AZ Snake Pit, an Arizona Diamondbacks community

With Moneyball coming to theaters in less than two weeks and plenty of national press to go around, I thought I'd take the local spin and look at some of the characters from the original book (some of which are not in the film) with Cincinnati and Reds franchise ties.

Chris Pratt plays Oakland A's first-baseman Scott Hatteberg, in the upcoming screen adaptation of Moneyball, alongside Brad Pitt.We chat to him about learning to bat left-handed, being discovered while working as a waiter and Star Wars.