Gerry Cardinale reveals Billy Beane encouraged him to invest in European football and ultimately buy Milan, but many in the USA thought he was ‘crazy’ to invest in Italy.
On Thursday the Oakland A's and officials from the City of Oakland and Alameda County met to discuss a possible lease extension for the team to play their games at the Coliseum from 2025-27.
Well-known Oakland Athletics executive Billy Beane thinks New York Yankees fans should give senior vice president and general manager Brian Cashman a break amid what Cashman referred to on Wednesday as a "disaster" of a season.
In the immortal words of Brad Pitt as Billy Beane: How can you not be romantic about baseball? It’s hard to imagine not feeling something while watching this clip of 33-year-old Pirates minor league shortstop Drew Maggi being informed that the day had finally arrived: he’s going to The Show.
The Oakland A’s have typically been considered to have one of the best front offices in the majors. A great deal of their success has been due to their front office.
In theory, it may be fair to wonder about David Forst’s long term future with the Oakland A’s. Although he had been promoted to the A’s president of baseball operations as Billy Beane moved into more of an advisory role, there has not been any word about a change to his contract status.
Beane will “support the work of baseball operations now headed by general manager David Forst,” according the A's. He'll also work closely managing partner John Fisher on strategic decisions for the club.
If Billy Beane wanted to leave the Oakland A’s behind, he has had his chances. The Boston Red Sox desperately wanted him to run their front office. Twice.
Now that it is the offseason, it is time for an annual rite of passage for the Oakland A’s – the continued rumors that Billy Beane will depart the organization for other opportunities.
Long-time fans of the Athletics are probably somewhat accustomed to the boom-and-bust cycle of the club by now.
Billy Beane, the club's longtime executive vice president of baseball operations, said Monday he plans to be with the A's for as long as they want him.
Oakland already added Diaz to the 40-man roster during the offseason, so they’ll just need to make one move to add Diaz to the active roster.
The Phillies have shown interest in A’s third baseman Matt Chapman, but unsurprisingly, the Athletics have put a big price tag on the Gold Glover.
Here are 20 facts about the film we find interesting, and we don’t care what the scouts say. It’s all in the numbers.
There has been a great deal of speculation about Billy Beane‘s future with the Oakland A’s over the past few months. He seemed to be out the door when his sports investment group was set to merge with the investment group run by the owners of the Red Sox as no one can have ownership […] Does Billy Beane even need a contract with the Oakland A’s?
It’ll be the first managerial stint for the 46-year-old, who spent the 2021 campaign as the A’s third base coach.
The Mets still need a new manager after parting ways with Luis Rojas but first must land one of the individuals who will be tasked with making that hire.
Beane had told industry friends he was “intrigued” by the Mets job, but simply appears unlikely to leave Oakland.
It sounds like an opportunity Beane would consider, but it’s definitely not a done deal.
The Mets have some interest in Oakland Athletics president Billy Beane to head their baseball operations.
Amidst much speculation about the future of the Athletics’ front office, the team’s chief baseball officials (executive VP of baseball operations Billy Beane, GM David Forst, and assistant GM Billy Owens) are expected to continue working in Oakland for the 2021 season.
Major League Baseball may be about to lose its most famous front office figure.
Sports movies are abundant, and we have collected some that are available to watch somewhere online without having to rent or buy them.
What fans are the best in baseball? (Hint: Their team wears red.) And the worst? Here's Yardbarker's assessment of the best and worst fan bases in the majors.
The best fans tend to show up to the ballpark no matter what state the team is in. Of course, it's hard to blame the folks who don't show up when their teams put a bad product out on the field.
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