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  • There are rich teams and there are poor teams.

  • Then there is fifty feet of crap.

  • And then there's us.

  • That's a dollar, men.

  • What? -Welcome to Oakland.

  • I need more money. -We're not in New York.

  • Find players with the money that we do have.

  • I like Perez -Got an ugly girlfriend.

  • Ugly girlfriend means no confidence.

  • You guys are talking the same old nonsense Like we're looking for Fabio.

  • We got to think differently.

  • Who's Fabio?

  • Your goal shouldn't be to buy players, your goal should be to buy wins.

  • In order to buy wins you need to buy runs.

  • Who are you? -I'm Peter Brand.

  • First job in baseball? -It's my first jobanywhere.

  • We're gonna shake things up.

  • Why don't you walk me through the board?

  • I believe there is a championship team that we can afford

  • because everyone else undervalues them, like an island of misfit toys.

  • We want you at first base. -I have only ever played catcher.

  • It's not that hard, Scott, tell him. -It's incredibly hard.

  • He can't throw. -But what can he do?

  • You want me to speak? -When I point at you, yeah.

  • He gets on base.

  • We are card counters at the blackjack table. And we are gonna turn the odds on the casino.

  • I'm heading in, text me the play-by-play. -Wait, what?

  • I don't watch the games.

  • "Billy Beane is trying to reinvent a system that's been working for years."

  • "That was a nice theory, just not working out."

  • "How long is Billy Beane gonna last?"

  • "He's proven himself right out of a job."

  • In their minds is threatening a game surrendering the way they do things.

  • Hey daddy, do you think you'll lose your job? -What?

  • Where did you hear that? -Well I go on the Internet sometimes.

  • Don't go on the Internet. Watch TV or talk to people.

  • You're discounting what scouts have done for 150 years?

  • What the hell am I doing?

  • "What is happening in Oakland?"

  • "It defies everything we know about baseball."

  • "Just plain crazy."

  • If we win with this team we'll change the game.

  • It's better work. I'm just kidding.

There are rich teams and there are poor teams.

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