beane Stories - Athletics Nation
One last review of the A's 2008-2009 offseason moves
Well, you can’t say the offseason was boring this time around. Good, bad or otherwise Billy Beane worked the winter of 2008-2009 differently from any other year he’s been the A’s GM. I mean, the guy actually went out and signed multiple free agents (Giambi, Garciaparra,...
Cinematic Interlude: There Will Be Trades
Wolffisher Inducements, Diversions, Games, Entertainments & Trickeries, Inc., in association with MONKEYMAX Pictures, presents ... There Will Be Trades Written for the Screen and Directed by Bill Lamar Beanerson Adapted from the novel BALL! by Sinclair Lewis Starring William...
Have I Beane Too Critical?
So I’ve been pretty hard on Billy this year, harder on him than in any other year since I joined AN—or even before (when I typed long essays and emailed them one by one to friends, pleading with them to give me some attention). The handling of Piazza’s return, the process by which Bradley and...













