Isn’t it ironic that the odds-on favorite to dominate the adapted screenplay category during this year’s Hollywood awards season, at least according to this bookmaker,  is "Moneyball"?

Isn’t this a movie about a small market, under-funded baseball franchise having to discover a way to re-invent the way modern baseball is being played in order to compete as a baseball franchise?

Isn’t it a movie about betting the house on a long shot and sticking to one’s beliefs no matter the consequences?

It’s a movie about the true definition of the term winning.

"Moneyball" is a movie about baseball that isn’t a sports movie. It’s a movie about living in outer space, outside the...