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DePodesta, of Moneyball and Browns fame, visits campus

This Thursday, Academy Award-nominated actor Jonah Hill came to Marquette’s campus to speak about baseball analytics, sabermetrics and his current goal to lead the woeful Cleveland Browns to their first Super Bowl in franchise history.

Wait, sorry for the confusion. The actual speaker was Paul DePodesta, the chief strategist for the Browns. But most know him as the Oakland Athletics’ assistant General Manager — Jonah Hill’s character — in “Moneyball,” the Academy Award-nominated film starring Brad Pitt.

DePodesta was brought in as part of the Kellstadt Speaker Series, hosted by Marquette’s Marketing Department, and spoke in Weasler Auditorium.