Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko Billy Beane, te tohunga peepeke kei muri i te rapunga whakaaro o Moneyball, kua utua e te karapu Dutch AZ Alkmaar. Ko Beane, 52, i whakaarihia e Brad Pitt i roto i te kiriata mo Moneyball me te whakaaweawe i te rangatira o Liverpool me Boston Red Sox a John W Henry, he kaiwhakahaere matua i Oakland Athletics. Ko te kaiwhakahaere matua o AZ Alkmaar me te kaitakaro poitūkohu ngaio o mua a Robert Eenhoorn i kii ko AZ 'he tino hiahia ki te kaupapa Moneyball i mua i taku taenga mai ki konei.' Ko te kaiwhakahaere matua o Oakland Athletics a Billy Beane kua utua hei kaitohutohu mo te karapu Dutch AZ Alkmaar. Ko te ahua o Brad Pitt i roto i te kiriata Moneyball i ahu mai i a Beane me tana rautaki whakauru pai. Ko te rautaki 'Moneyball' a Beane kua whakaaweawe i te rangatira o Liverpool me Boston Red Sox a John W Henry. 'Kei te mohio ahau ki a Billy mo etahi wa, na taku hitori i te petipeti, e kii ana a Eenhoorn, e wha nga tau o te Major League Baseball me nga Yankees me nga Angels. 'I te wā i whakatata atu ai mātou ki a ia mō tēnei tūranga ki a AZ, i tino hihiri tonu ia. 'Kua taea e ia te whakaiti i te rereketanga ki nga kapa nui o te maakete, na te mea he mea hou. E tino harikoa ana mātou, e tatari ana hoki ki te mahi tahi me ia. Ka hoatu e Billy ana tohutohu mai i te United States, ā, ka haere ia ki Alkmaar i ētahi wā i te tau.' Ko Beane te 29th i runga i a Joel Sherman's 'The 50 Most Fascinating Figures in Baseball' mo tana huarahi whakamiharo i etahi wa, engari he mea whakamiharo tonu ki te matapihi whakawhiti baseball. Ko AZ Alkmaar te tuawha o te Dutch Eredivisie i muri i te hinganga 3-1 o te Paraire ki a Vitesse. E mōhio ana a Robert Eenhoorn, Kaiwhakahaere Matua o AZ Alkmaar ki a Bean mai i ōna rā hei kaitākaro poitūkohu ngaio. I kukume ia i nga upoko korero i tenei waa-kore mo te hokohoko atu i nga All-Stars penei i te tuatoru o nga papa Josh Donaldson, kaiwhiwhi Derek Norris me te kaiwhiwhi matau a Jeff Samardzija. 'Kei te tino harikoa ahau mō te whai wāhitanga ki te noho hei wāhanga o AZ Alkmaar i roto i tētahi tūranga tohutohu,' i kī a Beane. 'Ahakoa he karapu whutupaoro nui, he hitori nui, he maha nga wero e pa ana ki a ratou me nga Oakland A<unk>s. Ko taku aroha ki te whutupaoro me te tirohanga a AZ mo te heke mai o te karapu...
Ko te kaiwhakahaere matua o Oakland Athletic a Billy Beane ki te mahi tahi me AZ Alkmaar. Ka tohutohu a Billy mai i te US, ā, ka toro atu ki Alkmaar 'he wā torutoru ia tau' Ko te pūāhua matua a Brad Pitt i te kiriata rongonui a Moneyball e hāngai ana ki a Beane.