One thing that very rarely gets the appreciation that it deserves is audio work. The random shifts in sounds, the cut outs, all showing perfectly a team off balance and slipping away from their achievement. Then the hit. Masterfully done.
This is why we watch.... I have been a Yankees fan since I was about 7 years old. I am 60 years old today and I can tell you with complete certainty that if you love one team, it doesn't mean that you can't love what another team has done. This was one of the greatest moments in baseball history. And, even though it was accomplished by the A's, it still brought a tear of joy to my eyes. And yes, I was very happy for them. When you love baseball, you love it complete; good, bad and no matter what it brings. You'll hate the rival teams, but still smile when they accomplish something magnificent. This is the game we love...The game we will always love.
When you love baseball, you love it complete. I think it applies to everything we love. Your line makes me feel something in my heart. I'd like to send you gratitude from Korea.
@vaccinexo2974 Thank you, friend. And yes, you are correct! I grew up a hard-core Yankees fan. And even though we have a bitter rivalry, I am happy when they win. Somebody's gotta win! Thank you again, my friend.
What a perfect description. I'm the same age as you and a lifelong Yankee fan. One of my most prized possessions is an autographed photo of Bucky Dent hitting his infamous home run. But I remember watching this game and how I cheered for the A's at this moment. I love the game.
@@Mybpeterson Thank you for the kind words, my friend. That Bucky Dent photo is a great photo. I have it as well. That was of the greatest moments in baseball history! I'm sure you feel the same as me. This game has given me so much. I took my boys to Yankees stadium when they were growing up. I also took my father to a number of games before he passed away. I can't tell you who won the games on those occasions, but I can tell how much it meant to me personally. How can we not love a game that has given us so much?! Thank you again!
I’m an Angels fan. In 1986 (a year in which the Angels should have gone to the WS) I went to see an Orioles game at Anaheim Stadium. Eddie Murray came to the plate in the first and the entire stadium stood up and booed him because he was soo good. He promptly hit a home run. Next time up we all stood and booed him again and he promptly hit another home run. Third time up we all stood and booed…….same result was Eddie hitting a home run. He came to bat in the ninth inning and we all stood up as the score was 18-1 and we all stood up and cheered the man for such a great accomplishment! The whole stadium cheered Eddie Murray and he hit a triple that was one foot from going out. What a game I’ll never forget! Final score Orioles 19-Angels 1.
For my money, the best directed scene in any sports movie ever. The tension, the use of slow motion, the back and forth shots to Pitt's character in the locker room, the incredible musical score, the use of footage from the real-life game....all so perfectly put together
I think part of the reason is the screenwriter, Aaron Sorkin. He wrote the scripts for the West Wing. Regardless of the politics, it's one of, if not, the best written TV shows out there.
That moment of utter silence after the crack is pure gold. Honestly whoever did the audio editing for this moment deserved to walk away with a big fat cheque in their pocket
TV even picks it up. I have also been at live games. A home run hit has a different sound. When you see batters look at their ball, pitchers grimace. You know. Everyone knows. That ball isn't staying in field. It is gone. The sound of pure bliss.
I was at this game. As soon as I heard the sound off the bat I turned around and started screaming. Everyone in the stadium knew it was crushed immediately. ua-cam.com/video/1-JH0oQwVMM/v-deo.htmlsi=Mrl2RqlGLALgJrKh
As a guy who was never good at baseball, never really liked baseball, and never really understood its appeal…this is one of my favorite sports movies ever. “How can you not be romantic about baseball” so good.
The filming of all this scene is just perfect. Everything is explained without a word, every feeling, every thought. I love when you see Hoffman turning his head, you get instantly that he completly believe in the strategy built by Billy and embrace it to put Hatty at the bat. Pure cinematography.
Yes, it is moments with your loved ones that you remember. My moment was taking my father to see the movie "Patton" - which he absolutely loved. And I was lucky to have that moment just as you were lucky to have yours.
I vividly remember sitting in the movie theater watching this film. It was during its first week. At 4:32 when Hatteberg hit that ball, in the silence following the crack of the bat, the entire audience in that theater let out one loud collective gasp. It was like sitting in the stands at an actual baseball game. I actually thought they were about to start cheering. To this day that is one of my favorite moviegoing moments. And it was such a feel-good moment.
Those are the moments I miss the most. People complain when the audience responds, reacts, or makes some external noise. Really they're just absorbed in the moment, and it makes me sad that people would get angry about that.
@@blade913 i think there's a difference there between people being nuisances and people getting genuinely excited about what they're seeing in the theater
I've always appreciated how every little detail has been studied. The arm crank Chris Pratt makes after rounding 1st, the clap he does after rounding 3rd, you can see Hatteberg doing that on the actual game footage.
I was just thinking the same thing. Brilliant by him. Like his stoicism and pissedoffedness throughout the entire movie was setting up this moment when his eyes tell all. Like his own reserved moment of shock.
Crazy thing is, this moment kind of goes against Billy and Pete's entire philosophy. They didn't sign Scott H. because he was known for slamming homers, they got him because he was cheap enough for their budget and his on-base percentage calculated well into their model. Scotty H. knocking it out of the park for a walk-off record-breaking home run was not the plan. It was a miracle moment, and it proves that despite the massive success of their sabermetric approach to building a team and earning wins by math and statistical analysis, sometimes it does boil down down to one individual getting the magic hit at the right moment.
