CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Billy Beane is an intelligent GM. And that's all good, says Larry Dobrow, who has a question for A's fans: At some point, wouldn't you rather win dumb than lose smart? Save this Franchise
Royals Review (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Sickels Interviews Billy Beane
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Be sure to head on over to www.minorleagueball.com to check out John Sickel's interview with A's GM Billy Beane....it's very good. Here is what Beane had to say about third base prospect Brett Wallace: JOHN SICKELS The other big bat in Triple-A is Brett Wallace . Can he stick at third base? BILLY BEANE: Well we don't know for sure yet, but we won't take him off third...
Minor League Ball (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
More photos » by Eric Risberg - AP In this Feb. 16, 2009 file photo, Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff, left, and general manager Billy Beane, center, talk with pitcher Brad Ziegler, right, during spring training baseball in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Browse more photos » I spoke with Oakland GM Billy Beane this morning. Here is a transcript of the interview....
Spiked Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Settling a whole raft of football’s pub debates is precisely what journalist Simon Kuper and economist Stefan Szymanski set out to in their Freakanomics-style book Why England Lose: And Other Curious Football Phenomena Explained. The book is unabashedly inspired by Michael M Lewis’s Moneyball, which charts the achievements of the Oakland Athletics baseball team and their data-crunching coach Billy...
River Ave. Blues (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Before the 2009 trade deadline, with the Yankees seeking a fifth starter, Justin Duchscherer seemed like an interesting option. He was in the last year of his team control, so even Billy Beane probably couldn’t get a huge return for him. Further suppressing his value, he hadn’t thrown a major league inning since August 18, [...] Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees...
Vincent G. Rinn Law Library (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Law school rankings continue to receive a lot of attention from all the stakeholders and a new entrant is getting its share. In a 2004 book review article,"What Law Schools Can Learn from Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics", (82...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... you get to march into Drayton's office and start demanding money to work with, or that you'll have Billy Beane luck at making awesome trades come out of thin air, seemingly. At this point, I'm sure that for most of us, the thrill of the moment has subsided as we realize: "Oh God D@^nit!, I really have to figure things out." But, we'd persevere. We persevere every day here...
Capitol Avenue Club (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... bullpen arm or two if they choose this off-season. When I look at this club, I see a window. As Billy Beane said , “The way I look at it, you are either building something special or you have something special.” The Phillies have something special, a championship-caliber club. Unfortunately, the window to win with this club is rapidly collapsing. After 2010, they’re losing three starting...
MSNBC.com: Baseball (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... bad. If I was interested in Chapman, I'd simply ask the guy what the deal was and go from there.-- Billy Beane is a Killers fan. I'm too old to know if that makes Beane old or not, or cool or not. The last album I bought was a Stax/Volt soul compilation, so I'm a little bit out of the loop with these things.
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
... be non tendered, because he’s likely due around $4 million in arbitration… so, i have to think Billy Beane will first look to at least get something in return, since cust could certainly be a starting outfielder for some team in the major leagues… for the Mets , i don’t see him starting, mostly because he is terrible on defense… but, he’d be an outstanding bat for the bench… he’s...
The Hot Blog (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
... While imagining Oher via Lewis' vivid writing was interesting, as a character, Oher was no Billy Beane. He was acted upon as much as he acted. So whoever developed The Blind Side was very smart to shift the focus to Leigh Anne Touhy, the woman who took Oher in and was the driving force in turning his physical gifts into a future as an athlete. After that choice, the next big challenge...
SFGate: Oakland Athletics : The Dru (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
John Sickels has an interesting interview with Billy Beane on Minor League Ball. Sounds like Plan A is to get Chris Carter more time in the outfield (probably left) and keep Daric Barton at first. As for Brett Wallace, the A's want his big (though not Pandaesque) body at third. Sickels: It...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
John Sickels has an interesting interview with Billy Beane on Minor League Ball. Sounds like Plan A is to get Chris Carter more time in the outfield (probably left) and keep Daric Barton at first. As for Brett Wallace, the A's want his big (though not Pandaesque) body at third. Sickels: It...
