the league.  Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) does this by finding undervalued players with a single important statistic: How often they get on base.

Much like last year’s computer programming opus, “The Social Network,” the human drama in “Moneyball” far outweighs the narrow subject matter of intentional walks and infield singles. (more…)