I don't think that's entirely right. Even when someone only occasionally hits HRs, his rate of hitting HRs, low though it might be, still adds value. IOW though some stats are weighed more heavily than others, all a player's stats go into evaluating his value to a team.
@@dank4522 the problem is that when it really matters, i.e. the postseason, those kinds of stats don't impact the game as the "heavy hitters" and big names really do. The movie even puts in some analysts saying that. The movie was about what you said - success in a 162 game season vs success of the team to win the last game of the season. Billy was trying to use a method to get BOTH, and ultimately when money is the limiting factor he realized that he couldn't get both, but he could get moments like these ones, and moments with his daughter.
@@davidhoekstra4620 that incremental addition of power does nothing for the postseason however. A huge part of this movie was about Billy trying to win the last game of the season, and that "no one cares if he doesn't".
The use of music in this movie to set tone and mood is incredible. When Hatte Squares to take the pitch that he knocks out of the park, the same piano riff that was used used during his signing in his house with his small family is heard. Then, after launching it, chords from The Mighty Rio Grande let you know that ball is gone.
i start this movies just because of actors, i don't know any about baseball. Plot, dialogs, dynamics was surprisingly good. But when i heard in this movie one of my favorites band it was wonderful
The combination of actors in scenes with real footage of the games was amazing. It made you feel like you were watching the games live on tv. Such a great story!!
here as the A's play their final home series in Oakland. devastated their moving but can relish the memories Oakland baseball gave us - including this movie. remember all good things come to an end and don't be sad it's over, smile because it happened.
@@nickdanger4795 And the A's home prior to that was Philadelphia before they betrayed us for Kansas City. It always sucks when a team moves but that's how these things work. Boston used to have the Braves before they left for Milwaukee and then Atlanta. Still no team in Montreal since the Expos moved to D.C. With talk of MLB expansion, hopefully we see some previous markets get teams again.
They put Scotty in because of his OBP, utilizing Billy and Pete's philosophy. But him hitting a home run wasn't proof the philosophy worked for that specific situation. It just proved how baseball can be pure magic sometimes.
They way I see it though, is that it did show that their system worked in the sense that certain players were simply "cast" in the wrong position and wasted talents in a way.
You're played for a reason. Some guys get on base, some guys can lay down a bunt, one guy just completely owns that particular pitcher. Everyone has their role to play, even in a specific situation. But at any given time, a player can have "that moment". Their bat's a little quicker. Their legs a little faster. Their reach an inch longer. It can just be that moment. It can last an inning or a round, a game, even a day. That moment they do incredible things they wouldn't normally be able to do. Their shine moment. Anyone who ever played any sport, plays for that moment. Where, for a brief bit of time in their life, they touch greatness.
Technically hitting a homerun would contribute to OBP. This is why OBP is a good measuring stat because it includes a wide range of outcomes. That being said, you are right that he was the pinch hitter with a goal of getting to first base.
Crazy to think how Chris Pratt took off. Nothing big. First noticed as The friend Barry in Wanted. Then parks n rec. Moneyball. Delivery man. Then our Starlord we know and love. GoG 2014 and this mans career blew up. Great to see
Love it when he slips the jacket off. It's like Superman coming out of the phone booth. So many little touches in all of this make it worth revisiting again and again.
As an A's fan, when I saw this movie, I had no idea who Chris Pratt was. I actually thought they got Hatte to play himself because he looked so much like him and he did such a good job.
As a Sox fan, I thought the same thing. And I was genuinely thankful that he got to play on after his injury. The A’s are like the half sibling of the Sox. Second favorite team in baseball.
This may eventually go down as the greatest scene in sports movie history. All the things it took to get there, the buildup to what looks to be blowing their shot at history, the agony of what is at stake for what Billy as trying to do, and all the forces working against him an the team reach a critical mass that ends in one of the greatest releases of joy I can ever remember in movie history. This is BEAUTIFUL.
Put yourself in ‘Hatty’s’ position, put on the spot, not really expected to deliver, but from somewhere a tiny spark ignited to produce the absolutely the perfect result at absolutely the perfect time. That has to feel amazing!!
I’ve been put there before (ok, not THAT position, in the MLB, but in a playoff moment in college lol) and I love how well Pratt nailed the portrayal of it. You sit on your ass for 3+ hours watching, and in a moment, your name is called and you need mentally catch up to everything that’s transpired in less than 3 mins. Pratt taking a moment to process it, and then getting ready a bit like a “deer in the headlights” while all his teammates hype him up is so accurate. Then it’s show time on the field. Sometimes the best thing is to just shut the mind off and let the instincts bring you home.
Probably one of the best directed and edited movies in decades. The audio, acting, and the video switching from he movie to actual video of the team.. Amazing movie
Probably the greatest sports book ever. Never ever EVER would have thought they could pull off a movie of this caliber based on it. A remarkable achievement.
The sound dropout at 2:41 with Koch storming back into the dugout is one of those filmmaking choices that has stuck around and tickled my brain from the very first time I saw it. It's hard to explain completely why, but I love how evocative that moment is.
I have watched this segment at least 10 times. Each time, incredibly, Hatteberg hits it over the fence, and the thrill and pride of the Oakland A’s achievement overcomes me. Way to go. 🏆🏆
I like this version of the event the best of ALL on YT. This provides just enough backstory and context to explain the main event. In this version you get to experience what led up to the HR on both sides. Good job and great editing.
