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Moneyball Finally Wins -- On Jeopardy!
Monday, November 21, 2011 10:24 am

Written by: Ben Maller

Moneyball hasn't helped the Oakland Athletics win the World Series, but it has inspired the greatest performance in Jeopardy! game show history. Roger Craig won $77,000 in one episode to break Jeopardy! legend Ken Jenn... >>

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Jeopardy, Moneyball
Yogi Berra's Problem With 'Moneyball'
Monday, November 7, 2011 10:06 am

Written by: Ben Maller

You'd be hard pressed to find a more popular retired baseball player than Yogi Berra. The 86-year-old Yankees Hall of Fame hero is diamond royalty. But what does the master of homespun hardball wisdom think of Hollywood's... >>

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Moneyball, Movies, Yogi Berra
Best World Series Player Bargains
Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:23 am

Written by: Karie Meltzer

With "Moneyball" racking up about $20 million in box office revenue for its opening weekend, millions of people who would never watch an Oakland Athletics game have learned the importance of a baseball player's value. The mai... >>

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Alexi Ogando, Allen Craig, Derek Holland, Fantasy Baseball, Jaime Garcia, Lance Berkman, Matt Harrison, Mike Napoli, Mitch Moreland, MLB, Moneyball, Neftali Feliz, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers
Highest Grossing Sports Movies
Monday, September 26, 2011 8:16 pm

Written by: Daniel Bukszpan

By Daniel Bukszpan CNBC.com On Friday, Sept. 24, 2011, the Brad Pitt movie "Moneyball" opened across the U.S. It had the misfortune of opening alongside the 3D re-release of "The Lion King," which easily and unsurprisingl... >>

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CNBC, MLB, Moneyball, Movies
'Money' For Nothing: Brad Pitt Notwithstanding, Baseball Movies Just Don't Work Anymore
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 5:15 pm

Written by: Jeff Passan

They used to make movies about baseball. It was Hollywood's sport as much as it was America's. Filmmakers saw in baseball what they did in their own work: a tempered build, a sweeping narrative, a rumbling denouement and ... >>

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Billy Beane, Brad Pitt, MLB, Moneyball, Oakland Athletics

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