Haha I was watching Moneyball last night. The most ironic part about that whole scene was that the A's were supposed to be about finding wins using advanced stats, meanwhile advanced stats would tell you that adding a reliever at the deadline should be at the bottom on his list of priories, not calling 20 different GM's for one.
It was also a very subtle jab at Ed Wade and im not even sure if it was intended that way, but Beane asking a prospect in exchange for someone on his team and Wade basically admitting that he had no idea who the prospect actually was made me laugh.