Moneyball (2011)

Philip Seymour Hoffman: Art Howe

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• Billy Beane : Art, you got a minute?

  Art Howe : Yeah. Take a seat.

  Billy Beane : You can't start Peña at first tonight. You'll have to start Hatteberg.

  Art Howe : Yeah, I don't want to go fifteen rounds, Billy. The lineup card is mine, and that's all.

  Billy Beane : That lineup card is definitely yours. I'm just saying you can't start Peña at first.

  Art Howe : Well, I am starting him at first.

  Billy Beane : I don't think so. He plays for Detroit now.

  Art Howe : You *traded* Peña?

  Billy Beane : Yeah. And Menechino, Hiljus, Tam are all being sent down.

  Art Howe : You are outside your mind.

  Billy Beane : Yeah. Cuckoo.

  Jeremy Giambi : [knocking on door]  You wanted to see me?

  Billy Beane : Yeah, Jeremy, grab a seat.

  [Jeremy sits down] 

  Billy Beane : Jeremy, you've been traded to the Phillies. This is Ed Wade's number. He's a good guy, he's the GM. He's expecting your call. Buddy will help you with the plane flight. You're a good ballplayer, Jeremy, and we wish you the best.

  [Jeremy sighs and exits] 

  Billy Beane : Jeremy's gone, too.

  Art Howe : [shaking his head in disbelief]  You're killing this team.

• Billy Beane : I want Dye in right, Justice DHing, Peña on the bench, Hatteberg at first, and anyone but Mags first out of the pen.

  Art Howe : You want Peña on the bench?

  Billy Beane : That's right. So you can play Hatty.

  Art Howe : Peña is not only the best first baseman on the roster, he's the only first baseman on the roster.

  Billy Beane : Listen to me, Hatty gets on base more than Peña. In fact, twenty percent more.

  Art Howe : And his fielding?

  Billy Beane : His fielding does not matter.

  Art Howe : I've heard enough of this.

  Billy Beane : Have you?

  Art Howe : And I, uh... I disagree with you, plain and simple. And moreover, I'm playing my team in a way that I can explain in job interviews next winter.

• Art Howe : I think we can judge it, and I like him. But I can judge him. First base is the moon to him.

• Billy Beane : Could this be about your contract?

  Art Howe : No. This is about you doing your job and me doing mine. Mine's me being left alone to manage this team you assembled for me.

  Billy Beane : I didn't assemble them for you, Art.

  Art Howe : No shit.

• Billy Beane : I should've made you a bigger part of the conversation - from day one. That way it'd be clear what we're trying to do here. That was my mistake, Art, and I take responsibility for that.

  Art Howe : What are you trying to say?

  Billy Beane : I'm saying, it doesn't matter what moves I make if you don't play the team the way they're designed to be played.