This was one of those rare movies that I saw a preview for and just went out to the store and bought the DVD. I knew it was going to be a winner just from the preview alone and the whole thing just gets to me. I love this movie!
As someone that never played, watched nor appreciated baseball at all, this movie changed my view on the sport. Such a great movie! The audio, and historical clips, plus the pacing was perfect!
+1 to the kudos for the excellent sound work that make this scene as good as it is. Props also to whoever picked the song that plays after the bat hits the ball -- "The Mighty Rio Grande" by This Will Destroy You. It matches the emotion of the moment -- the thud of the accomplishment, the sigh of relief, and the drumbeat that will not be denied -- perfectly.
I'm a baseball fan not the biggest Brad Pitt fan but he is so good in this it has become my favorite movie. Such great lines and great performances. When I first saw it I really didn't think there was much of a resemblance to Art Howe but was such a great performance. I never get tired of watching the scenes with the agents. Maybe because real agents were used.
I am a football guy through and through, and I was never good at baseball growing up. But somehow, the baseball celebrations, Fisk, Gibson, and ones like this video really take grow men back to being a kid more than any other sport, in my opinion.
This hits hard with the A’s leaving for Vegas. Growing up an Eastbay kid, the A’s were my life in the summer. Dave Kingman, Ricky Henderson, Mike Davis, Dave Stewart, Big Mac and so on. I moved away in 1995, but made sure to catch a few games each summer when I came home to visit. Eventually I was able to share the experience with my son who is now a die hard Oakland fan. I feel awful for the loyal fans who were there until the end, such chill people to watch a live game with. RIP OAKLAND A’s. It was a heck of a run.
This scene makes me emotional ...every single time I have watched in past 100 times .... i feel I'm there among the crowds and feeling it in my soul ..cheering for him
I was in a hotel room, changed channels and caught this movie about in the middle. Then I saw the part where Billy Beane is driving in his pickup truck and gets the phone call from his daughter. What was following was so exciting to watch, I had to look up the score to see what had happened (when they showed the date).
Played in high school and college, couple great moments, winning a state title, being elected captain as a senior. But nothing compares to the 3 run homer I hit in the bottom of the ninth, 2 on, 2 out, down 3-1, in MSBL when I was 33. 87 mph fastball middle middle and I hit a line drive over the batting cage behind the left field fence. My dad had cancer and died after the season. He told me the world went black and white except for the tunnel the ball traveled through. I play this scene and listen to the build up and the crack of the bat. My buddy, Scott Q, rest his soul, told my dad before the pitch-hey, Chris is going to hit one over the batting cage.
Kind of feel for the pitcher, Grimsley. Picture him as an old, grumpy guy sitting in his beer chair saying to himself: "christ, why did why do I have to relive that moment over and over, like Groundhog Day.
my dad and i used to listen on the radio even if the A’s were on TV. something about king simmons and the A’s announcers or maybe it’s just radio. a look back at simpler times. we had a beer a game just listening. i think he knew it meant something to us though no words were spoken. we used to cuss listening to dwayne murphy whiff on the high heater. dwayne could never layoff that pitch. lol. he’s been gone 22 years now but what great times. thanks for the memories dad.
I was at game 17 of the streak. I was in the crowd scenes of this movie. We came in at like 10 at night. They directed us to different parts of the stands to take different shots. They gave us coffee and hot dogs. I was there with my son, my heavily pregnant daughter in law my daughter and my niece. It was way cool. I was also there on 9/24/24, the last time for me
The meshing of real footage combined with the mock footage makes this scene incredibly powerful - you're watching something that actually happened, Aaron Sorkin is truly an excellent filmmaker.
The way Bennett Miller uses actors natural skills is a big part of his movies (like Foxcatcher) Phillip Seymour Hoffmann simple reaction at 04:39 as an example 😊 just brilliant filmmaking 👍
As a former baseball player I enjoyed this movie awesome reminded me of my senior year 1996-97 my baseball team won the state championship. I was power hitter but the guys in front of me their job was to get on base my coach said because I would drive them in. Even though I had an awesome season it’s a team game I love my teammate when we won we partied
Still in my top 10 of movies. Played golf twice with Jeremy Giambi 4-5 years ago, not knowing who he was. After a few holes, I mentioned he swung like a baseball player, asking such, him replying on the tee, "I've never played baseball." His humor was so dry. Sad, he committed suicide a couple years ago.
I've seen many articles and interviews that suggest the manager and scouting staff were unfairly portrayed as "bad guys" who opposed what Beane was doing. I understand that Hollywood needs conflict to make a good movie, but I'd love to see a documentary on the TRUE story of what the Athletics actually did and how they accomplished it. It's a truly amazing story, even without all the manufactured Hollywood drama.
I love how this scene completely denies moneyball concept. None ever thought that Hatteberg would bat a home run and yet it happened to save the streak. How can you not be romantic about baseball? What a great movie!
Well technically they're still around. Sacramento for at least two seasons and then (probably) Vegas. Started life in Philadelphia, then Kansas City, then Oakland.
Never noticed until now…when Brad Pitt turns around to look at the tv, first he’s staring at it, then he starts to look up - a sign that the ball went high and far.
