billy bean say private character.ess a lot of these things. >> one of the many and major themes of the film is value and how we value each other and value ourselves. based on what is a success and what is a failure. these baseball players that were not getting an opportunity, i'm sure were defined as failures. i'm sure they felt that to some degree. suddenly someone comes along and says no, you have value. we can use you, we're going to use this way. >> rose: we not only can use you, we need you. >> we need you and it's going to work. >> rose: tell me what you had to bring to this character because of who you were playing against. >> it's the story about what happens where the person who blends into the wall gets the spotlight shined on them for the first time. they see what responsibility's like. and they see what life is like when they're not just the person in the background. and i think billy, i immediately read the book and said billy, when i read the script, billy is everything that peter's not. and vice versa s

billy beane is the main character in brad pitt's oscar nominated movie "moneyball" the real-life story a failed player who went on to become the oakland as general manager and changed the entire philosophy of the game. >> just plain crazy! >> this is quite rare. >> reporter: howard schwartz owns grandstand memorabilia. >> should billy beane get into the hall of fame one day off valuable item on your hands. >> reporter: what's even more valuable than the jersey is the opportunity it now provides. any one of these things could end up being just like that jersey! >> where do you draw the line? >> you keep everything. >> you don't keep everything! >> reporter: don't cry on that, it's valuable. until they make a movie about "dennis the menace" paper plates, andrea will remain a skeptic. but for me this story and jersey serve as vindication and validation for collectors everywhere, which is why it's now framed. it's also a not-so-subtle reminder to my wife of the time i was right. which is why it's also still in my basement. steve hartman, at home in catskill, new york. >> pelley: and that's

convinces billy bean to rethink the game, rethink what worth is in terms of the players.ng to risk so much. i mean, really risk so much for the game he loved and maybe for everything he loved. >> i think it was a necessity. just fighting for a fair fight. we can't fight the other guy's fight. we'll lose every time. we're just outgunned. i think in the process, we start out with a film where you think we're trying to win games. i think by the end of it it's more of a character and characters who were trying to find their own value in a system that is certainly not propping them up in that way. >> so much about the movie is not predictable. just watching, it reveals itself. you're not predictable in the movie for anybody who's seen you in any other movie you have done. where did you find the honesty of your portrayal? >> well, i mean, i don't know. i just love all the comedies i have been a part of. to me, you know, i'm just an actor. i was never a comedian or anything like that. to me, it's about trying to play all different kinds of parts. when i read this book and met be

who followed the a's during the time depicted in the movie, 2001 to 2002, when general manager billy beane was building a winning team. >> actually very interesting in the story behind "moneyball." which talks about the use of statistics to predict how a team should be composed of different players to bring out the best team, not necessarily the best players. >> people forget how, you know, revolutionary that stuff was back then. people weren't thinking about signing a guy like david justice after his yankee years, you know. >> reporter: "moneyball" was nominated for six academy awards, including best actor and best picture. >> you know, the academy, it's funny. you never know until they pull the ballot. >> reporter: despite not taking any oscars home, fans of the film say it's still a winner. the academy doesn't seem to choose sports-related movies very often as winners. the last one to win an oscar for best picture was "million baby" back in 2004. live in san francisco, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >> all right, thank you, kimberly. >>> and for a look at what is coming up in sports,

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billy beane and team president michael crowley have agreed to extensions through the 2019 season. ane has served as the a's general manager since 1997. the a's have not made the playoffs since 2006. >>> before we get out of here, how about those new york giants? they are the champions of super bowl xlvi. there's eli manning, the mvp. and his squad behind him. a lot of people showing up for that huge parade in the big apple. raj, jessica, i'm just your ordinary guy, i don't ask for much, but if you guys could put your money together and get me a pair of those pants that matt cain was wearing, i promise i will wear them on air. >> you would make those look good, henry. i have faith. >> could i see myself wearing them to church, jessica, what do you think? people will pray for me if i wear those to church. >> are you going down, seriously? a great event, begins wednesday, go down to the monterey peninsula? >> i was serious. they said i'm too loud. >> he does kind of have a point. >> no i'm not going to be able to make t but one of these days, i'm gonna surprise you and jessica, i will

