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I'm Australian and never followed Baseball, but this is one of my favorite movie scenes. You don't need to be a Baseball fan to understand and love this.
Lostgravity Yeah. And as an Australian you had your share of streaks in cricket. This video reminded me of the Border-Gavaskar trophy in India, back in 2001 I think. Steve Waugh's invincibles with 15 or so tests winning record. 2nd test and India is asked to follow on. And then came one of the greatest run partnerships. That series was breathtaking. Not just that India won and I am an Indian but because they had to play out of their skin to beat the mammoths. Everytime I watch this video, it reminds me of that series. A great video indeed!
yup im an indian, and i couldnt care much about baseball, but what i loved about the movie , was the process and the strategy and technicality involved. it was freakin amazing.
@@anujmchitale man (chitale bakarwadi) , what you are talking about? what the scene depicts was not about the wins or the losses. it was about the mind bogglingly statistical based strategy which was implemented by billy which left others scratching their heads as to how did it work. ur cricket match had nothing ground breaking.
I saw this at a midnight screening of Moneyball with a theatre full of fellow A's fans and everyone cheered like it was a game when this part came on, it was awesome!
Saw this in San Jose, with a theater full of both Giants and A's fans. Giants fans joined in on the cheering. Thank God it's an overall friendly rivalry between Giants and A's.
Well... How can you not be romantic about baseball.... On a serious note, I wish I could if watched this with my grandfather he used to be in a small league and even knew some pros from his days. I only talked to him till he passed whenever I was 10. He always would have some baseball game on in the summer. Some enjoyed golf at his age not him. He would always go to my little league games
@@nickfernandez7358 completely wrong. MLB in its entirety ended up essentially adopting moneyball. It just shows itself in different ways due to the payroll discrepancies. Even the richest teams use the same metrics that these A’s pioneered now. They just have more flexibility to go up and beyond and pay for the best players to fulfill those metrics that they’re looking for. But the point of the movie, and to some degree its tragedy (for the A’s and their fans), is that Beane transformed the entire game. He just was never able to cash in on his own ingenuity due to the nature of the sport and the league.
The “We May Never Lose Again” sign really hits. As a former player, there’s just something magical about going on long winning streaks. In a game where failure is so constant, to have that kind of uninterrupted success brings a special kind of vibe in the air. When you’re rolling like that, it begins to build a collective feeling that you really may never lose again. Fast starts, comebacks, good bounces, big hits - just feels like no matter WHAT you’re destined to win each game. There’s just something really special about a team, and subsequently its fan base, truly buying in and willing to be vulnerable to crushing failure because they truly believe. In baseball, it’s so easy to be cynical and guarded about the inevitable end outcome of a season. This 3 min clip is just bursting at the seams with genuine belief, hope, and community coming together. I think that’s why this clip gets people emotional.
That team was the team of my childhood and I had the blessing of being at streak win 18. Seeing Tejada's iconic fist pump in the context of such an epic movie montage is incredible given how well they captured the feeling of release and euphoria that those back-to-back walkoffs produced. These types of moments also fueled his MVP campaign each day down the stretch until eventually he won it. The Coliseum's pandemonium after the home run shown here was so raucous yet cheerful that it had toddlers crying then jumping up and down giggling mere seconds apart.
@@JohnnyZism I was at 17,18 and 20 at 12 years old , we were at your game together friend ☺️. There is nothing like our fans right?? Lol 😂. Let’s go Oakland!!!
One of THE best sports montages in all of cinema history. I've re-watched this so many times and it still impresses me beyond belief. The balls Bennett Miller had to mix found footage, dramatization, multiple voice overs, computer graphics, soundtracks, everything! One of my favorites of all time.
I would agree. This montage balances all those you just described in an almost symphony-like compilation. As the streak increased, so did the music. I think it's the music that really makes this entire montage stand out entirely.
Moneyball should have won the Oscar for Best Editing and Sound Design. The emotion this scene alone has is unmatched and the roar of the crowd at 2:41 is haunting to this day.
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The score is incredible. If you listen, it starts off with just that odd-sounding phrase which is in keeping with the notion that “something strange is happening in Oakland”. But gradually, as it’s understood that something historic and truly special is happening, the music grows more epic. By the closing seconds, it sounds fateful, likes they’re marching toward some legendary moment-a “date with destiny”. When the music and the commentary mix with footage from bygone eras, it really encapsulates the enormity of the As’ achievement, and you get a sense of how very deep the culture of baseball is. You don’t even have to love sports, let alone baseball; if you appreciate drama, it’s impossible to watch this without it affecting you emotionally somehow. And if you do love sports, forget it; you can’t watch this without smiling. That’s movie magic.
You encapsulate it so well! Kudos to you! I'm brazilian, so never had any meaningful contact with baseball. I barely understand the game's rules and dynamics. But I love this scene! It's like you said: drama. It affects you emotionally. And the amazing score is essencial to achieve that. (just watched the movie for the first time, right now)
Good comment. The clips I have seen make me want to see this movie. Though I have no interest in baseball, it seems like a solid drama about the tension between a new way of doing things and the old guard. That's a timeless story.
