How the Giants fashioned a risk-reward receiver plan to replace Wan’Dale Robinson

In one of many excellent scenes in “Moneyball’’ — the 2011 movie exploring the inner workings of the 2002 Oakland Athletics — general manager Billy Beane, as played by Brad Pitt, is growing increasingly frustrated with his scouts, depicted as a bunch of older, grizzled and not exactly forward-thinking veterans. The discussion centers around finding...