Paul DePodesta is captured to a tee in film 'Moneyball'

Although identified by a different name, the sabermetrics guru who later became Dodgers general manager is the real hero of the movie that depicts Billy Beane's reliance on statistics to build the Oakland Athletics.He first appears in the movie as he first appeared with the Dodgers, a wallflower pulled reluctantly into the spotlight, a nerd suddenly tapped on the shoulder by the cool kids.