Sporting News, March 25th, 2005
With eyes fixed on the present and the future, the A's play an endless game of roster roulette. This year, the Beane ball has landed pin the rotation.
True story, Billy Beane confirms. After he'd made two headline-grabbing deals for the A's last December, his wife, Tara, asked lightheartedly, "Billy, what are you doing?" Throughout baseball, writers, players, scouts, managers and fellow front office executives pondered the same question with curiosity and occasional derision.
The mystery lingers. After stringing together five consecutive 90-win seasons, why would Beane trade away platinum-le...
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