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Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, is devastated by the team's loss to the New York Yankees in the 2001 American League Division Series. With the impending departure of star players Johnny Damon , Jason Giambi , and Jason Isringhausen to free agency , Beane needs to assemble a competitive team for 2002 with Oakland's limited budget of $41 million.
For the former major league player with a similar name, see Billy Bean. William Lamar "Billy" Beane (born March 29, 1962, in Orlando, Florida) is a former Major League Baseball player and the current general manager and minority owner of the Oakland Athletics. Beane, who grew up in the San Diego, California area and attended UC San Diego, was a first-round draft choice of the New York Mets in ...
Jul 9, 2022 · Special Features for Moneyball, directed by Bennett Miller.Starring:Brad Pitt as Billy BeaneJonah Hill as Peter BrandPhilip Seymour Hoffman as Art HoweRobin ...
Nov 18, 2022 · Oakland Athletics’ Billy Beane reminisces with Mark Mulder before ceremony honoring 20 game win streak by 2002 A’s before MLB game at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, August 28 ...
In 1999, he joined the Oakland Athletics organization as the assistant general manager, serving as second-in-command to general manager Billy Beane. DePodesta was a key figure in Michael Lewis's book Moneyball. The book thrust the analytical principles of sabermetrics into the mainstream.
Sep 25, 2022 · Billy Bean now understands he's more than just another former pro baseball player who turned a short-lived career into a front office job (officially, he's the senior vice president, diversity ...
Nov 18, 2022 · OAKLAND, Calif. -- Longtime executive Billy Beane is stepping away from the day-to-day operations of the Oakland Athletics to become the senior adviser to owner John Fisher.. David Forst will lead ...
