Comments on: Art Howe is angry about how he was portrayed in “Moneyball” http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/27/art-howe-is-angry-about-how-he-was-portrayed-in-moneyball/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 26 May 2013 07:52:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: harmonylorelielee http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/27/art-howe-is-angry-about-how-he-was-portrayed-in-moneyball/comment-page-1/#comment-300165 Mon, 14 May 2012 10:00:38 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88347#comment-300165 I just have one big question, if Howe wasn’t like the movie character, why did the A’s lose so much in the beginning of the ’02 season? Did he follow the plan Beane was trying? Were there disputes about players?

]]> By: aaronmoreno http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/27/art-howe-is-angry-about-how-he-was-portrayed-in-moneyball/comment-page-1/#comment-199507 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:55:47 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88347#comment-199507 Wait, you mean the Facebook guy isn’t really a huge jerk?

]]> By: razedeyebrow http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/27/art-howe-is-angry-about-how-he-was-portrayed-in-moneyball/comment-page-1/#comment-199495 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:17:39 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88347#comment-199495 Rut roh. I smell a lawsuit.

]]> By: franzcars http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/27/art-howe-is-angry-about-how-he-was-portrayed-in-moneyball/comment-page-1/#comment-199349 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:45:40 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88347#comment-199349 My uncle was portrayed as a loud mouth partier in the movie “The Game of their Lives.” Nothing could have been farther from the truth. My aunt (his widow) went up to the director at the premier and yelled at him!

]]> By: Tick http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/27/art-howe-is-angry-about-how-he-was-portrayed-in-moneyball/comment-page-1/#comment-199278 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:23:19 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88347#comment-199278 Maybe instead of using dramatic licence to paint him as a villain, they could have just stuck to the facts and portrayed him as a lousy manager.

]]> By: aceshigh11 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/27/art-howe-is-angry-about-how-he-was-portrayed-in-moneyball/comment-page-1/#comment-199243 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:46:18 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88347#comment-199243 He’s certainly a dumpy-looking guy, but he’s a brilliant actor.

]]> By: memphisyinzer http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/27/art-howe-is-angry-about-how-he-was-portrayed-in-moneyball/comment-page-1/#comment-199233 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:37:26 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88347#comment-199233 Admittedly, I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I grew up with Art Howe and can attest for his character. He comes from a family of very good people. His parents and siblings were all of the same personality. I’ve never known him to be anything but a classie guy.

I had an opportunity to meet with him a couple of years ago and nothing had changed…..still a laid back, friendly person.

I don’t see how anyone could portray him as a villian and I don’t know why they would want to do so. It’s plain to see in the book that Beane didn’t care for Art and maybe his influence on the making of the movie was to take one last shot at Art.

]]> By: neelymessier http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/27/art-howe-is-angry-about-how-he-was-portrayed-in-moneyball/comment-page-1/#comment-199195 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:01:28 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88347#comment-199195 Philip Seymour Hoffman is a tremendous actor. However, the movie is not a character study of Art Howe. Those who wrote the screenplay chose to portray Mr. Howe as the “villain” for dramatic purposes. Hoffman is just doing what his employers paid him to do.

]]> By: kiwicricket http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/27/art-howe-is-angry-about-how-he-was-portrayed-in-moneyball/comment-page-1/#comment-199185 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:52:29 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88347#comment-199185 If I had Philip Seymour Hoffman portray my likeness, I would be a little upset too.

]]> By: clydeserra http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/27/art-howe-is-angry-about-how-he-was-portrayed-in-moneyball/comment-page-1/#comment-199183 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:49:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88347#comment-199183 I don’t read you piece about depodesta the same way you write about it here.

]]> By: sdelmonte http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/27/art-howe-is-angry-about-how-he-was-portrayed-in-moneyball/comment-page-1/#comment-199168 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:35:14 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88347#comment-199168 So why didn’t he get the choice to opt out when DePodesta did?

]]> By: trigzter http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/27/art-howe-is-angry-about-how-he-was-portrayed-in-moneyball/comment-page-1/#comment-199161 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:30:20 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88347#comment-199161 Come on man. As soon as he makes the call to pinch hit Hatteberg I no longer disliked him.

]]> By: Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/27/art-howe-is-angry-about-how-he-was-portrayed-in-moneyball/comment-page-1/#comment-199158 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:26:46 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88347#comment-199158 Hey, at least he got the one Oscar winner in the movie to play him.

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