Baseball Oakland Blog: Billy Beane is lying to you

Feel about this how you will.

6 months ago Philip Christy 8 comments 0 recs |

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LMAO

Sure the A’s are “deliciously profitable,” with their revenue sharing, but how much longer do the owners want to keep up with this when the team is a few years away from, in all likelihood, being able to stay afloat themselves.

This is why I stopped reading after the ratto piece

"You no cookin" "YEA DO"

by PorkchopSandwiches on Nov 28, 2011 12:10 AM PST reply actions

Jesus christ, dude.

You do realize that the Forbes estimate came out in MARCH, right? Before the season started. How does that refute the point that the A’s lost money in 2011?

by danmerqury on Nov 28, 2011 9:36 AM PST reply actions

They came out in March of 2011, correct?

Score another victory for baseball Oakland!

by gojohn10 on Nov 28, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions

Nope - read more carefully

The ‘Forbes estimate’ came out.
I’m not sure how a spreadsheet can be gay, but it certainly can miss the sarcasm tags.

by MobiusKlein on Nov 28, 2011 3:37 PM PST up reply actions

According to that chart published in March 2011

The A’s were in the top ten as far as net operating income surplus (assuming for 2010). It’s also assumed that revenue sharing is responsible for all or most of that.The rise in payroll by itself would have reduced that “profit” in 2011, assuming that revenue sharing remained the same. A’s 2011 attendance was higher than 2010, so the loss Beane refers to was likely not there. Perhaps it was because he didn’t trade the higher priced FA vets in midseason?

by OaklandSi on Nov 28, 2011 4:26 PM PST via mobile reply actions