Brewers fan here. Gonna miss the OAKLAND A's. Will never call them Vegas just like I still call the Raiders "Oakland." Despite them not being very good in recent years, that green and gold is iconic to this sport. John Fisher will live to regret moving this team.
Imagine being the reliever that allowed the tying run to score, get the last out, and then getting credit for the win after your team walks it off lmaoooo
IMO the most honest statement was the voice over: "no one reinvents this game......." Here we are, 2024. The A's are, and have been for some time, a disaster. I know the peanut gallery will say that every team has incorporated at least some of Beane's ideas but still....no team has run the table with this philosophy......yet!
A scene that masterfully captures the highs and lows of sports, a perfect microcosm of the parallels between the highs and lows in life. Sometimes it’s in our favor, sometimes we don’t get the outcome we want and have to dig deeper to find the fortitude to endure loss.
As a royals fan this broke my heart watching this movie, I remember the actual game and how happy I was that we had comeback from a huge lead just for this to happen. Still a great moment in sports non the less
One thing that very rarely gets the appreciation that it deserves is audio work. The random shifts in sounds, the cut outs, all showing perfectly a team off balance and slipping away from their achievement. Then the hit. Masterfully done.
Agreed. Like you said the audio just seems to fade in and out at the right time,
For me the Audio Make an equal impact than the Actors job is the way for us the viewers to get inside the movie as one 😎
I also love the way they seamlessly pieced together the actual footage with what they filmed.
The use of silence too. So many moments of Brad Pitt alone where you could feel the character's brain going and going in silence. What a great movie.
Great point!
This is why we watch.... I have been a Yankees fan since I was about 7 years old. I am 60 years old today and I can tell you with complete certainty that if you love one team, it doesn't mean that you can't love what another team has done. This was one of the greatest moments in baseball history. And, even though it was accomplished by the A's, it still brought a tear of joy to my eyes. And yes, I was very happy for them. When you love baseball, you love it complete; good, bad and no matter what it brings. You'll hate the rival teams, but still smile when they accomplish something magnificent. This is the game we love...The game we will always love.
When you love baseball, you love it complete. I think it applies to everything we love. Your line makes me feel something in my heart. I'd like to send you gratitude from Korea.
@vaccinexo2974 Thank you, friend. And yes, you are correct! I grew up a hard-core Yankees fan. And even though we have a bitter rivalry, I am happy when they win. Somebody's gotta win! Thank you again, my friend.
What a perfect description. I'm the same age as you and a lifelong Yankee fan. One of my most prized possessions is an autographed photo of Bucky Dent hitting his infamous home run. But I remember watching this game and how I cheered for the A's at this moment. I love the game.
@@Mybpeterson Thank you for the kind words, my friend. That Bucky Dent photo is a great photo. I have it as well. That was of the greatest moments in baseball history! I'm sure you feel the same as me. This game has given me so much. I took my boys to Yankees stadium when they were growing up. I also took my father to a number of games before he passed away. I can't tell you who won the games on those occasions, but I can tell how much it meant to me personally. How can we not love a game that has given us so much?! Thank you again!
I’m an Angels fan. In 1986 (a year in which the Angels should have gone to the WS) I went to see an Orioles game at Anaheim Stadium. Eddie Murray came to the plate in the first and the entire stadium stood up and booed him because he was soo good. He promptly hit a home run. Next time up we all stood and booed him again and he promptly hit another home run. Third time up we all stood and booed…….same result was Eddie hitting a home run. He came to bat in the ninth inning and we all stood up as the score was 18-1 and we all stood up and cheered the man for such a great accomplishment! The whole stadium cheered Eddie Murray and he hit a triple that was one foot from going out. What a game I’ll never forget! Final score Orioles 19-Angels 1.
For my money, the best directed scene in any sports movie ever. The tension, the use of slow motion, the back and forth shots to Pitt's character in the locker room, the incredible musical score, the use of footage from the real-life game....all so perfectly put together
May I suggest you watch WITHOUT LIMITS with Donald Sutherland and Billy Crudup.
It's about American long distance runner, Pre.
I think part of the reason is the screenwriter, Aaron Sorkin. He wrote the scripts for the West Wing. Regardless of the politics, it's one of, if not, the best written TV shows out there.
The Longest Yard also had pretty great scenes. So did Hustle.
Rudy ending was better IMO
@@viksin1998 I was just gonna post this lol
That moment of utter silence after the crack is pure gold. Honestly whoever did the audio editing for this moment deserved to walk away with a big fat cheque in their pocket
...heard he's now the sound guy for the Yankees...
@@peartooz LOL!!! That's really good! 😂
How about me? I’m a big fat Czech!
@@MrKastaway66 - yes, but will you fit in his pocket?
I love the way Billy looks up at the sound of the hit, like he can hear exactly how good it was.
Home run swings often make a distinct sound.
Definitely one of the most satisfying sounds in sports.
TV even picks it up. I have also been at live games. A home run hit has a different sound. When you see batters look at their ball, pitchers grimace. You know. Everyone knows. That ball isn't staying in field. It is gone. The sound of pure bliss.
I was at this game. As soon as I heard the sound off the bat I turned around and started screaming. Everyone in the stadium knew it was crushed immediately.
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Nothing like the sound of a wood bat. Especially the way it feels in your hands.
