Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Jonah Hill Learned Stat Talk For ‘Moneyball’

Jonah Hill has to spew some serious statistics as Billy Beane's assistant in “Moneyball.” It didn't come naturally since he’s not an expert in sabermetrics. (Sabermetrics is the mathematical and statistical analysis of baseball records.) So Hill got a tutor who taught him how to make speaking in numbers sound natural. He says it was important for him to be able to “speak the language of the character.”

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