Wake Up With Scott Hatteberg's Walk-Off HR To Give The A's Their 20th Straight Win
Moneyball is one of my favorite baseball books of all-time. And because of that, Moneyball is also one of my favorite baseball movies of all-time. But like they always do in movies that are based on a true story, they’ve got to Hollywood it up for the sake of the story. Because it was based on a true story, and they couldn’t have the Hollywood ending of the A’s actually winning a World Series, the buildup was for this moment when Scott Hatteberg hit a pinch hit, walk-off home run to tie an American League record of 20 consecutive victories. I just always got a good laugh out of the movie neglecting to mention that the 2002 A’s had Miguel Tejada, who hit 34 home runs and drove in 131 runs en route to the American League MVP. Eric Chavez also hit 34 bombs that year, and drove in 109 runs. Oh, and their three-headed monster of a rotation that featured Cy Young Award-winner Barry Zito (didn’t deserve it; Pedro’s season was better), Mark Mulder and Tim Hudson. But for the sake of Hollywood drama, it’s fine by me if they wanted to make it look like Scott Hatteberg went from catcher to first baseman to Reggie Jackson.