>> well, michael wrote money ball and he wrote money ball about billy beane, he was that man -- >> rose: in the movie. >> and a beautiful movie. >> rose: yes. >> so he did that. now, that book was reviewed by a couple of friends of mine who were well-known behavioral economists i mean, richard say lohr, they reviewed michael's book for the new republican. >> rose: right. >> and they said, michael wrote -- a magnificent piece he doesn't seem to know the love of that is money to psychologists that actually if you apply mechanical or statistical system to prediction you will do better than what is called clinical prediction. so an algorithm would beat scouts if you give decent information to both. the algorithm will was the information better than the scouts will. and so that got -- >> rose: if that is true why hasn't -- i mean, why isn't it proven to be true since -- why haven't people adopted it and -- in other words, an algorithm that was being used by billy beane's team at the oklahoma a's is being used by many people today. >> if you remember the end of the film,. >> rose: he didn't g

general manager billy bean and president mike crowley all said to sign contract extensions to remainh the team through 2019. that according to bloomberg television. bean has been the team's gm since the end of the 1997 season and, of course, the subject of a movie "money ball" starring brad pitt. crowley took over as team president in 1998. >> pretty cool who plays in the movie. >> not a bad choice, pal. >>> 4:54 right now. i don't know who would play mike. he's the one and only. >> thank you. they broke the mold. let's go to the roadways. highway 4, just off the water. christina is talking about the fog, so are we. so antioch and concord, highway 4, 684 likely to get effects of that fog over the course of the morning. the last few minutes, i have seen speeds dip below 50 westbound. your commute direction. likely because of lower visibility through the area. again, that is clearing up. and no fog advisories for the venetian bridges coming south out of the north bay. a smooth drive so far, speed sensors slowing approaching the bay bridge. the bay bridge the only official fog advisory

it looks at the 2001-02 season when billy bean was building that winning ball club. >> it's very interesting in the story behind "moneyball" which talks about about the use of statistics to predict how a team should be composed of different players to bring out the best team, not necessarily the best players. >> people forget how revolutionary that stuff was back then. people weren't thinking about signing a guy like david justice after his yankee years, you know. >> people won't forget it now. "moneyball" nominated for six academy awards including best actor and best picture but did not take home a single oscar. of course the fans of this film say it's a winner regardless. >> 4:54 now. want to check the commute with mike. >> good morning. we'll take to you the south bay. we often have construction in mountain view. we're looking at 101, both directions between old middlefield and to the north we're looking at no major slowing but a couple of lanes blocked. that's another few minutes. crews should be clearing. that's where you may see slowing north of the 237 and 85 interchange. the rest of

they talked about field of averages and in the book, billy bean says that the talentf of avoiding failure is not a great trait, and in fact, the easiest way for someone to avoid a mistake is to be too slow to get to the ball. with all due respect this administration and my friends from the other side are too slow to get to the ball. they are in the background or the basis of the argument to get this particular rule for this particular bill is that they wish to find transportation programs the old fashioned way which means that we spend money that we don't have. what we trying to do with this particular bill is to go outside of the box and find a way to actually pay for infrastructure improvement, a way to pay for our transportation needs and to do it with energy development. like we all fear the escalating prices at the pump, and we all have a problem paying for heating oil, and economic development, and business development demands a cheap source of energy if it is going to happen, and we need to find a way to fund the infrastructure needs, a nd we are wrapping the all together by paying

talk about the concept of fielding averages, players who don't make many mistakes and in the book billy bean says the talent for avo avoiding failure is not a great trait. easiest way to avoid making a mistake is getting too slow to get to the ball. in all due respect, this administration and my good friends on the other side are simply too slow to get to the ball. they are in the background or the basis of their arguments against this particular rule for this particular bill is they wish to fund transportation programs the old-fashioned way, which means we spend money we don't have. what we're trying to do with this particular bill is go outside of the box and find a way to pay for farah improvement, a way to pay for our transportation needs and to do it with energy development. like we all have a problem with escalating prices of gas at the pump. for the most vulnerable of our society we have a problem with them paying for heating oil. economic development, business development demands a cheap source of energy. if it's going to happen, and we need to find a way to fund our farah needs and

