If you've read any Baseball People's reactions to Moneyball, Bennett "The Good Capote One" Miller's film adaptation of the Michael Lewis bestseller Moneybeane: One Handsome Rageoholic's Quest to Buy a Playoff Ticket With a Fistful of Loose Change, you now are probably aware that the movie takes certain liberties with the facts of the real-life story of the 2002 Oakland A's. For example: Jeremy Giambi was not signed to help fill the gaping statistical hole left by the departure of his MVP-caliber brother Jason, he was already on the team; the A's were comprised of more than just three or four oddball, superficially flawed players; and so on. Though I am loath to point them out because an auteur should have near-total freedom to manipulate reality in the name of compelling storytelling, here are some other inconsistencies you may miss if you're not a baseball fanatic watching with an eagle eye.

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