Billy... Good to see you again. Obviously you’re a very special player. We’d like to compliment you on your high school career, and we’re looking forward to you being a part of the Mets family.
Moneyball (2011)
JONGEWAARD
A screenplay character in Moneyball (2011).
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- shortest / longest
- 14 / 87
Sample dialogue
I understand how important college is. I do. But what I can’t do is burn a second first-round draft pick on someone who can’t play for four years -- no matter how good he is. Four years is ample time for someone to get hurt. It happens all the time. So, no. I’m sorry. It has to be one or the other. To postpone four years is four years he could be in big leagues. The sooner he gets there the sooner he can reap the benefits.
scene 22 — INT. HOUSE - SAN DIEGO - DAY - 1980I know. And that’s a great accomplishment. I’m sure you’re very proud of him.
scene 22 — INT. HOUSE - SAN DIEGO - DAY - 1980There’s good -- and there’s premium. Your son is premium. He has it all -- power, speed, the arm. The Look -- and I’m never wrong about that. Which is why this is a premium number.
scene 22 — INT. HOUSE - SAN DIEGO - DAY - 1980We’re going to give him a different kind of education. This won’t be his life’s career, it’ll be his first career. He’s going to be a young guy in the business world when his baseball career is done. He’ll still have his whole life ahead of him.
scene 22 — INT. HOUSE - SAN DIEGO - DAY - 1980Billy... Good to see you again. Obviously you’re a very special player. We’d like to compliment you on your high school career, and we’re looking forward to you being a part of the Mets family.
scene 22 — INT. HOUSE - SAN DIEGO - DAY - 1980
Bookends
We’re going to give him a different kind of education. This won’t be his life’s career, it’ll be his first career. He’s going to be a young guy in the business world when his baseball career is done. He’ll still have his whole life ahead of him.