2:12. Most amazing commentary by Ken Korach. The fans hugging, the emotion, raw. Real. Unreal.... The last 3 wins in the streak, if it was written in a Hollywood script... Would be rejected for being too far fetched...
""Something strange is now happening in Oakland." "Look, to have wining streak of anything like this duration, you have to be good. But there's an element of randomness to it. The 1927 Yankees. Ruth, Gehrig, Murderers Row. Some people still say the best team ever. Longest wining streak for them that year, 9." "You can replay these 18 games a hundred times over. And nobody wins 18 straight again. I mean, it just defies everything we know about basketball." "The 1906 White Sox. The 1947 New York Yankees have company." Epic commentary for an amazing montage. Maybe the greatest montage ever. But it was made even greater by the commentary, which was real.
That commentary was almost ironic in the way it juxtaposed the braindead narrative that formulated the sport prior to the implementation of statistical analysis. Pretty sure that was the point, it was a compilation of a bunch of people completely missing the point and attributing what is clearly defined in mathematics to the spiritual - kind of in the same vain of ambiguity that they conventionally evaluated players with.
I always get goosebumps at the part with the call of the Tejada walk off homer. Just the way they made the volume of the call with the music and his expressions was perfect.
I think I figured out why everyone gets goosebumps...it's not so much a movie about baseball as it is about an unlikely situation forcing people to come together. I'm not trying to be pretentious or anything; it's the kind of scene that could literally bring a tear to your eye. I think that part with Tejada there might be a bridge, or a chord change. That's my favorite part too. That's where the bumps come, and all the crowd stands, and then you see the look of amazement on that fan's face, with the yellow wig on, because the impossible was achieved; because people came together. It's a film about people, more than baseball.
I heard in the disc comments, I think, that they made the creative decision to leave out the actual bat contact of Tejada's homer, because they didn't want the streak montage celebrating one player too much. They did leave in his base hit up-the-middle contact. Just my preference, but I would have liked it if they left in the bat contact for Tejada's homer.
This for me, is the most inspiring scene I have ever seen in a sports film. It doesn't prioritise grit, guts or determination, but intelligence and savviness and what it can bring. Shows what can be dome by a smart group of people with a big idea. The result is absolutely awe inspiring.
@@alaskaguyd963 you're 100% right. The #1 thing that annoys me about this movie is that they completely ignore the main reason for the As success in this era: in their prime Zito, Mulder, and Hudson is the greatest three headed monster in pitching since the early 90s Braves
but plenty of people are intelligent. These people were before they adapted this approach. It took grit and determination to get people to buy in (or force them) and each of those players still played their guts out. Absent the human component, how is it even "inspiring"?
@@owen3721 Salute to the Halos on that 'ship. But if we're talking the show as in showBIZ, then I must say I don't see any Oscar movies out there making grown men cry with Troy Glaus highlights.
This is actually one of the best musical scores in film history if you ask me. Between “The Streak” and “It’s a Process,” mychael danna gives you the feeling that something is building.
On that 19th game you see the sign “We may never lose again.” Everyone felt this win streak and even tho it was tied you almost knew the A’s were gonna pull it off. Then for game 20 has the royals smashing all that by coming back 11-0 yet the A’s still were able to win. It was an incredible win streak
Completely agree, there is so much excitement within the call of the fans that you almost can't hear it, I love the Tejada base hit when they win 19 in a row.
I remember this team, I was about 5 and my dad took me to see 5 of these games. It still sticks with me to this day. I get goosebumps knowing that this was my team.
The editing of this scene and the background music makes it what it is. Infact the whole movie's editing, the capture of the expressions was top notch.
For me, it is 3:02 "We Believe" I am not a baseball fan, but lived in Oakland and remember seeing that on the local news. The energy in the city was noticeable just walking around Lake Merritt, or downtown, or shopping on International Blvd in Fruitvale.
Go to 1:08 to 1:35 . Each Chad Bradford pitch represents a win in the streak. Bradford is a metaphor for the A’s as a team because of his unorthodox sidewinder style. The A’s are unorthodox. They are the sidewinders of the MLB. That’s why they repeatedly show him throwing strike after strike after strike. Each of his strikes represents a win in the streak. Masterful scene.
The clip does a fantastic job leveraging the team’s continued success with commentary of how improbable it was, and solidified with emphasizing how much it was bringing the people of Oakland together too. It’s just inspiring to the point where it draws real and raw emotion
I don't know why but I always get chills when they show the footage of Connie Mack and the Philadelphia A's. Something about the length of baseball's history- the streak almost became mystical in that moment when you start talking about a team from before WW2
YES YES YES!!!! I read this comment and I got a little emotional because it's so true. It's connecting modern baseball to the past saying "we haven't forgotten you guys." Great comment
God there are SO many good scenes in this movie, just the shot at 1:40, Pete watching his numbers as the game plays next to him, he knew he was right, he KNEW it would work.
