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Rattling the Sabermetrician...
...have to be a sabermetrician, just a movie mogul, to savor these stats and take counsel from them. Studios are giving the green light to more sports pictures: Angels in the Outfield and Little Big League are scheduled for summer release; the Steven Spielberg production Little Heroes, about kids' football, is due out in the fall. To the lords of Hollywood, the lesson is plain. "Mass audiences are looking to feel good," says Joe Roth, who runs a production unit at Disney. "When teams win in these movies, you feel good that you've participated. They are very easy vehicles...
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