. >>> he was keen on the actor playing billy bean. he was revealed and he would like to see him portrayed in a movie about his life. >> hollywood was going to do a movie about your life, who would you like to see play the lead role? >> brad pitt. >> so brad pitt so i can see the movie trailer now, brad pitt as newt gingrich? >> yes. why not go for it, you know? >> is it because you look so much alike? >> no, he is thinner and better looking and younger, but you asked me if i had anybody to play me in a movie, why not go for brad pitt? >> he is right, actually. that's a decent choice. i loved him in "good fella." >> let's discuss this in the -- >> lightning rooooouuunnnnd d lightning round. >> isn't this why we love newt? he shoots for the moon. why say james cocoa when you can say brad pitt. >> or or son wells. >> well, they are both dead. >> have i have no comment. i don't know what the man is thinking. >> i don't know, jedediah. >> the resemblance is uncanning. brad pitt, newt gingrich. >> brad pitt would accept the role because it

billy beane maybe a money ball sequel is sold. he is a cuban outfielder and agreed to a four year, $36 million deal. that is the largest contract ever for a cuban defector. he is expected to get a visa in the next couple of weeks. already established residency in the dominican, he is said to be major league ready at 33 home runs last year and could play centerfield for thea's. i wonder if he can pitch. >>> and tiger and mickelson each with a shot to win the pro- am. mickelson beat woods by 11 strokes yesterday. while mickelson shot a 64, woods stumbled to a 75. mickelson's secret. his wife amy. >> i was moping. it was terrible. and she said, come on now, cheer up, let's go make some birdies. and she was so positive. and it just changed my attitude. >> oh, my gosh. what a round. are you kidding me? >> to share this weekend with amy, that is awesome. it is so fun. and we've had such a great time that it is an emotional win to share that with -- with her. >> a few people gave him a chance. jeremy lin knows that feel. >>> after being

"moneyball," based on the book about oakland a's manager billy beane is up for six academy awards, includingure. are you ready for this? >>> jersey shore snooki may be pregnant according to a report in "star" magazine. an insider tells the magazine that nicole poll lizzie is expecting her first child with boyfriend, but snooki is denying the report, telling the opie and anthony radio show that is not true and she is insulted by the insinuations that she's fat. if the pregnancy rule ers do prove to be true, it would force some creative changes for a planned spinoff in the works. >>> meanwhile, that spinoff gets a thumbs down from hoboken, new jersey. the city of frank sinatra's birth has denied a request to film in the city. the mayor says the decision is base old safety and quality of life concerns for residents. producers of the mtv series were seeking a 24-hour filming permit to follow two well-known reality tv celebrities who would live in the city the jersey journal reports they could be snooki and jwoww farlism the production company has an opportunity to appeal the decision to the hobo

billy beans and the oakland as made history.n noted he saw this as a low-risk move with potential big rewards. and with manny agreeing to a minor league contract, the as have little commitment to him. so bean said it would be foolish not to go for it, and manager bob melvin couldn't agree more. >> he brings a whole different set of probably some media excitement and so forth, so, you know, at this point in time in his career, i would think that he'd want to come in here and be an example setter. and i'll sit down and talk to him about what my expectations are and what i expect out of him, but i would expect he'd come in, you know, eager to be part of the team. and not be a separate entity. >> it took a lot of opinions in from -- you know, we tried to make sure they were firsthand opinions as opposed to what people had heard. and everybody who had firsthand experience came back and said it was very positive. >> over to the ice we go. sharks looking to snap a three-game losing streak, visiting the blue jackets in columbus. first p

