“Moneyball” is Blockbuster Reason to Get Tobacco Out of Baseball
Brad Pitt spits as Billy Beane, highlighting the tobacco problem in baseball’s culture
Editor
Sep 26, 2011
Millions of moviegoers who saw the Hollywood blockbuster "Moneyball," this weekend watched a multi-million dollar advertisement for getting tobacco out of Major League Baseball.
Brad Pitt plays Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane with tobacco tucked in his cheek, spitting repeatedly into a cup. Though Major League Baseball asked Sony Pictures to remove the scenes of tobacco use, the movie company says it kept them in for authenticity.
And that’s the problem.
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