The combination of Hollywood’s two most lauded screenwriters in Aaron Sorkin and Steve Zaillian live up to expectations in a big way, with Moneyball an absorbing account into how Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) transformed the game of baseball. Sorkin/Zaillian get right into the crux of the man, who gambles innovation over tradition in order to keep his A’s in contention while the odds stacked against them.