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In his sparsely furnished, low-ceilinged office situated across the walkway from McAfee Coliseum, Beane is wearing the same pants he wore the day before. He is 47 years old with a 19-year-old daughter from his first marriage and -- at age 45 --
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ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/columns/story?columnist=bryant_howard&id=4357166&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines
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...after they were outnumbered thoroughly Saturday by Boston Red Sox fans in town to see Jim Rice. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Billy Beane isn't regarded as a sentimentalist, but the A's general manager admitted that attending Rickey Henderson's Hall of Fame induction...
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Contra Costa Times
http://www.contracostatimes.com/athletics/ci_12920391?source=rss
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And that is meant as the highest compliment.
This confirms it: Billy Beane is the Scott Boras of general managers.
Boras' genius is his ability to identify and exploit teams that might be desperate for his clients, even when he appears
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FOX Sports
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Foxsports/rss/MLB/~3/e3j7DIjO33w/Holliday-deal-shows-how-shrewd-Beane-is
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signing Chavy to the largest contract in A's history. Billy bet on a player who, while promising, lacks the alpha male characteristics required to lead a contender.
Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane sits on a container of sunflower seeds
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Inside Bay Area
http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_12848134?source=rss
Build Your Roster - An extremely deep Career Mode takes users beyond simple trades and free signings, and allows them to fully experience the life of an MLB general manager. Manage Minor League rosters, set domestic and international scouting budgets, bid for Japanese free agents, select new players in the Online Fantasy Leagues Amateur and Rule 5 Drafts, offer arbitration to free agents, and more. Take The Field - Manage your team's games on the field all season and enjoy a never-before-seen presentation style designed to resemble a real life TV broadcast Learn From a Pro - Renowned GM Billy Beane becomes a mentor to users, providing helpful tips and insightful baseball information that even the biggest fan doesn't know
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Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
I'm here to talk about the past.
I'm here to talk about the past.
I'm here to talk about the past.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life,
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Athletics Nation :: An Oakland A's Blog
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/7/11/946248/open-thread-game-85-as-at-tampa
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...that has produced nothing of significant accomplishment in major league baseball is something worth watching. The Billy Beane story is akin to John “The Maverick” McCain’s attempt at winning the 2008 election. Misstep after misstep, but hey, he’s a “Maverick”...
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The Orange County Register
http://fromthedugout.freedomblogging.com/2009/07/10/moneyball-is-back-on-track/29265/
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A rotation of Roy Halladay, Ricky Romero, Shawn Marcum, Dustin McGowan, and Scott Richmond would make the Jays close to the Yankees or Rays level.
Forgot about Jesse Listch. Toronto probably has the most rotation depth in baseball.
"Morosi says "one
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1939897&src=rss
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Remember when Billy Beane traded for Matt Holliday? Or when he signed Jason Giambi, Nomar Garciaparra and Orlando Cabrera in an attempt to boost an anemic offense? Remember when the A's were ...
Remember when Billy Beane traded for Matt Holliday? Or
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/202978-as-fading-away-in-the-west
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any idea of the attendance?
Update on Josh Donaldson, now batting .450 - 12 RBI's in last 11 games
"Former first-round pick Josh Donaldson went 4-for-6
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1879133&src=rss
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Today I was watching the Mets-Brewers game and something seemingly insignificant caught my attention. The Brewers sent up Hernan Iribarren to the plate, it was his first major league at bat, and the first pitch Hernan sees he smacks up the middle for a
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1876630&src=rss
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...-- Billy Beane, whose team hit Memorial Day in last place, with the second worst record in the American League, is willing to overlook such pesky details. "The most important thing we had to do this year was to start to develop the youngest rotation in the...
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AOL Sports
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http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/05/25/billy-beane-sees-the-silver-lining/
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One of Billy Beane's worst free agent signings has got to go. His name Russ Springer. There's a reason why Springer has never stayed on a team more than three years. It's because Springer is absolutely terrible.