As a guy who was never good at baseball, never really liked baseball, and never really understood its appeal…this is one of my favorite sports movies ever. “How can you not be romantic about baseball” so good.
Same baseball is the only popular sport I never watch or played much up still found the movie outstanding.
Agree 100% same with the movie Miracle
You've got to watch "When we were kings"
Yeah. I like baseball but never played it. I'm not even american or cuban. But this movie shook me to the core.
Baseball is pretty weird, especially for non-Americans. Movies about this sport are a hundred times better than the sport itself.
The filming of all this scene is just perfect. Everything is explained without a word, every feeling, every thought. I love when you see Hoffman turning his head, you get instantly that he completly believe in the strategy built by Billy and embrace it to put Hatty at the bat. Pure cinematography.
My dad took me to see this movie. We didn’t know it then but it was his last visit before his death at 93. This scene is precious.
Even though you were lucky to have your dad for so long, sorry for your loss. This sounds like a good memory to have.
How can you not be romantic about baseball? ❤️
Beautiful memory. SLAINTE
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Yes, it is moments with your loved ones that you remember. My moment was taking my father to see the movie "Patton" - which he absolutely loved. And I was lucky to have that moment just as you were lucky to have yours.
I vividly remember sitting in the movie theater watching this film. It was during its first week. At 4:32 when Hatteberg hit that ball, in the silence following the crack of the bat, the entire audience in that theater let out one loud collective gasp. It was like sitting in the stands at an actual baseball game. I actually thought they were about to start cheering.
To this day that is one of my favorite moviegoing moments. And it was such a feel-good moment.
Those are the moments I miss the most. People complain when the audience responds, reacts, or makes some external noise. Really they're just absorbed in the moment, and it makes me sad that people would get angry about that.
@@blade913 i think there's a difference there between people being nuisances and people getting genuinely excited about what they're seeing in the theater
Funny thing is, if you're a baseball fan you knew this happened.
@@Rockhound6165 We could all see it coming a mile away though...
Lol stop with your over dramatics. It was obvious
I've always appreciated how every little detail has been studied. The arm crank Chris Pratt makes after rounding 1st, the clap he does after rounding 3rd, you can see Hatteberg doing that on the actual game footage.
Hoffmann nailed that shocked reaction. A split second on screen and painted a whole picture.
RIP to one of the greatest of his generation.
I was just thinking the same thing. Brilliant by him. Like his stoicism and pissedoffedness throughout the entire movie was setting up this moment when his eyes tell all. Like his own reserved moment of shock.
@@mr.doctorcaptain1124 or you might even be generous and take 3 more seconds and type Rest In Peace.
A very subtle double take! Great acting indeed!
Hoffmann nailed every scene he was in ever.
Crazy thing is, this moment kind of goes against Billy and Pete's entire philosophy. They didn't sign Scott H. because he was known for slamming homers, they got him because he was cheap enough for their budget and his on-base percentage calculated well into their model.
Scotty H. knocking it out of the park for a walk-off record-breaking home run was not the plan. It was a miracle moment, and it proves that despite the massive success of their sabermetric approach to building a team and earning wins by math and statistical analysis, sometimes it does boil down down to one individual getting the magic hit at the right moment.
I don't think that's entirely right. Even when someone only occasionally hits HRs, his rate of hitting HRs, low though it might be, still adds value. IOW though some stats are weighed more heavily than others, all a player's stats go into evaluating his value to a team.
"Record breaking" 🤣🤣
@@dank4522 the problem is that when it really matters, i.e. the postseason, those kinds of stats don't impact the game as the "heavy hitters" and big names really do. The movie even puts in some analysts saying that.
The movie was about what you said - success in a 162 game season vs success of the team to win the last game of the season. Billy was trying to use a method to get BOTH, and ultimately when money is the limiting factor he realized that he couldn't get both, but he could get moments like these ones, and moments with his daughter.
@@Trojanfan666 he broke the consecutive wins record for the AL. Are you dumb?
@@davidhoekstra4620 that incremental addition of power does nothing for the postseason however. A huge part of this movie was about Billy trying to win the last game of the season, and that "no one cares if he doesn't".
The use of music in this movie to set tone and mood is incredible. When Hatte Squares to take the pitch that he knocks out of the park, the same piano riff that was used used during his signing in his house with his small family is heard. Then, after launching it, chords from The Mighty Rio Grande let you know that ball is gone.
i start this movies just because of actors, i don't know any about baseball. Plot, dialogs, dynamics was surprisingly good. But when i heard in this movie one of my favorites band it was wonderful
“How can you not be romantic about baseball” best quote I ever hear..
And I know EXACTLY what he meant. ❤
The combination of actors in scenes with real footage of the games was amazing. It made you feel like you were watching the games live on tv. Such a great story!!
here as the A's play their final home series in Oakland. devastated their moving but can relish the memories Oakland baseball gave us - including this movie. remember all good things come to an end and don't be sad it's over, smile because it happened.
I came back to this today for the same reason. Today is the last day a game will ever be played there again.
The A's home was Kansas City before Finley betrayed us for Oakland. How's it feel?
@@nickdanger4795 And the A's home prior to that was Philadelphia before they betrayed us for Kansas City.
