The Moneyball movie isn’t exactly a perfect representation of the Moneyball book written by Michael Lewis. Notably, the movie virtually ignores the Oakland Athletics’ starting pitching trio of Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Barry Zito, who played a huge role in the team’s success during that magical 2002 season.
Mulder, who now works as an MLB analyst for ESPN, claimed to have never seen the movie. On Wednesday night, he changed that, and like all people with Twitter accounts must do, he tweeted his thoughts on the movie as it went along. Mulder offered an interesting look at the film from someone who was actually there, and did a good job at pointing out the various historical inaccuracies in Moneyball.
I've seen myself throw a pitch and now my ugly mug in first 2 min of #moneyball pic.twitter.com/2c7P1dMkcT
— Mark Mulder (@markmulder20) July 3, 2014
This is really funny watching some of the guys they got to portray certain guys.
— Mark Mulder (@markmulder20) July 3, 2014
No. We never paid for drinks from a machine in clubhouse.
— Mark Mulder (@markmulder20) July 3, 2014
No. Paul DePodesta didn't sit back with the players
— Mark Mulder (@markmulder20) July 3, 2014
Jeremy never turned on music and team never did that after a loss.
— Mark Mulder (@markmulder20) July 3, 2014
Can't say I remember the Billy pep talks. Ha
— Mark Mulder (@markmulder20) July 3, 2014
This guy plays a pretty good Hatteberg. Ha
— Mark Mulder (@markmulder20) July 3, 2014
Kind of getting goodebumps watching the winning streak highlights.
— Mark Mulder (@markmulder20) July 3, 2014
Hattebergs homer was one of the coolest things I ever experienced in baseball.
— Mark Mulder (@markmulder20) July 3, 2014
Boy did I blow it game 5 against the Twins. That was a day game by the way. Not a night game.
— Mark Mulder (@markmulder20) July 3, 2014
Honestly thought it was a really good movie. Sure, things were embellished but whatever. Still good.
— Mark Mulder (@markmulder20) July 3, 2014
So all in all…Mulder liked the film and thought it was embellished. But hey, that’s Hollywood. Regardless, it was still pretty cool to hear the viewpoint of someone who was actually involved in what happened with the 2002 A’s give his thoughts on the movie. It’s one thing for someone who covered the team or watched the team to give their thoughts, but for someone who was actually in that clubhouse to discuss Moneyball was pretty great.
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