Topic: Billy Beane
This article presents several news briefs related to Major League Baseball. The first brief discusses why pitcher Fausto Carmona is in contention for the American League Cy Young award. A dominant month of July (5-1, 1.74 ERA) helped Indians RHP Fausto Carmona ...
Twins strike deal with A's for shortstop Orlando Cabrera, boosting middle infieldThe Minnesota Twins made a rare move at the trade deadline, upgrading their middle infield by acquiring shortstop Orlando Cabrera from the Oakland Athletics for the stretch run in the crowded ...
St. Louis Cardinals acquire star outfielder Matt Holliday from Athletics for 3 prospectsMatt Holliday wanted to join his new team quickly, so he hopped on a train with his wife and two sons and got to the ballpark in plenty of time.Holliday ...
Back then, when the New York Yankees were in the midst of a mini-dynasty (four titles from 1996 to 2000), owners pointed to the Yankees' dominance as they screamed for luxury taxes and increased revenue sharing to bring more competition to the ...
Gallagher has rough outing, A's snap 10-game skid on Denorfia's two-run homer in 9thIt was another rough day for an Oakland Athletics starting pitcher.Sean Gallagher gave up six runs and nine hits in five innings Sunday, and then was summoned into a ...
The Oakland Athletics completed the first major trade of baseball's offseason on Wednesday, acquiring two-time All-Star Matt Holliday from the Colorado Rockies for a trio of young players.Holliday, entering the final year of his contract, is scheduled to make 13.5 million-dollars next ...
Turning failures into heroes MONEYBALL by Michael Lewis W. W. Norton, Baseball is a minority sport in Britain, and a tiny minority at that. To this day, you see fans turning up to games wearing shirts with that number on their back.In ...
Today's strange-bedfellow award goes to an op-ed in the New York Times co-written by Newt Gingrich (Republican, former Speaker of the House); John Kerry (Democrat, former presidential candidate); and Billy Beane (party affiliation unclear, GM of the Oakland A's).. Beane is famous ...
Oakland A's Reward General Manager Billy Beane With a 7-Year Contract ExtensionAthletics general manager Billy Beane, the architect behind Oakland's four division titles since 2000, was rewarded with a seven-year contract extension Wednesday.Team president Michael Crowley also received a seven-year extension from ...
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Money Ball: David Nuno Interviews Brad ...
David Nuno goes to Oakland and chats it up with ...2011-09-20 -
The Men Behind Moneyball: Brad Pitt ...
Brad Pitt and Billy Beane discuss their involvement in the ...2011-09-19 -
Moneyball - New Way of Thinking
Billy Beane has to look beyond traditional statistics like Batting ...2011-09-22
