Brad Pitt Covers Sports Illustrated: I Know Nothing About Baseball

Just tack this one on to his laundry list of accomplishments -- Brad Pitt is one of the few non-athletes to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated.

The reason he was given this honor? Brad stars in the new movie Moneyball, which he's long said took a lot of heart, time and money to make. "I'm a sucker for an underdog story," he told the mag.

The flick is based on the true story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, who helped reinvent the game of baseball today. But the thing is, the dad of six knows virtually nothing about baseball! Brad admitted:

“It’s shameful how little I know about baseball…. I’m amazed they let me do this movie…. Baseball and I didn’t get along that well. I wrestled one year [in high school]. I dove one year. Everything but baseball.”

But Brad says the focus is less on baseball and more on Beane's personal story. “What we were trying to do is tell an unconventional story in the Trojan horse of a conventional baseball movie,” he said.

We can't wait to see the flick and see if we're as into it as the people in Oakland after last night's NorCal premiere.