It always sucks when a team moves but that's how these things work. Boston used to have the Braves before they left for Milwaukee and then Atlanta. Still no team in Montreal since the Expos moved to D.C. With talk of MLB expansion, hopefully we see some previous markets get teams again.
@@drygnfyrecubs never left they’ll always be Chicago 🤩
@@Walker-ow7vjIf the cubs try to leave, the city will burn to the ground...again.
They put Scotty in because of his OBP, utilizing Billy and Pete's philosophy. But him hitting a home run wasn't proof the philosophy worked for that specific situation.
It just proved how baseball can be pure magic sometimes.
Probability catches up eventually.
They way I see it though, is that it did show that their system worked in the sense that certain players were simply "cast" in the wrong position and wasted talents in a way.
You're played for a reason. Some guys get on base, some guys can lay down a bunt, one guy just completely owns that particular pitcher. Everyone has their role to play, even in a specific situation. But at any given time, a player can have "that moment". Their bat's a little quicker. Their legs a little faster. Their reach an inch longer. It can just be that moment. It can last an inning or a round, a game, even a day. That moment they do incredible things they wouldn't normally be able to do. Their shine moment.
Anyone who ever played any sport, plays for that moment. Where, for a brief bit of time in their life, they touch greatness.
@@AH-te5gs i agree. sadly he didn't see it. luck or not it changed the old system.
Technically hitting a homerun would contribute to OBP. This is why OBP is a good measuring stat because it includes a wide range of outcomes. That being said, you are right that he was the pinch hitter with a goal of getting to first base.
Crazy to think how Chris Pratt took off. Nothing big. First noticed as The friend Barry in Wanted. Then parks n rec. Moneyball. Delivery man. Then our Starlord we know and love. GoG 2014 and this mans career blew up. Great to see
@Patriotpuertorican yeah he killed a lot!😅😅😅
He was in a few TV series too before movies that were popular back in the day before those movies you said. He was in Everwood and The O.C.
Everwood was debut I think
That's usually how it goes for most of the biggest stars, minor roles then a breakthrough
I remember first seeing him 8n Everwood. He's had a great career
Hoffman, Pratt, Pitt, Hill. Everyone brought their A game(no pun intended) to this movie. Can't recommend it enough
Astros fan here. A’s fans, y’all deserve better. They’ll always be the OAKLAND A’s to me no matter where they go
I'm a Braves fan and this film still manages to bring a tear to my eye. It is so hard to hate an underdog story.
Love it when he slips the jacket off. It's like Superman coming out of the phone booth. So many little touches in all of this make it worth revisiting again and again.
As an A's fan, when I saw this movie, I had no idea who Chris Pratt was. I actually thought they got Hatte to play himself because he looked so much like him and he did such a good job.
As a Sox fan, I thought the same thing. And I was genuinely thankful that he got to play on after his injury. The A’s are like the half sibling of the Sox. Second favorite team in baseball.
This may eventually go down as the greatest scene in sports movie history. All the things it took to get there, the buildup to what looks to be blowing their shot at history, the agony of what is at stake for what Billy as trying to do, and all the forces working against him an the team reach a critical mass that ends in one of the greatest releases of joy I can ever remember in movie history. This is BEAUTIFUL.
Put yourself in ‘Hatty’s’ position, put on the spot, not really expected to deliver, but from somewhere a tiny spark ignited to produce the absolutely the perfect result at absolutely the perfect time. That has to feel amazing!!
I’ve been put there before (ok, not THAT position, in the MLB, but in a playoff moment in college lol) and I love how well Pratt nailed the portrayal of it.
You sit on your ass for 3+ hours watching, and in a moment, your name is called and you need mentally catch up to everything that’s transpired in less than 3 mins. Pratt taking a moment to process it, and then getting ready a bit like a “deer in the headlights” while all his teammates hype him up is so accurate. Then it’s show time on the field. Sometimes the best thing is to just shut the mind off and let the instincts bring you home.
Probably one of the best directed and edited movies in decades. The audio, acting, and the video switching from he movie to actual video of the team.. Amazing movie
Probably the greatest sports book ever. Never ever EVER would have thought they could pull off a movie of this caliber based on it. A remarkable achievement.
Terry Francona’s book “The Red Sox Years” is a pretty good read as well.
The sound dropout at 2:41 with Koch storming back into the dugout is one of those filmmaking choices that has stuck around and tickled my brain from the very first time I saw it. It's hard to explain completely why, but I love how evocative that moment is.
I have watched this segment at least 10 times. Each time, incredibly, Hatteberg hits it over the fence, and the thrill and pride of the Oakland A’s achievement overcomes me. Way to go. 🏆🏆
To every little boy that picked up a bat, the sound of a home run crack of the bat is distinctive. We never forget.
I like this version of the event the best of ALL on YT. This provides just enough backstory and context to explain the main event. In this version you get to experience what led up to the HR on both sides. Good job and great editing.
Thank you for posting the lead up scene to the HR !
Hoffman's reaction of surprise at the end makes me miss the man. First saw him in Twister, and it went from there.
‘Food!’ My wife and I say this almost daily and I can see his character in Twister saying it.
"tHe SuCk ZoNe"
"Dusty, why don't you explain to her why you are the way you are?"
This was one of those rare movies that I saw a preview for and just went out to the store and bought the DVD. I knew it was going to be a winner just from the preview alone and the whole thing just gets to me. I love this movie!
