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Hisashi Iwakuma, A's Fail to Reach Deal

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Oakland A's and right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma were unable to find enough common ground to close a deal and the pitcher will remain in Japan for next season. The A's made the announcement late Monday, in the final hours of their 30-day negotiating window with Iwakuma's representatives....

Oakland Goes Hollywood With Brad Pitt's 'Moneyball' Production

OAKLAND, Calif. -- There has been a buzz around the Coliseum this week that has nothing to do with Trevor Cahill or Kurt Suzuki or Andrew Bailey. It's about guys like Scott Hatteberg, Miguel Tejada and -- who are we kidding? -- Brad Pitt. For the past week, Hollywood has taken over the Coliseum, where they've been...

Billy Beane Plans No Radical Changes for Slumping Athletics

OAKLAND -- The A's may be headed out of the race in the AL West, but manager Bob Geren doesn't seem to be headed out of Oakland. After the Reds completed a three-game sweep in Oakland on Wednesday, dropping the A's a season-worst six games under .500, general manager Billy Beane said he does not hold the manager...

'Old School' Jocketty Remains No Joke

CINCINNATI -- If you look at Walt Jocketty's record of hiring and firing managers, you'd think the Reds' general manager was allergic to change. Seriously, he's been a general manager in the major leagues for a decade and a half, and he's fired one manager (Joe Torre) and hired one manager (Tony La Russa). It's like...

Baseball Execs Bat Around Trading Picks

The Major League Baseball draft starts Monday, and as is the case in any such professional draft, there will be speculation about what teams will do right up to the point that their choices are named. But there won't be any talk about the Washington Nationals trading their first pick, the first overall choice in the...

Billy Beane News From the Web

05/22/12 Scouring the Oakland Coliseum for a Decent Meal Source: East Bay Express - Emeryville CA A couple weeks ago I headed over to the Coliseum to catch an A's game, taking advantage of the $2 ticket deal they have on Wednesdays.
05/21/12 The Lies of Moneyball and Online Advertising Source: Portfolio.com T here's been many an article positing a parallel between Moneyball and online advertising.
05/18/12 SF Giants, Oakland A's limp into Bay Bridge series... Source: The San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco CA The Bay Bridge Series, which starts tonight at AT&T Park, will determine which of the teams is better at this point, but nothing more.
05/18/12 Billy Beane's Newest Rendition of the Oakland... Source: Bleacher Report Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane continues to build mediocre teams that aren't good enough to contend for the playoffs but aren't bad enough to put the team in position to pick at the top of the draft.
05/17/12 Ian Herbert: Fenway have identified their Billy Beane Source: The Independent - London - UK In so many ways, he fits the criteria which Fenway Sports Group has laid out for a manager, and the name of his club happens to be quoted regularly by one of the sportsmen to whom John W Henry ascribes great value â the "Moneyball" king Billy Beane, whom he tried and failed to sign at the Boston Red Sox. Wigan are to the Premier League what Beane's Oakland As are to baseball, Beane is fond of saying.

Background on Billy Beane

William Lamar "Billy" Beane III (born March 29, 1962) is a former Major League Baseball player and the current general manager (GM) and minority owner of the Oakland Athletics.

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