Springer tonight against the Arizona
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/182384-billy-beanes-actual-next-move-is-to-release-russ-springer
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….but I agree 100% with that, Nico. Well said!
Thanks, Nico, for saying what a lot of us want to and saying it well.
Fire yourself, you are not a good GM in spite of what the Beane apologists think,
You have no clue how to build an offense and Nico is
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Athletics Nation :: An Oakland A's Blog
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/5/17/878137/dear-billy-beane
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Uhh...when he starts complaing about having Beangelina fever?
Much is made of Beane’s running the entire show from his executive box, and while he’s been quick to dispatch managers who were declared fungible to the team’s success, in case anyone hadn’t
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Baseball Think Factory
http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/discussion/paul_lebowitz_when_does_billy_beane_start_getting_criticized/
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I don't know of any other general manager other than Billy Beane to allow for their team to play with no sense of direction or purpose.
It doesn't matter that the pitching is their for the Oakland A's.What matters is the lack of runs and hitting the
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/172038-billy-beane-the-most-igorant-gm-in-baseball
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We could win tomorrow. (Assuming someone pitches.) I predict that the axe falls on Rajai Davis, as a starting pitcher is called up for Wednesday’s game.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for
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Athletics Nation :: An Oakland A's Blog
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/5/5/866229/as-demote-eveland-promote-copeland
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Baseball’s trade deadline usually brings a torrent of activity around the Oakland Athletics and the franchise’s gifted general manager Billy Beane. And this year was no exception — join us now as we take an in-depth look at each and every one of Billy
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1818722&src=rss
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Baseball Think Factory
http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/discussion/billy_beane_to_chat_with_fanhouse/
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You might know him as a genius. Or maybe as a revolutionary. Or maybe you simply know him as the general manager of the Oakland Athletics. One way or another, you know Billy Beane.
He is arguably the most famous executive in sports, a byproduct of
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AOL Sports
http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/04/29/billy-beane-to-chat-with-fanhouse/
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...Soderbergh is a pretty great director, so I'm sure he'll figure out something good. The key protagonist of Moneyball is Billy Beane, the GM of the Oakland A's. So I thought it'd be worth a few moments to take a closer look at Beane. Beane, the player, qualifies...
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...Soderbergh is a pretty great director, so I'm sure he'll figure out something good. The key protagonist of Moneyball is Billy Beane, the GM of the Oakland A's. So I thought it'd be worth a few moments to take a closer look at Beane. Beane, the player, qualifies...
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Well, it has already come out that Brad Pitt and Dmitri Martin are going to be playing Billy Beane and Paul DePodesta in the Moneyball movie.
But now it turns out that there are a lot of liberties taken with the script, making the adaptation of the
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Lone Star Ball :: A Texas Rangers Blog
http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/4/21/848162/more-info-on-the-moneyball-movie
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Hey Billy Beane, where's the offense that was supposed to be so dramatically improved?
The additions of Jason Giambi, Nomar Garciaparra, Matt Holliday, Orlando Cabrera, and the return of Eric Chavez, haven't helped one bit.
Chavez, of course, jammed
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/158721-hey-billy-beane-wheres-the-offense
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Without Chavez, the A's don't have the lineup that fashioned a fabulous comeback Wednesday night in Anaheim and batted .282 through the first four games.
