MONEYBALL’s Shocking Alternate Ending

Billy Beane’s story almost took a fictional turn in the alternate ending that was batting around by producers before the scenes were cut and ended up on the locker room floor.  Instead of just fading out as Brad Pitt’s character goes to see his daughter, the Oakland A’s manager accepts a position at Bear Stearns leading up to the collapse in 2008, while his sidekick played by Jonah Hill joins the Moody’s rating agency.  The hiring scene went like this:
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BEANE:  Man, I don’t know.  I’m not doing this for the money.
BEAN COUNTER:  Well, didn’t you say that the game you’re in now means nothing if you don’t win?  We all win here, my friend.  Big time.  The fix is in.  And you get to cut employees too.  Cut and run to Tahiti!    
BEANE:  Yeah, well, I want to change the game.
BEAN COUNTER:  You can, you can.  Ever heard of credit default swaps or CDOs?  They’re the big show now.  You’ll come up with more!  Hell, companies are just like teams.  Company men compete on a global field.  You bet for or against them, pop some flies, see how the numbers run, then you calculate your odds of crushing the competition.  Hey, our Coke machines serve Champagne!  And with your friend at Moody’s, he can rig the ratings to spin out winners like an f%$#ing cotton candy machine!”
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After crunching the numbers, he takes the job and ends up buying the Oakland A’s.  He’s in a skybox drinking Cristal with Mark Cuban when Bear Stearns implodes.  Luckily, he’s already bailed out, and now runs his own private hedge fund.