 My favorite scene in the movie adaptation of Michael Lewis Moneyball occurred during 2003 in the darkened Oakland As locker room where Billy Beane, the teams general manager, reluctantly slid a folded piece of paper across a table to his math genius assistant Peter Brand. Unfolding the paper, Brand stared at the number written, telling Beane after a pause the offer from the Boston Red Sox would make Beane the highest-paid general manager in sports. 