Moneyball

Billy was changed. He was 27 now and he married his high school girlfriend. She was seven months pregnant with their first child. He felt like he was a man now. He was no longer a boy. He now had reponsibilities and no real future. He went from very promising to disappointing but could never figure out why. He blossomed into the physical shape the scouts dreamed he would be, but somehow the game had shrunk him. Some people thought he would spend the season shuttling from the bunch to Triple-A. But he did something completely different and unexpected. He went to the A's front office and asked for a job as an advance scout. An advance scout is someone who traveled ahead of the MLB team and analyzed future opponets' strengths and weaknesses. He was entering what should be the prime of an MLB players career, and decided he wanted to watch instead of play. He always said he loved playing the game, but wasn't sure if he really did. When he said that to the front office, they didn't know what to make of it. The A's general manager was mad, he said nobody just quits as a player. Nobody says i quit, i want to be an advance scout. But he hired Billy anyway. He didn't think there was much risk because he didn't think advance scouts did anything.