Miss Philip Seymour Hoffman. Even in smaller roles like this he was great.
He was an absolute treasure
never miss the dopers...heroin long before fentynal...
@@guycmcd how sad are you to hop on youtube just to encourage people not to feel?
Greatly missed. One of those actors where if you saw his name on the billing you KNEW it was going to be a good movie.
In Boogie Nights his role is a person you rarely see in the movies. He was one of the very best of modern film. RIP.
I'm British...I don't know much about Baseball at all...But this film is one of my favorites...ever. Such a great story. This scene is amazing.
As someone that never played, watched nor appreciated baseball at all, this movie changed my view on the sport. Such a great movie! The audio, and historical clips, plus the pacing was perfect!
+1 to the kudos for the excellent sound work that make this scene as good as it is. Props also to whoever picked the song that plays after the bat hits the ball -- "The Mighty Rio Grande" by This Will Destroy You. It matches the emotion of the moment -- the thud of the accomplishment, the sigh of relief, and the drumbeat that will not be denied -- perfectly.
To this day, I still believe this is Brad’s best movie.
Hard to beat MEET JOE BLACK!
@@Mrlittlewally or Kalifornia. or Snatch.
@@MrlittlewallyI couldn't agree with you more. Meet Joe Black was a phenomenal performance and wonderful movie.
Was Good here , Fury was hard to beat , but best performance was in Seven (7) !!
His thick gypsy accent in Snatch is stellar as is his physicality and quiet revenge.
I'm a baseball fan not the biggest Brad Pitt fan but he is so good in this it has become my favorite movie. Such great lines and great performances. When I first saw it I really didn't think there was much of a resemblance to Art Howe but was such a great performance. I never get tired of watching the scenes with the agents. Maybe because real agents were used.
I am a football guy through and through, and I was never good at baseball growing up. But somehow, the baseball celebrations, Fisk, Gibson, and ones like this video really take grow men back to being a kid more than any other sport, in my opinion.
Absolutely, hands down, one of the best baseball movies EVER. Period. Right in Pitt's wheelhouse, everything about this film is a home run!
This hits hard with the A’s leaving for Vegas. Growing up an Eastbay kid, the A’s were my life in the summer. Dave Kingman, Ricky Henderson, Mike Davis, Dave Stewart, Big Mac and so on. I moved away in 1995, but made sure to catch a few games each summer when I came home to visit. Eventually I was able to share the experience with my son who is now a die hard Oakland fan. I feel awful for the loyal fans who were there until the end, such chill people to watch a live game with. RIP OAKLAND A’s. It was a heck of a run.
This scene makes me emotional ...every single time I have watched in past 100 times .... i feel I'm there among the crowds and feeling it in my soul ..cheering for him
Every. Single. Time.
How did this movie not win best picture..beats the hell out of me.
easy politics.....
@@craighanson-rc1md oh right..no gays who are black or asian who are transgender and blind and have one arm and decide to play baseball.
Ever since I was a kid playing little league....there are moments in this game that can make a grown man cry.
The way they orchestrate that HR makes the hair on my arms stand up. Incredible.
I was in a hotel room, changed channels and caught this movie about in the middle. Then I saw the part where Billy Beane is driving in his pickup truck and gets the phone call from his daughter.
What was following was so exciting to watch, I had to look up the score to see what had happened (when they showed the date).
"How can you not be romantic about baseball?"
that moment at 5:15 when he is over the top with elation nearing his mates shows me hes about to cry with sheer everything rolled up into one. omg
Played in high school and college, couple great moments, winning a state title, being elected captain as a senior. But nothing compares to the 3 run homer I hit in the bottom of the ninth, 2 on, 2 out, down 3-1, in MSBL when I was 33. 87 mph fastball middle middle and I hit a line drive over the batting cage behind the left field fence. My dad had cancer and died after the season. He told me the world went black and white except for the tunnel the ball traveled through. I play this scene and listen to the build up and the crack of the bat. My buddy, Scott Q, rest his soul, told my dad before the pitch-hey, Chris is going to hit one over the batting cage.
The amount of times i've watched this scene is just unhealthy.
Nah Loki - you are good. :-)
Kind of feel for the pitcher, Grimsley. Picture him as an old, grumpy guy sitting in his beer chair saying to himself: "christ, why did why do I have to relive that moment over and over, like Groundhog Day.
This is one of the best sports movies ever. Direction, story telling, audio, acting.. everything near perfect
my dad and i used to listen on the radio even if the A’s were on TV. something about king simmons and the A’s announcers or maybe it’s just radio. a look back at simpler times. we had a beer a game just listening. i think he knew it meant something to us though no words were spoken.
we used to cuss listening to dwayne murphy whiff on the high heater. dwayne could never layoff that pitch. lol.
he’s been gone 22 years now but what great times. thanks for the memories dad.
I was at game 17 of the streak. I was in the crowd scenes of this movie. We came in at like 10 at night. They directed us to different parts of the stands to take different shots. They gave us coffee and hot dogs. I was there with my son, my heavily pregnant daughter in law my daughter and my niece. It was way cool. I was also there on 9/24/24, the last time for me
The meshing of real footage combined with the mock footage makes this scene incredibly powerful - you're watching something that actually happened, Aaron Sorkin is truly an excellent filmmaker.