billy bean is the less than successful ball player who went on to achieve great success as the oaklandeporter: howard schwartz owns grand stand memorabilia. >> should he get into the hall of fame you have a valuable item on your hands. >> reporter: what's even more valuable than the jersey is the opportunity it now provides. >> any one of these things could end up being just like that jersey. >> where do you draw the line. >> keep everything. >> no. >> don't cry. >> reporter: unfortunately until they make a movie about dennis the menace paper plates andrea will remain a skeptic. but for me, this story and jersey serve as vindication and validation for collectors everywhere, which is why it's now framed. it's also a not so subtle reminder to my wife of the time i was right. which is why it's also still in my basement. >> osgood: correspondent steve hartman. now to bob schieffer in washington for a look at what's ahead on "face the nation." good morning, bob. >> schieffer: good morning, charles. something rare a politician who actually answers the questions. we'll talk to new jersey gove

>> tell us approximate this character and why this relationship with the character brad played billy bean character named peter brand who the idea behind him is it's a guy who never had a light shined on him before. he blends in to the wall. >> yale educated economist. >> yale educated economist who isn't the obvious choice for someone to work in baseball. and he blends in to the wall. he's never had a spotlight shined on him. i was fascinated about what happens to someone who blends into the wall when there's a big spotlight shined on them. >> are you good at math in real life? >> no i'm the most mathematically i will literal person you ever saw. i had to -- our filmmaker, director gave me tons of books and statistics tutor and tons of reading that i had to do. which was painstaking for me. that was the most research i have ever done for a role. >> how has this expanded your horizon. a nomination, lots of attention in a film that people like because it's a story, an interesting story of how underachievers can be achievers. >> it's a perfect metaphor for my career as a whole. i think you

idea of value and ourself worth and how it is often tabulated by a failure and you look at the billy bean by his sport. he was playing for a small market team and had to rethink the game and had to question why we've been doing the things we do for so long. in doing so, found this whole talent pool of other people have been devalued and started winning games. they got a second chance and they started winning games. i thought there was a story worth telling now about success and failure. >> you felt a kinship with him. >> yes, definitely. yes. you know, he was emotional about the games, he couldn't even watch the games. he didn't want to cloud his thinking. i understand that. there were attributes about him and this push and this need to make things fair, to find a level playing field. if we're going to compete, let's make it fair. i'm a bit of a justice nut. >> going against the odds and the perceptions. here in this television program which is in its fourth or fifth week. we showed it to the staff at the beginning just to say here's the story of somebody going against the odds and agains

in the book, billy beane said the talent for avoiding failure is not a great fate. the easiest way to avoid making a mistake is being too slow to get to the ball. in all due respect this administration and our good friends on the other side are simply too slow to get to the ball. they are in the background, their argument against this particular rule for this bill is they wish to fund transportation programs the old fashioned way, which means we spend money we don't have. what we're trying to do with this particular bill is go outside the box and find a way to actually pay for infrastructure improvements, a way to pay for our transportation needs, and to do it with energy development. like we all have a problem with escalating prices of gas at the pump. for the most vulnerable of our society, we have a problem paying for heating oil. economic development, business development demands a cheap source of energy if it's going to happen and we need to find a way to fund our infrastructure needs and we wrap them together by paying for it with economic energy development.

wolf told the news 5 year extension for bean gm since 1997. billyhed of the glory years with the money ball era and now what seems like constant rebuilding with the a's. so that people believe thinks another sign that the a's expect they are heading to new ballpark in san jose relatively soon. long time shark owens retirement at the shark tank. he lives from san jose. played for 19 years 8 with the shark. captain of the team. holds many of the franchise records. >> superbowl champion giants honored at parade today in new york city. mayor bloomberg declaring new york to be the big blue apple. estimated between 500,000 and 1 million fans may have lined the parade route for the giants second superbowl win in the past 4 years as justin tuck rae minded everybody. >> we got a ring. we xwt a ring. [applause] guess what? i got 2. >> and while giant fans were safe organize the title, new england fans found this on line today. patriots tight end rob big guy in the white shirt bad ankle and all dancing the night away. this video is from sunday night after the