Moneyball comes into play

For those who follow baseball, "Moneyball" is a familiar term, but for those not in the know, it's a low budget statistical way of building a team that a few GM's use, and the first one to use it was the subject of a book of the same name. Now it's becoming a movie, with some big names attached, according to Variety:

Steven Soderbergh is in early talks to direct “Moneyball,” the Columbia Pictures adaptation of the Michael Lewis book “Moneyball: The Art of Winning An Unfair Game.” Pic will star Brad Pitt and is being adapted by Steven Zaillian.
Soderbergh is looking to make the picture his next directing assignment. He had been expected to next direct “Cleo,” the musical about the fatal romance between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and Roman general Marc Antony.
Soderbergh had lined up his “Traffic” star Catherine Zeta-Jones to play the title character, and had Hugh Jackman in his sights for Antony. Though he set his financing, Soderbergh decided to push back the film until next year, after Jackman dropped out because of scheduling problems.
Pitt, with whom Soderbergh has worked in all of the “Ocean’s” films, has been circling “Moneyball” since last year, when Zaillian signed on to adapt the book. “Marley & Me” helmer David Frankel had been attached.
The book focuses on Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, as he used sophisticated computer analysis system to piece together a team that regularly contended for the World Series despite possessing a payroll dramatically lower than big-market rivals like the New York Yankees.
Michael De Luca and Rachael Horovitz are producing.
Soderbergh has always wanted to make a sports film, and sparked to the opportunity to re-team with Pitt.
Soderbergh, currently rolling out “Che,” most recently completed “The Girlfriend Experience” for 2929, and the Warner Bros. comedy “The Informant,” which stars Matt Damon.
-Could be a really cool project, but we shall see...definitely prefer Soderbergh to Frankel, though I think both could have handled it well, Steven just makes it feel bigger...thoughts?