Money Ball
Mark Shapiro: “What else you’re thinking? Outfielders? In your price range...no disrespect...García...”
Billy Bean: “Nope.”
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Billy Bean: “OK, tell me about García....is he healthy?”
Mark Shapiro: “Yeah, he is healthy...ish...I wanna be straight with you, he had this back thing, right...”
Billy Bean: “I’ll give you Guthrie if you kick in some cash. 200k”
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Mark Shapiro: “So García is gonna be a no.”
Billy Bean: “You’re kidding me, right...OK, straight up García for Guthrie, no kicker.”
Mark Shapiro: “I think it is gonna be a hard no on García.”
Edited scene transcript from Moneyball, Billy visits ClevelandRaise your hand if you knew this famous scene of Billy Beane visiting Mark Shapiro in the movie ‘Moneyball’ was about Karim García, the next player in line for our Throwback Thursday article.