Peter Brand is a character from the 2011 movie Moneyball.
Pete takes Billy to the file room to show him some film.
After their twentieth straight victory Billy tells Pete it's about more than ...
David has a tough time swallowing the answers Pete provides to his questions.
David, sitting next to Pete on the plane, takes off his head phones and puts ...
Billy teaches Pete how to inform a player that he's been traded.
Pete and Billy watch film of a player Pete wants to pickup.
Billy puts his second player, Justice, on the board and this time gets many c...
Grady looks across the table at Billy and points down the table in Pete's dir...
Billy throws out the batting averages of the three players they lost and asks...
Peter makes his argument to Billy while Billy, hands behind his head, listens...
Pete goes on to explains what his program does that people don't, and vise ve...
Pete shows Billy code that he's written that will analyze a player better tha...
After arriving early and setting up his office, Pete hands Billy a stack of e...
Back in Oakland, Billy puts a call through to Pete sometime in the early AM.
Billy pulls Brand into a side room to get him to open up about what he thinks.
Billy locates Brand at his desk after a meeting with the Cleveland Indians du...
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