Moneyball (2011)
Nick Porrazzo: Jeremy Giambi
Quotes
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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.
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[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.