FRALEY: NEW-LOOK A'S ARE STUDY IN SECOND-HALF FUTILITY
Source: SportingNews [08/27/2008]
Oakland general manager Billy Beane was not kidding when he said his next rebuilding project would b...
FRALEY: SCOUTS VIEWS: BEANE BUILDING A'S FOR FUTURE
Source: SportingNews [07/29/2008]
With his club on the cusp of postseason contention in the American League, Billy Beane began strippi...
A'S TRADE RHP BLANTON TO PHILLIES (AP)
Source: Yahoo Sports [07/17/2008]
The Oakland Athletics traded away their second starting pitcher this month, dealing burly right-hander Joe Blanton to the Philadelphia Phillies for three minor leaguers on Thursday. A's general manager Billy Beane swapped Blanton a week after sending Rich Harden to the Chicago Cubs -- and that's with his team very much in contention in the AL West, six games behind the first-place Los Angeles...
BEANE, A'S STOCKPILING YOUNG PITCHING
Source: ESPN [07/11/2008]
Does Billy Beane know what he's doing? More the point -- at least according to the radio guys I've been talking to this week -- is Billy Beane doing what's right for the Athletics?
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BEANE MADE THE DEAL AFTER ALL
Source: ESPN [07/08/2008]
Billy Beane's got some nerve. After all those wonderful things I've written about him, he trades Rich Harden ? After I said many times in the last 24 hours -- in this space, on ESPNews, on various spo...