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Billy Beane vs. Art Howe

Stan has asked why I haven't written about Moneyball the movie or addressed Art Howe's complaint that he was misrepresented in the movie. I have not seen the movie and do not intend to -- although I read the book. I don't think I can comment on a movie I [...]

By | September 28th, 2011|13 Comments

“Moneyball” the movie

Sorry for the tardiness of this post. Here is my Saturday column, about "Moneyball" the movie, a film I have not seen -- a film I may not see. I haven't decided yet. I am not critiquing the movie, obviously, but I am critiquing the idea of the movie -- [...]

By | September 17th, 2011|20 Comments

The myth of Moneyball

Down below I'll give a link to Jeff Fletcher's piece on the Myth of Moneyball. As you know, Jeff is a baseball writer supreme. I mean supreme. He currently edits both the A's and Giants magazines and he wrote a longer piece on this subject for the A's magazine. It [...]

By | August 26th, 2011|8 Comments

Beane to Cubs?

The A's generally make more news off the field than on the field. Such is the case today. There are reports (rumors, speculation) Beane might leave the A's and become the GM at the Cubs. Or is it the Dodgers? Let's play this game and say the Cubs are interested [...]

By | August 26th, 2011|20 Comments

Should A’s buy or sell?

Grant wrote a piece on the A's which ComcastSportsNet BayArea just posted. He wrote about the A's dilemma. The A's can't hit; we know that. So what should they do? Maybe they should bag the season and play out the schedule with what they have. Or maybe they should get [...]

By | June 30th, 2011|14 Comments

Billy Beane speaks about the A’s

I ran into Billy Beane after the A's beat Kansas City 8-4 on Thursday. We sat down privately and talked about where his team is and where he would like it to go. I expressed my misgivings about the Oakland A's and he rebutted me. It's up to you to [...]

By | June 16th, 2011|18 Comments

Beane implicated in Geren failure

Here at last is the column I wrote yesterday on Billy Beane firing Bob Geren. Sometimes there are glitches on the web and I apologize for posting this in a tardy manner. The gist of my column is this: Geren was a dreadful manager, but Beane hired him, stuck with [...]

By | June 10th, 2011|9 Comments

Bob Geren scene I remember

This is a quickie before Billy Beane's conference call. Last week after the A's lost their tenth in a row to the Yankees, I went in search of Billy Beane. He was sitting in Bob Geren's office. I asked him about how the A's teach their catchers to handle runners [...]

By | June 9th, 2011|7 Comments