Billy Beane

The Chicago Sun Times is reporting that the Cubbies have been discussions with Billy Beane (wow, two references in 1 day!) about the A's oft-injured righty. From Chris De Luca's article:

"The Cubs have spent a lot of time on the phone recently with Oakland Athletics general manager

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Beane's team (there it is, my token Billy Beane reference in an A's column) has been built to win in the long run, but are also getting it done in the short term. The sad thing? Despite their 48-41 record, they only had 11,000 people at the McAfee Colisuem today. Only a 33% capacity. This is a true shame. The people in Oakland should know that these Oakland As will always be competitive in the Moneyball era. Maybe more people in the Bay Area should read the book by Micheal Lewis, and appreciate the wonder of the

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He is however, a statistical mind. He got most of his ideals from Billy Beane. In fact, that is one of the reasons the Red Sox hired him. Right before Epstein was hired, the Red Sox had a contract all worked out with

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Red Sox swept by Billy Beane's A's
http://news.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view/2008_05_25_Lester_can_t_duplicate_no-hit_magic_/srvc=sports&position=0

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