ERIC CHAVEZ didn't start at third base for the A's on Saturday, leaving general manager Billy
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Inside Bay Area
http://www.insidebayarea.com/athletics/ci_12124516?source=rss
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Since he’s going on the DL. I would think Casilla would get some shots at closing along with Ziggy, although the A’s said Springer would also be in the mix. Casilla has looked great this spring, but losing Devine is a blow—hopefully he can come back in
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Athletics Nation :: An Oakland A's Blog
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/3/31/816472/open-thread-spring-training-game
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For what I believe is the first time in Athletics Nation history, I had the opportunity to talk to Billy Beane during spring training. I'll be running it in three parts because it turned into a 17-page interview. If you're looking for the game
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Athletics Nation :: An Oakland A's Blog
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/3/23/806400/an-interviews-oakland-a-s
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Jason Giambi. The mere mention of his name was one that brought smiles to A's fans from the late 90s through the early 2000s. Then he left the A's in pursuit of playing for his favorite childhood team who happened to be the most hated team on the
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Athletics Nation :: An Oakland A's Blog
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/3/15/798677/an-interviews-jason-giambi
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Being a baseball nerd means knowing
the intricacies of the game and knowing the most minor stats about obscure
players. I'm not the biggest baseball nerd around, but I could certainly be
classified as one. And that's why I was pretty excited to get my
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GameZone
http://xbox360.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r36725.htm
Now is a great time to buy from Frontier ford!
Frontier ford increased business over last year due to customer satisfaction.
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Billy Beane loves soccerball, and so should you
not sure yet what, but it will be dessert.
There's no crying in baseball!
Can the poll be modified to indicate more than one person per vote? That’d give us a more accurate head count.
And I’ll add a few
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Athletics Nation :: An Oakland A's Blog
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/2/2/744350/the-fanfest-primer
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Billy Beane believes the next great era of baseball general managers will come from what he calls the video game generation. "They're learning the business, how to make trades, how to build teams in these games. It's amazing," he says.
"Does that mean
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ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/videogames/news/story?id=3878145
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OAKLAND -- While the Randy Johnson rumors were running amok during December's Winter Meetings in Las Vegas, A's general manager Billy Beane seemed to veer slightly from the course he'd set for his 2009 starting rotation.
Johnson is now the property of
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MLB.com
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090120&content_id=3751788&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak&partnerId=rss_oak
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I look around the league sometimes and see many teams embracing a lot of new ideas and updating their front office to not just obviously have a scouting department but also include some more statistical analysis people. Then I see the Reds, continually
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1579760&src=rss
See the press conference as Jason Giambi returns to the Oakland As from the New York Yankees. ... jason giambi oakland athletics oaklandtribune billy beane baseball jane tyska
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This week is Draft Week in baseball as the thirty major league baseball teams attempt to build for their future by drafting high school and college talent into their rosters. We'll spend some time this week talking about the Phillies recent drafts
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1558395&src=rss
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LAS VEGAS The pyramid-shaped Luxor is a ways down the Strip from the Bellagio, home to this week's baseball winter meetings, and yet the A's and Giants' general managers were speaking in tongues Monday evening, acting like they were just presented
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Sacramento Bee
http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/1459434.html
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LAS VEGAS The pyramid-shaped Luxor is a ways down the Strip from the Bellagio, home to this week's baseball winter meetings, and yet the A's and Giants' general managers were speaking in tongues Monday evening, acting like they were just presented with
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Sacramento Bee
http://www.sacbee.com/giants/story/1459434.html?mi_rss=San%20Francisco%20Giants
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General manager Billy Beane said the A's are being "reactive" rather than "proactive" at the winter meetings.
In other words, he doesn't mind waiting for other teams to strike first, see which players are available thereafter and then strike himself.
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San Francisco Chronicle
http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=4937e4d789ef6237899b4464e5bdb46a
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It’s not even 8am here in Vegas, and we’ve already spotted Joe Girardi & Gene Monahan talking it up in the bowels of the Bellagio as we walked to the press room. We didn’t go over to introduce ourselves, Girardi looked like he was ready to rumble. We
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1518652&src=rss
Biker Billy Cooks with Fire Episode 49 - Part 1 - is the first of three parts of a 1/2 hour cooking show. The featured recipe is "Mean Black Bean Soup". It is vintage Biker Billy for the fall harvest season!
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I can't say I really have Oakland A's General Manager Billy Beane figured out. Sure I've read Michael Lewis' ode to the great master Moneyball, and even Going the Other Way, which just confused me even more (evidently wrong Bean).
His latest move
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/80274-holliday-trade-billy-beane-just-out-to-prove-hes-smarter-than-you
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