What's missing from "Moneyball"

What's missing from "Moneyball":

A missive posted at my day-job blog about the movie that "Moneyball" is (it's good, but not because of the baseball!) and the movie that "Moneyball" almost could have been (it would have been like a documentary complete with Tony La Russa!). In short:

In the new film "Moneyball," starting pitchers are treated like the proverbial children. They are seen (rarely) and not heard.

… "Moneyball" is a movie about baseball in the same way that "The Social Network,"...