With the success of Moneyball, the movie, some folks have been speculating whether Jonah Keri’s outstanding book about the Rays will follow Moneyball to the big screen. 

Last night, I couldn’t help but think that Jonah wishes he wrote about 2011, not 2008.  Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t change a thing about The Extra 2%.  Loved it.  Nevertheless, if you were setting up a screenplay, aren’t the 2011 Rays the perfect candidate?

Cue that awesome movie-preview voiceover guy or NFL Films voice guy from the action movies:

Written off during the winter;

Unable to afford top talent;

The 2011 Rays believed when no one else believed;

They fought when no one else thought it was worthwhile;

Then … they turned a triple-play.

I mean, come on, a triple play?  Followed by a three-run bomb?  If you saw that in a movie you’d tell your wife/girlfriend/kid/person sitting next to you “yeah, like that could really happen.”  Nothing that dramatic ever happens in real life.  It’s almost like going to a prize fight and watching two heavyweights lead with their head in a 10-round punch fest like Apollo and Rocky.  It’s not real, that is what we love about the movies.

But this IS real.  I guess.  I mean, I heard it on the radio.  Then I saw it in the newspaper.  Those guys couldn’t be conspiring against me, right?  RIGHT?  That happened.  I know it. If I have to wear a tin-foil hat for believing it, then size me up and put a TB on the front.

We have to make this happen.  I need titles for the 2011 Rays Movie. After we throw together a screenplay, I want one of those cool cloth director chairs too.