Hate that this clip cuts out Billy's little silent celebration, such a gratifying moment for a guy who put his career on the line to innovate.
The way Bennett Miller uses actors natural skills is a big part of his movies (like Foxcatcher) Phillip Seymour Hoffmann simple reaction at 04:39 as an example 😊 just brilliant filmmaking 👍
Some of the greatest words in sports history:
"Hattie! Grab a bat...
you're hittin' for Burnsey..."
beane got let go early in the mlb, he picks up a guy that thought he was done, gave him the second chance he always wanted and dude made history
As a former baseball player I enjoyed this movie awesome reminded me of my senior year 1996-97 my baseball team won the state championship. I was power hitter but the guys in front of me their job was to get on base my coach said because I would drive them in. Even though I had an awesome season it’s a team game I love my teammate when we won we partied
This film is immaculate. Perfectly understated - it's beautiful filmmaking.
the crowd comes back to INSANE life! love that line
Still in my top 10 of movies. Played golf twice with Jeremy Giambi 4-5 years ago, not knowing who he was. After a few holes, I mentioned he swung like a baseball player, asking such, him replying on the tee, "I've never played baseball." His humor was so dry. Sad, he committed suicide a couple years ago.
I've seen many articles and interviews that suggest the manager and scouting staff were unfairly portrayed as "bad guys" who opposed what Beane was doing. I understand that Hollywood needs conflict to make a good movie, but I'd love to see a documentary on the TRUE story of what the Athletics actually did and how they accomplished it. It's a truly amazing story, even without all the manufactured Hollywood drama.
The manufactured drama puts it to the next level. Like in the movie 'Sully' with the National Transportation Safety Board as the bad guys.
This was absolutely one of the best single scenes from a sports movie ever. Great stuff.
If there is a better sports scene ever put on film, I haven't seen it. This is an absolute masterpiece.
This is a master class on how to use silence in a movie.
This movie hits different now that the A’s are out of Oakland 😭
This was the last movie I saw in the theater with my father. It will always hold a special place in my heart.
I forgot Philip Seymour Hoffman was in this movie, too. One hell of a cast.
I love how this scene completely denies moneyball concept. None ever thought that Hatteberg would bat a home run and yet it happened to save the streak. How can you not be romantic about baseball?
What a great movie!
Came back to this scene because the A's are no more 😢
So sad.
Well technically they're still around. Sacramento for at least two seasons and then (probably) Vegas. Started life in Philadelphia, then Kansas City, then Oakland.
We watched this game live and it was intense.. a lifelong memory.
Never noticed until now…when Brad Pitt turns around to look at the tv, first he’s staring at it, then he starts to look up - a sign that the ball went high and far.
Brewers fan here. Gonna miss the OAKLAND A's. Will never call them Vegas just like I still call the Raiders "Oakland." Despite them not being very good in recent years, that green and gold is iconic to this sport. John Fisher will live to regret moving this team.
And all the REAL Oakland fans (of both teams, all three actually) will thank you.)
Imagine being the reliever that allowed the tying run to score, get the last out, and then getting credit for the win after your team walks it off lmaoooo
How can u not get chills when Pitt snaps his head?
Who's here after witnessing the A's win their final home game ever in Oakland?
I haven't even watched this movie yet, but I've probably seen this clip at least a half-dozen times. Gets better every time I see it.
*How was this not nominated for best sound editing and not win best sound mixing?*
The fact that a movie like this broke through for a Sound Mixing nomination is pretty incredible in and of itself. 👏
The intercuts from movie to real life-chills. I’m not even a baseball fan at all but holy shiii was this a good movie.
Still savoring this scene--and this baseball achievement--in 2024. 👏🍻😉
That score is the most emotionally powerful piece of music I have ever heard.
IMO the most honest statement was the voice over: "no one reinvents this game......."
Here we are, 2024. The A's are, and have been for some time, a disaster.
I know the peanut gallery will say that every team has incorporated at least some of Beane's ideas but still....no team has run the table with this philosophy......yet!
This movie really demonstrated to me how talented an actor Chris Pratt is. I had never heard of him before.
Geez this is a good sequence. The cuts, the build up, everything.
Beautiful editing.
I don't watch baseball and not knowing what the Oakland A's did in real life made this scene so intense for me.
Jonah Hill was legit amazing in the movie, especially 5:27
Loved the movie as much as the book. Great writing and acting both.
The sound of the home run is ALMOST as good as the sound of a head shot in Rust.
1:01 That ball was golfed out of the park. I was there.
A scene that masterfully captures the highs and lows of sports, a perfect microcosm of the parallels between the highs and lows in life. Sometimes it’s in our favor, sometimes we don’t get the outcome we want and have to dig deeper to find the fortitude to endure loss.
This is what gives filmmaking hope.
As a royals fan this broke my heart watching this movie, I remember the actual game and how happy I was that we had comeback from a huge lead just for this to happen. Still a great moment in sports non the less
Moments like this made it worth being an A's fan. I'm going to miss having baseball in Oakland. Lets-Go Oak-land / / ///
As a Mariners fan I think I'm gonna miss the A's being in Oakland too. Used to love to hate them. Won't be the same with them in Vegas.
Ten of the sweetest words in baseball:
"Hatty, grab a bat. You're hittin' for Bernsey.
Let's go!"
I'm really glad they got a Chris Pratt-Type for Hattie