“We May never lose again” - I dunno, but something about that fan’s sign at 2:29 is just beautiful to me. The underdogs, when they have their day - it’s the best thing sport can give you.
Possibly my favorite sports movie. This scene is so relatable to everyday Americans. It shows that you don't need to be rich or come from great history to succeed. Simply fantastic.
Was born in 89, one of my first baby pictures is me in a green and gold onesie at the 89 World Series . This shit is in my soul as far as I’m concerned, always be proud to be an A’s fan . We are the best fans on the planet . I love this team in a way that is difficult to put into words . Always be proud friend
When I watched Moneyball, this scene was like I was watching this streak live again. Not even an A's fan, but as a baseball fan probably one of the top 5 amazing moments in baseball history.
2:27 "The most amazing thing you could ever imagined has happened over the last 4 days at the coliseum" Chills - you could tell how emotionally charged the commentary team was during the streak. How can you not get romantic about baseball?!
If you are Human, you naturally want to live forever. Of course that doesn't happen. But... being mentioned in this vane, you know this team, the 1906 White Sox and the 1947 Yankees are ALL immortal.
I love the use of real game footage and movie scenes edited together. Its honestly a form of art. The use of the real life announcing into the movie is only topped by miracle on ice use of it.
I think this is one of the best movies ever made. It brilliantly exposes how a team with one of the lowest payrolls in Major League Baseball could be a Championship contender and win 20 consecutive games because of mathematics and sabermetrics. Absolutely groundbreaking for sports!
1:57 The bass kicks in on the soundtrack with the old footage of the Philly As and the whole sequence just hits high gear. WE'RE GOIN TO 20! WE'RE GOIN TO 20!
When he’s screaming “WE’RE GOING TO 20!” it makes me want to cry, because it’’s so exciting thinking about it, even though, I know it’s going to happen. What a great film.
Fucking insane times back in those days man…..I was 12 and my grand dad took me to 17,18 and 20 . I really liked sports before that but after attending game 20 it was like I was reborn as an entirely different kind of person/fan. It was the first time a sporting event brought me to tears . People really don’t understand how much this team means to us….. unfortunately my grandfather is no longer with us but a part of me is glad he isn’t here to see this unfold, his heart would be shattered
Came here to make myself feel better but I don't think it's working. Its depressing knowing we will never have moments like this ever again in Oakland. It's all over. My love of baseball is being ripped away and I'll never watch another game of MLB baseball.
One of the greatest scenes ever.....the content, the editing, the music and how it all comes together is perfect. I've watched this again and again. My favorite parts are the start of the streak as the A's round the bases, all the announcer clips, the coach walking into the clubhouse and tejada's reaction to the 18th win with that music! Incredible!
I liked how the mixed together scenes with the actors with live game footage from that year. It adds so much realism to this moment in baseball history. I actually get chocked up every time I see it. its well done.
Lighting and pace is so key here. The good is shown in the highlights, the joy, the fans etc…but when you cut to Peter, he is in his room, dark setting, focused and not overhyping anything. Players are not excited, they are studying. Very well done scene.
nothing really exciting ever happens in an actual baseball game. I really only ever go to get drunk and sit in the sun and eat junk food while kind of keeping occupied watching baseball.
In order to fully appreciate just how inspiring this scene is you to fully experience how truly soul-rendingly depressing the first half of this movie is. They don't play off the "losing team" plotline comedically, or even just start things from that point and move forward. You get a complete immersion into what it feels like to be on not just a losing team, but a dying one. They take that utter, gut churning feeling of hopelessness, mediocrity and depression and they beat you over the head with it. You don't get to experience the highs in this movie without truly earning them.
Imagine being a fan back then and then this happens…… I’m from the east Bay Area and you have no idea how much this team inspired all of us and how they literally represented us in real time on national television. There’s a reason A’s fans have such a reputation the way we do. Our ownership has been screwing us over for decades but when our team needs us and is performing even in spite of ownership there is not a single fanbase in all of sports that shows up like we do. No matter if there are a lot of us or only a few of us , we are the best fans in baseball.
This was the summer I got married and I remember watching one of the streak games in my wedding night hotel room with my now ex-wife. The streak was more memorable than the marriage. I grew up in Walnut Creek. LETS GO OAKLAND!
I attended a couple of the games during this miraculous season including a playoff game against the Minnesota Twins. Will never forget it. Love the A's!!!
it's absolutely crazy how many ppl talk about getting goosebumps during this scene. It's rare to have such a consistent consensus on goosebumps for one piece of music/film/art
The most amazing thing about the 2002 Oakland A's was not that they made the playoffs, or that they reached the playoffs with one of the smallest salaries in baseball. It is the fact that they won 20 straight games, something which hadn't been done in near 100 years.
I’m a Phillies fan and 1:54 gave me chills. The coach looks like a stern but proud WWII General. These baseball legends may be deceased but the undefeated streaks will live on forever