There are so many questions to ask Paul DePodesta, the Rockies’ new president of baseball operations. Not the least of which is, “What did you think about actor Jonah Hill’s portrayal of you?”
The husky Hill played Peter Brand in “Moneyball,” the 2011 movie about the Oakland Athletics’ celebrated use of sabermetrics during the 2002 season. Brand’s character was only partially based on DePodesta, who was a deputy under A’s general manager Billy Beane. DePodesta, for the record, is not husky. In fact, DePodesta was an athletic Harvard graduate who played both football and baseball in college.