Moneyball

I love that Billy’s team doesn’t even make it to the World Series. When his guy walks it off and extends the win streak to 20, Billy is able to forget everything else for a moment and find a tiny moment of exhilaration. After being knocked out in the postseason, reality comes back into focus. The high of the win streak becomes a bit tainted, and the feeling of the failure begins to overshadow that pure moment of joy. Billy and Pete’s idea of sneaky statistics isn’t enough to outsmart the big guys and their billionaire owners. But he’s reminded, through a cheeky but heartfelt metaphor from Pete, and the love of his family, that it’s okay. That small moment of excitement is sometimes all you get, and he learns to savor it. Also, fuck John Fisher.