Moneyball (2011)

Nick Porrazzo: Jeremy Giambi

Quotes 

• 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.

• [after the A's lose a game, Billy hears funk music coming from the players' locker room. Irritated, he walks in to see Jeremy Giambi dancing on a table and other players having a good time. Billy takes a baseball bat and smashes the stereo playing music, startling the players and stopping the music] 

  Billy Beane : [to Giambi]  Get down. Is losing fun?

  [no answer] 

  Billy Beane : Is losing fun?

  Jeremy Giambi : No.

  Billy Beane : Then what are you having fun for?

  [Billy throws the baseball bat where it hits a set of weights making a long, loud crashing noise] 

  Billy Beane : [points to that area]  That is what losing sounds like.