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Sports generally has been intellectualized and has been a new kind of person who runs the sports team. previously it was someone who had played the sport. billy bean introduced these annal itics to the sport in a new fresh way and hes changed it. its the way, he has said he couldnt get hired to run a team now. i mean, theres a huge culture shift. and the book, the story is always -- well, look, the story was threatening to people in baseball. >> right. >> it cost people jobs. and people were loo...

>> mm-hmm. >> the movie is better than the book. youre just thrilled with how the movie -- >> its funny. scenes like that which look pure invention, they came right from life. this is what this general manager did. he was swapping players as if they were commodities in a market. >> you know, the fascinating thing is a lot of baseball purists love to scoff at the billy bean story. they go, well hes never won the world series, but teams that have won the world series went to school on what billy b...

Thats what we learned at the great depression. >> right. >> thats why we put in the s.e.c., why we put in the fdic. why we put in glass/steagall and then we walked back on all of that because powerful financial interests combined with powerful politicians and said, were, you know, going to take this for all its worth. >> what i wonder is where is the billy bean for this? in other words, were the last rug that everything can be swept under. >> right. >> meaning the federal government. >> and i do...

>> ha-ha. finally, time for insomniac theater. as you saw "the lion king" in 3d roared to the top of the box office. >> i saw it. big hit. coming in at second place with over $20 million was brad pitts baseball movie "money ball." its received oscar buzz. we sent our digital news associate, jackie fernandez to see if it lives up to the hype. >> definitely lives up to the hype. based on a true story, stars brad pitt as billy bean, general manager of the oakland as. a small market team. their play...

susan, what did they have to say apparently we are having trouble with susan candiotti who has been following that story. we will listen to the hikers. >> we had to go on hunger strike repeatedly to receive letters from our loved ones. many times, too many times, we heard the screams of other prisoners being beaten, and there was nothing we could do to help them. >> though wed like to be very clear, this was never about crossing the unmarked border between iran and iraq. we were held b...

the fbi says the reward money was paid to at least two tipsters. bulger and alleged boston mob boss is accused in 19 murders and pleaded not guilty to all counts. >> now that american hikers josh fattal and shane bauer are out of prison in iran, we hear their voices for the first time. >> we would like to thank oman for hosting us a and welcoming our families and the american ambassador and his wife for their hospitality. we hope some day to return tho this wonderful country but for no...

Insomniac theater. two big movies. perhaps we can help you determine which one to see. >> linsey will preview "killer elite," in a moment. and i will start with baseball, "money ball," brad pitt, he plays a high school baseball star, billy bean, turned into a major league washout, became the gm of oakland as. had to turn the team around with a little money flouting conventional baseball wisdom to make this thing work. based on a true story, highly successful book about the success of the team in...

"moneyball" based on the bestselling book. darren rovell sat down for a one-on-one with brad pitt. this is not your typical baseball flick, is it? >> it certainly isnt. baseball and statistics but sonys "moneyball" is getting rave reviews. i talked to brad pitt who plays the role of oakland as general manager billy bean. i asked him what the movie is really about. >> its about value and how we place, how we define our value. what is success and what is failure and how we place that on others and...

Lets talk about this situation here. lets take a look at some of the facts. heres where we stand now. president obama wins by at least 303 electoral votes. romney got 206. nbc news hasnt called florida yet, even notice, a night later, which has 29 electoral votes. right now the president leads 50% to 49% down there. the popular vote across the country, obama leads by 2.8 million votes, 50% to 48%. chuck, this is something, i know you -- i dont know if youre billy bean or into the money ball stuf...

Million votes, 50% to 48%. chuck, this is something, i know you -- i dont know if youre billy bean or into the money ball stuff going on now, but i have nothing but absolute -- what is the word, praise for people like nate silver but more importantly the guys in plouffe and axelrod and messina. they seemed to have the numbers right and we were all the doubters. >> they had this secret government study that was available to the public called the census and they seemed to understand it a lot bette...