Demetri Martin will join the back bench of Moneyball, a baseball movie about the birth of the Earned Run Average.
Steven Soderbergh is directing the film based off Michael Lewis’ book which tells the tale of Oakland Athletic’s general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) and his low-cost formula for championship success. Martin will play Paul De Luca, a statistician who’s Earned Run Value system took a unique approach to scouting and enabled Beane to hire quality players at a lower cost.
I like sports movies that explore unconventional methods that changed the game. I find them much more rewarding than comeback films or underdog victories.
Demetri Martin has been a favourite of mine for a while now. I just can’t get enough of his observation comedy. Seriously funny guy.
To see him added as a statistician makes sense. He has a casually acceptable awkwardness to him and to play a person so numerically focused sounds like a good fit.
If you haven’t had the chance to see Martin do his thing, check this out.
